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(02/13/20 6:28pm)
Strokes are one of the leading causes of disabilities in the United States and cost an estimated $100 billion each year to prevent. That's why Mark McDonald, neuroimmunology fellow at the University’s School of Medicine, and Omar Uribe co-founded an early-stage digital health company — NeuroView — using artificial intelligence to identify early risk factors for strokes and provide a plan of action to each patient to alleviate these risks. Overall, this product works to reduce the number of strokes each year and help patients receive the best care in the shortest time possible.
(10/23/19 3:17am)
Around the beginning of the school year, the U.Va. Health International Family Clinic opened up a Little Free Library in the waiting room of the Family Medicine Clinic to allow parents to read to their children in their own languages. The Little Free Library contains 130 books in over 20 languages and seeks to promote family bonding, children’s literacy and relaxation, especially between refugee parents and their children.
(07/12/19 8:56pm)
During the summer, students often choose to spend their time traveling abroad through one of University-affiliated programs in many countries such as Germany, Portugal, South Africa or even China. Although a change of environment can be daunting, less than one percent of over 3,500 students who travelled abroad for University-related purposes have reported an injury or illness that required a health care professional’s treatment during the 2017-18 school year.
(05/03/19 10:03pm)
Katie Bouman — a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student — captured the first image of a black hole Wednesday, April 10. Her imaging discovery was possible due to high-frequency superconducting detectors developed by U.Va. researchers and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
(04/08/19 2:16am)
The University’s Women in Computing Sciences hosted a 10-hour “Hack to the Future” hackathon Saturday in the lower level of Newcomb Hall. This event was open to all University students and focused especially on attracting first-time hackers.
(03/28/19 2:31am)
Under Health Promotion and Wellbeing in the Department of Student Health, Peer Health Educators — a group of about 45 students who are trained in behavior change theory and health promotion — work to promote a positive culture of physical, spiritual and mental well-being around Grounds. The Peer Health Education program was started in the 1970s when women were first admitted into the University in order to increase access to birth control and raise awareness for reproductive health.
(01/31/19 2:00am)
Last year, iLab was able to launch 23 startups, such as Art for the Heart, DataClassroom and Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology. Founded in 2000, iLab is an initiative supported by the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation that provides financial and legal advice, as well as a workspace to support to young entrepreneurs within and beyond the Charlottesville community.
(12/14/18 6:10pm)
Pre-Health Advising, a part of the University’s Career Center, holds weekly advising hours for pre-health students who are in need of advice either on coursework, pre-health application processes or pre-health professions. With only one year of data, it has been found that the students who met with pre-health advisors had a higher success rate for admission than students who never attended advising hours.
(09/18/18 4:27am)
In the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, Assoc. Prof. Alison Criss’s laboratory studies Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a bacterium that can lead to the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea. Criss and Biomedical Sciences graduate student Stephanie Ragland, along with two collaborators from the U.K., found that two of N. gonorrhoeae’s proteins allow the bacteria to resist a human anti-microbial enzyme, opening the way for new therapies to treat drug-resistant gonorrhea infection.
(09/13/18 9:40pm)
Each year the Office of Health Promotion in Elson Student Health provides contraceptives to students. In the 2017-18 academic year, the OHP distributed about 24,300 condoms.
(09/13/18 12:14am)
The first combined winery and brewery in Albemarle County — Meriwether Springs Vineyard & Brewery — opened for business last month. Named after a primary leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Meriwether Springs is located on a 40-acre farm that was the original estate of Meriwether Lewis.
(04/03/18 4:56am)
The Engineering Student Council Committee on Sustainability has been working to adopt sustainable measures across the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, including beautifying outdoor green-spaces, adding indoor green-spaces and improving accessibility and knowledge of water bottle filling stations and bike racks.
(03/16/18 12:47am)
Initiated around 19 years ago to eliminate misconceptions and encourage positive behaviors regarding health issues at the University, the Stall Seat Journal is a monthly poster read everywhere from dormitory bathrooms to libraries around Grounds. Affiliated with the Office of Health Promotion, the SSJ student staff is comprised of two editors, two designers and nine campaign assistants, who help relay information pertaining to topics like effective study habits, mental wellness and safe alcohol use by putting up posters.