According to Associate Professor of Nursing Samuel Green, mindfulness is defined as being present in any situation. “The point is to be present with whatever comes up, [whether it is] pleasant, unpleasant or neutral,” Green said. “As a result of doing that over and over and over again, the mind becomes less reactive.”
According to psychology professor Robert Emery, "love is a mystery that can never be defined."
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and disability in the U.S., annually killing about 140,000 Americans.
The nutrition philosophy at Student Health focuses on the enjoyment of food, the role of food in aspects of a student's relationships, access and sustainability of food and constructing a diet that is beneficial based on any medical conditions.
The artificial pancreas system, a synchronization between glucose monitoring and insulin administration, shows one benefit that stands out among the rest — obtaining healthy overnight blood sugar levels.
“What is happening in Australia is by some degree caused by the people in Charlottesville,” Hank Shugart, W. W. Corcoran professor of environmental sciences, said. “It's a planetary problem.”
U.Va. data scientists are finding a way to use artificial intelligence to predict the likelihood of a patient returning to the hospital in an effort to prevent readmissions.
GRIT at the University now aids in coordinating efforts to diversify graduate student populations across the Biomedical Sciences, Biology and Engineering Departments.
Researchers at the Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative are developing methods to analyze the patterns associated with flu season by creating computational models to forecast and control outbreaks.
Looking towards the next 10 years, professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and leader of the environmental practice program at the University, Deborah Lawrence, stresses the importance of a positive and attainable path forward.
The improved system is useful for basic research — answering the question of what certain genes do — and can be applied to drug discovery.
The launch of 5G results in faster connection speeds for users while perpetuating the digital divide among communities in America.
The grant will allow for the program to be used in University classrooms to help students learn about complex biological processes.
In the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the total women faculty grew from 15 percent in 2012 to 20 percent in 2018 over the years during the ADVANCE grant.
Food is the biggest contributor to the University’s nitrogen impact.
The professors will take turns lecturing on topics specific to their respective fields of expertise while the problem-solving approach lectures will involve all three.
Unlike traditional screen-based media that can only display one perspective, 360 degree filmmaking uses specialized camera equipment to capture images and sounds from all angles.
Creating an undergraduate teaching degree will eliminate at least one to two extra years of a tuition burden to students and will also allow students to apply for undergraduate aid to this degree.
The council is made up of 16 individuals from different sectors within the University and Charlottesville community, in hopes that the U.Va. Health System will hear the stories and gain insight from all perspectives.
Through the FermiLab experiments, the field of particle physics — which concerns itself with studying the most minute components of matter and their interaction — is likely to undergo major sources of discovery.
