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(05/22/20 2:15am)
On May 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency-use authorization for the antiviral medication remdesivir after a clinical trial conducted by U.Va. Health in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health showed it could accelerate COVID-19 recovery by 31 percent. However, just weeks after the authorization was granted, the commonwealth’s remdesivir supply is already scarce, according to Virginia Health Commissioner Norman Oliver.
(05/14/20 6:04am)
For many graduating fourth years, the end of final exams and presence of national stay-at-home orders have created the perfect space for reflection on their time at the University. Five students — all graduating with STEM degrees — share their unique journeys to the diploma they will eventually receive on the Lawn.
(04/03/20 6:57pm)
The University Health System announced just over two weeks ago the cancellation of ambulatory clinic visits and new hospital visitor limitations and screening policies. Soon after these changes were implemented, the Health System announced a new wave of more stringent regulations including the elimination of hospital visitation altogether, a more aggressive screening approach and the cancellation of many elective surgeries.
(04/02/20 6:26pm)
Due to COVID-19 outpatient clinic closures and heightened hospital regulations, Nursing School Dean Pamela Cipriano and other nursing administration have decided to cancel all clinical experiences for undergraduate students. Faculty and administration are now relying on a model made over two years ago by leaders of the nursing school to increase digital interaction and innovative learning so students can continue to develop skills in a time of social distancing.
(03/26/20 8:42pm)
After a University-wide initiative to gather the needed funds, technology and reagents, University Health System researchers have independently developed a COVID-19 test that is now being used throughout the University Health System and at hospitals across the Commonwealth.
(03/19/20 7:13am)
The University reported its first case of COVID-19 Monday, but the University Health System has been developing plans to treat COVID-19 patients since February. A diverse team of doctors, scientists and hospital administers have created an action plan that involves screening clinics, overflow spaces and specially reserved intensive care unit rooms to effectively treat patients. As more COVID-19 cases arise in the United States and Virginia, the University Health System is implementing more and more of its action plan.
(02/26/20 7:58pm)
New Dominion Bookshop and The Paramount Theater hosted Brian Greene — physics and mathematics professor at Columbia University, New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of World Science Festival — for a discussion of entropy, evolution and eternity. Greene released his new book, “Until the End of Time,” Feb. 18, before coming to speak about it and his work at The Paramount Theater Friday at 7 p.m. As a scientist, Greene is known across the world for his contributions to the field of theoretical physics. He has made numerous important findings within superstring theory, which defines particles in terms of vibrations, most notably the discovery of mirror symmetry and spatial topology change.
(02/13/20 6:29pm)
As Valentine’s Day draws near, love will be celebrated in countless different ways, looked at from all points of view and shared amongst family, friends, significant others, adults, elderly and children alike. Everyone looks at love in their own way, and scientists are no different. They, too, have their own, technical definitions of love, defined in their field’s terms. It can be seen as a reaction in the brain, the positive to negative attraction of particles or stemming from the social interactions between two people. Within an institution such as the University, these nuanced definitions are everywhere.
(02/06/20 4:59am)
After rounds of clinical trials, researchers with the University Center for Diabetes Technology have created an “artificial pancreas” for patients with Type I diabetes. Until this technology, patients with Type I diabetes had to serve as ‘translators’ between two medical devices — insulin pumps and glucose monitors. But just recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the new device, which will allow insulin pumps and glucose monitors to ‘talk’ to one another — turning two devices into one and creating a streamlined approach to diabetes management.
(08/02/19 4:08pm)
When Edward Egelman, professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics, set out to research single-celled, pathogenic organisms called archaea about a year ago, he was unsure of what he would find. But Egelman knew he wanted to start with archaea’s pili — tiny hair-like appendages that sprout from their cells. Thanks to Egelman and his lab, the science community now knows that these pili are filled with strengthening sugar molecules that enable archaea to survive in extreme temperatures — like those of volcanic hot springs.
(09/05/19 2:16am)
Books, wrappers, energy drink cans and empty Starbucks cups cover the floor. Students’ heads are noisy with Fibonacci numbers, Hume, Laffer curves or whatever happens to be pouring into it while the rest of the world seems at its most serene in the quiet of the night. This scene is a familiar one in the frantic four years of college, says Elaine Bailey, psychologist and sleep expert at University Student Health.
(01/31/19 4:35am)
After years of integrating STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — into its curriculum, the McIntire School of Commerce learned early this month that three of their degree programs — the B.S. in Commerce, M.S. in Commerce and M.S. in the Management of Information Technology — have been designated in the second week of January as official STEM degrees by the Department of Homeland Security. The designation offers new opportunities for international students who wish to work in the United States after graduation.
(12/21/18 5:02pm)
This past September, the Darden School of Business and Dominion Energy launched a green energy partnership at the Hollyfield Solar facility — a 160-acre field of solar panels in King William County, Va. After reaching an agreement with Dominion last year, the University and Darden will purchase all generated energy from the U.Va. Hollyfield Solar facility, which is owned and operated by Dominion, for the next 25 years.
(11/01/18 12:29am)
Assoc. Physics Prof. Cass Sackett has designed original experiments for the Cold Atom Laboratory, an ultra-cold physics lab housed in the International Space Station — NASA’s orbiting space station — since May of this year.
(10/11/18 9:33pm)
Charlottesville-based Adial Pharmaceuticals, a spin-off company from the University, is developing a drug to treat alcoholism in subjects with certain genetic makeups. Founded in 2011 at the University by Bankole Johnson, William Stilley and Joseph Truluck, Adial plans to begin Phase 3 of clinical trial testing for their drug as of Fall 2018.