UVA Health pediatrician Dr. Ann Kellams says hospitals that provide time and space for breastfeeding caregivers are making a wise investment in their employees.
Psychology grad student Jessica Mazen is the co-author of a new study that links U.S. counties’ slave populations in 1860 to higher rates of gun ownership.
The University’s top STEM educators recently gave 80 rising ninth- and 10th-graders from around Virginia four days of immersion in college life.
A commentary recalls author Salman Rushdie’s fierce defense of free speech – even hate speech – in a 2016 lecture at UVA.
A research team that includes UVA environmental scientist Cora Baird observed blue crabs employing surprising new tactics to ambush prey.
In a video, the CEO of UVA Health discusses innovative solutions to staffing issues in an age of COVID-related burnout for health care workers.
Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy Dean Ian Solomon offers his prescription for overcoming the threats to democracy.
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection receives a surprise celebrity endorsement.
David Green, an engineering professor, calls the notion of offering his ancestor’s former slave cabin for rent on AirBnb “disrespectful.”
Media studies professor Siva Vaidyanathan said a major merger in the publishing industry, currently before a federal court, has great potential to harm “midlist” authors.
Megan Juelfs, senior associate director of research at the Darden School of Business, and a co-author examine the future of work in the age of autonomous labor.
Researchers at UVA and Brigham Young University analyzed about 400 million voter records to figure out which groups are most – and least – likely to vote.
(Commentary by James Loeffler, Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History and director of the Jewish Studies Program) Five years ago this week, white nationalists trudged through the Grounds of the University of Virginia, barking one phrase over and over again: “Jews will not replace us.” The most prominent response from counter-protesters was a three-word chant now familiar to every American, “Black Lives Matter.” It’s a mismatch that speaks to the larger question of how antisemitism connects to racism in contemporary America.
(Commentary by Aniko Bodroghkozy, media studies professor) A half century ago, a social change movement produced searing media imagery displaying the viciousness of unrestrained White supremacy with brutalized bodies and violent clashes. Those photos of civil rights struggles have become iconic. In the summer of 2017, another social change movement seeking to dismantle 50 years of racial and social justice gains came to Charlottesville. The resulting media imagery from the Unite the Right rally also showed emboldened White supremacy, violent confrontation, and victimized Black bodies.
(Subscription may be required) President Biden paused last week, during one of the busiest stretches of his presidency, for a nearly two-hour private history lesson from a group of academics who raised alarms about the dire condition of democracy at home and abroad. The small group included University of Virginia historian Allida Black.
(Subscription may be required) Dr. Lawrence Rogers Burwell, 84, a trailblazing cardiologist, died July 28 at the University of Virginia Medical Center. In 1975, Burwell integrated the faculty of the UVA School of Medicine, becoming the first (and, for many years, the only) Black doctor at the University’s hospital. He was also the first Black member of the medical school faculty to receive tenure.
Jessica Stern, a postdoctoral researcher in psychology at the University of Virginia, advises prioritizing self-care, in the true sense of the word – sleeping, eating, drinking water, and, most importantly, being connected with others. “Emotional labor requires our whole being,” she says. “It asks us to be emotionally regulated ourselves, to have emotional intelligence about other people, and to have a lot of self-control.”
Even with most kids long back in the classroom, studies show they still haven’t caught up – an extreme case of what’s known as “learning loss.” “In the early grades in math, some of the declines we’re seeing in achievement are larger than what you saw after Hurricane Katrina,” said Jim Soland, an assistant professor in UVA’s School of Education and Human Development.
(Video) UVA religious studies professor Charles Marsh discusses his compelling spiritual memoir, “Evangelical Anxiety,” and opens up about his personal experiences with anxiety
(Subscription may be required) Attendees at the G9 Ventures Summer Summit had every reason to expect bleak conversation. Startup investments were slowing down. Consumers were spending less in anticipation of an economic downturn. At the center was [alumna] Amy Griffin, an early-stage startup investor with a network that spans the worlds of fashion, politics, tech and Hollywood. Since opening her firm, G9 Ventures, in 2017, she has become a force in the business world