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(05/13/21 3:03pm)
With temperatures getting warmer and days growing longer, plants have begun to bloom around Grounds and in the local Charlottesville area. Pollinators, such as bees, are also making appearances. For those interested in spending time outdoors and seeing spring in all its colorful and dynamic glory, there are several sights to look out for.
(04/28/21 3:42am)
Nearly 13 months ago, COVID-19 first hit the University as students were asked not to return from spring break March 11, 2020 and the first University community tested positive March 16. Since then, U.Va. Health has taken several actions in a continuous and evolving response to the pandemic. Now, U.Va. Health administrators and physicians involved in ramping up COVID-19 testing and response reflect on the pandemic and the lessons learned from one year of tumultuous operations.
(03/21/21 8:14pm)
A new device developed by two heart device manufacturers — called the interatrial shunt — is currently being tested in clinical trials at several sites nationwide, including at U.Va. Health. If the results of the trial prove promising, these devices could help ease symptoms in heart failure patients and increase their quality of life.
(04/08/20 8:24pm)
There have been multiple reports of environmental changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic — mostly a reduction of pollutants and a slight decrease in carbon dioxide emissions — across the world as transportation decreases, businesses close and people stay home.
(02/27/20 8:19am)
A new organization at the University, focusing on designing and building a fully autonomous electric go-kart, has just received $50,000 from the Jefferson Trust to start building the club. Cavalier Autonomous Racing will be mentored by Madhur Behl — assistant professor of computer science, engineering systems and environment — and he hopes that the organization can provide students interested in the areas of robotics and autonomy — the ability for a robot to understand its environment and make decisions on its own — an avenue for learning valuable skills. The club’s efforts will culminate in a demonstration at the Indianapolis Motorsport Speedway during the summer or fall of 2020, and Behl hopes that the team of students will use this event as a milestone to potentially partake in the full-scale autonomous car racing competition known as Indianapolis 500 in 2021.
(02/14/20 6:25am)
With classes, extra-curricular activities and limited budget, it can be hard for students to always maintain healthy lifestyles. Many students try to eat a balanced diet, exercise and meditate or practice self-care. At times, it may be difficult to establish a routine, but various communities and programs on and near Grounds can help them keep up with their goals.
(12/10/19 7:47pm)
To better learn about what our genes can do, researchers have recently used a plant hormone to make improvements to a decade-old system for degrading proteins. The work, published in a paper in August, was done in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics by Asst. Prof. Michael Guertin and research scientist Sathyan Mattada. The lab has a $1.25 million grant distributed over five years from the NIH, part of which has been used towards their work on the degron system.
(11/26/19 5:29pm)
A multidisciplinary team of faculty will be launching a new graduate class in the spring 2020 semester that focuses on problem solving from three fields of expertise — computer science, public policy and law. The class, called Innovation in the Public Interest, will involve learning about the problems facing the intersecting space of technology, law and policy. Students will work in teams to solve problems given to them by project sponsors who will be government entities such as the Department of Defense.
(10/03/19 12:34am)
Susan Blank, Class of 1995 alumna and endocrinologist has recently created a motivational text messaging program, BEATDiabetes, to help patients suffering from Type 2 diabetes make lifestyle changes that helps them manage the disease — and do so at a potentially lower cost than pharmaceutical options of a similar efficacy.
(08/23/19 8:24pm)
Social Issues in Medicine, a class offered at the University’s Medical School, is unique — both in its mission of introducing medical students to social issues that affect health and in its structure of participating in a wide variety of community-service projects.
(08/09/19 10:35pm)
The Rutkowski Lab in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology recently discovered that an unhealthy gut microbiome is linked to increased metastasis — the spread of — breast cancer in mice.
(11/07/19 3:23am)
As the colder weather arrives on Grounds, students can be seen drinking chocolate mochas and staying inside — a contrast from the outdoor activities happening during the summer months. The lower amount of sunlight in the fall and winter months correlates with people experiencing a condition known as seasonal affective disorder. SAD is a mood disorder, and people who experience it usually feel depressed starting in the fall and improve as spring approaches, according to Lillian Mezey, associate director for psychiatric services.
(04/15/19 11:43pm)
This past Thursday and Friday, the second annual STATS Live! Symposium was held in Minor, Gilmer and Nau Hall. The goal of the symposium was to engage students interested in statistics and draw attention to the area’s applications to various fields. The two-day event featured two data journalists — Ella Koeze, a visual journalist at FiveThirtyEight, and Walt Hickey, senior editor for data at INSIDER. The symposium included two presentations as well as a workshop — each geared towards a different expertise level.
(02/21/19 4:26am)
Recently, the Kipnis Lab led groundbreaking research that linked waste removal in the brain to Alzheimer’s Disease. Jonathan Kipnis, the director of the University’s Center for Brain Immunology and Glia and chair of the department of neuroscience, and his team of researchers discovered that insufficient waste drainage by the meningeal lymphatic vessels of the central nervous system was associated with impairments in learning and memory.
(01/11/19 3:39pm)
The University’s Counseling and Psychological Services recently launched a new online cognitive behavior therapy program called SilverCloud. Through SilverCloud, CAPS hopes to help more students cope with stress, anxiety and depression.
(11/19/18 3:33am)
HackCville’s seventh annual trip to visit startup companies in New York City is this week, going from Thursday to Sunday. In total, 147 students will have the opportunity to personally meet and interact with the founders and employees behind a variety of companies both large and small.
(10/04/18 4:37am)
A recent Medical Center Hour, a program hosted by the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, focused on the recent approval of Medicaid expansion in Virginia to 400,000 low-income residents. The one-hour talk last Wednesday featured three speakers, including Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville), the minority leader of the Virginia House of Delegates, Carolyn Engelhard, an assistant professor of public health sciences and Chris Ghaemmaghami, the chief medical officer of the University Health System.