“The idea is to present the city as it is today and then we incorporate design proposals so people can see their three-dimensional form,” said Dr. Guoping Huang of the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture.
“The numbers are extraordinary and unfortunately it’s still getting worse,” said Richard J. Bonnie, chairman of the panel and director of the University of Virginia School of Law’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy.
This growing group of aging Virginians could account for more than half the state’s total population growth, according to recent forecasts from the University of Virginia.
UVA researchers say they want parents to know the risks that could come with having a big baby.
Infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests. The researchers say pediatricians may want to counsel parents of high birthweight babies early on to prevent the onset of obesity and the health problems it eventually brings.
A Virginia lawmaker is proposing legislation that would rename two post offices for fallen military members from his district. The Daily Progress reports U.S. Rep. Tom Garrett introduced bills that would name a Palmyra post office in honor of Navy Gunner’s Mate Dakota Kyle Rigsby and another that would name the University of Virginia post office after Army Capt. Humayun Khan.
Brandon Rogers always wanted to be a doctor and always loved to sing. So when he got to the University of Virginia on a scholarship, he majored in religious studies and prepared to apply to medical school.
We’re surprisingly bad at budgeting our spending ourselves, said Jennifer Doleac, a UVA professor studying the economics of crime, so good policies can help us budget.
At the Global Innovators' Roundtable led by Darden School of Business professor Edward D. Hess, executives from companies including Capital One, IBM and Siemens discussed digital transformation and how it impacted their companies.
On Swale, anyone can board the barge and pick whatever they want, from strawberries and blackberries to kale, lettuce, and chamomile. Most of the city dwellers who visit the floating food forest have never foraged before, says Brittany Gallahan, a college student at the University of Virginia, and Swale’s intern for the summer. They don’t even know where to start. “They’re a little starstruck,” says Gallahan. Whoever is volunteering on board shows them around the garden and gives them some herbs to try in a tea. “They come back with bags and forage,” Gallahan says.
“There’s something really special about this tick,” said Jeff Wilson, a fellow in the University of Virginia allergy research division focused on this allergy. The division had come to these findings having discovered that 80 percent of the meat-allergy sufferers investigated had previously reported being bitten by a tick. “Just a few bites and you can render anyone really, really allergic,” Wilson told Wired.
Saikrishna Prakash, a professor at the University of Virginia Law School, told Politico, “I don’t know how a rule of the Department of Justice can limit the president’s constitutional authority.” “My view is the president can fire the special prosecutor without regard to what the rule says,” Prakash added.
Law professor Brandon Garrett of the University of Virginia says since Watergate, federal law has forbidden any direct or indirect foreign contribution or promise of such to a US election. The statute outlaws any donation "or other thing of value" which Prof Garrett said could potentially include information. "One does not have to have committed a crime, the attempt is enough," said Prof Garrett.
‘A nothing burger with some secret sauce:’ Saikrishna Prakash is James Monroe distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia. There are tidbits worth investigating here. For one, why did the convener of the meeting say that the meeting was “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump?” After all, the lawyer from Russia now claims she is not a government lawyer. Moreover, does the statement suggest knowledge on the part of the Trump campaign about support from the government of Russia? I’m certain Congress and Robert Mueller will want to probe. But I don’t think this...
A 2010 study by the University of Virginia of 893,658 patients in the university hospital found that individuals on Medicaid had the worst post-surgery survival rate of any patients, including the uninsured, after controlling for age, health status, income, and other relevant factors.
Researchers at the University of Virginia have come up with a safe way to successfully "shut off" genes, potentially leading to a cure for genetic diseases. Gene editing, using the CRISPR system, has been around for several years, but cells would often be damaged in the editing process.
The University of Virginia in Charlottesville is ranked No. 11, and Washington and Lee University in Lexington is ranked at No. 16 for best value in the country, according to the analysis of more than 700 of the nation’s best-performing colleges. A total of 711 schools nationwide made the list, including 19 from Virginia.
On Monday, he visited sites in West Virginia before heading to Fishersville to observe the telemedicine program at Augusta Health in Fishersville. Pai learned that Augusta Health doctors are able to assess stroke patients and lower the mortality rate through telemedicine. Lisa Schwenk, director of public relations for Augusta Health, said Pai was briefed on the hospital’s telestroke program with the University of Virginia, saw the telecommunications program the hospital has with local EMS providers and reviewed the program that allow health care workers to monitor home health patients remotely...
Tuesday, 5th District Rep. Tom Garrett (R) introduced two bills in hopes of honoring fallen military heroes Dakota Rigsby and Humayun Khan from central Virginia. A separate bill would name the post office at the University of Virginia after Khan, who graduated from the university in 2000. Khan was killed in Iraq while serving with the army in 2004.
Rep. Tom Garrett (VA-05) introduced a pair of bills to rename Virginia post offices after two fallen local heroes. The post office at the University of Virginia would be named for Captain Humayun Kahn, who was killed while serving in Iraq in 2004.