Cases of COVID-19 are once again on the rise in the Blue Ridge Health District because of a resurgence of the delta variant, doctors with the University of Virginia Medical Center said Friday. The increase comes after families gathered together for the Thanksgiving holiday and with a potentially worse variant, omicron, on the horizon. UVa hospitalizations related to COVID-19 stood at 36 patients as of Friday.
(Commentary) But liberals are interested, too. In a July 2021 University of Virginia poll, 41% of Biden supporters (as well as 52% of Trump voters) were at least somewhat in agreement with the idea “that it’s time to split the country, favoring blue/red states seceding from the union.”
Half a million Americans develop an illness called C. diff per year, and about 30,000 of those people die from it. It’s a life-threatening infection that mainly impacts hospitals and nursing homes as a result of long-term antibiotic use. Researchers with the University of Virginia Health System are working to help those impacted by the illness, by transplanting fecal matter from healthy individuals into those who are sick. This process can be compared to a colonoscopy.
Specific to divorcing couples is the work of Dr. Robert Emery, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and respected expert in the divorce field. He differentiates grieving an irrevocable loss like death from grieving a revocable loss like divorce, where the possibility of reconciliation remains for the former spouses and the children. Based on his case observations and research, he developed a cyclical theory of grief in divorce that describes the cycle of grief for the divorcing couple.
Brennan Armstrong's record-breaking season with the Cavaliers is now an award-winning season, as the quarterback received the 2021 Dudley Award for the player of the year at a Virginia state school.
The push for improved football facilities at Virginia received a boost on Friday on the same day the Cavaliers announced their next head coach. The University of Virginia Board of Visitors approved a request from the athletics department to pull $10.3 million from the "special gift fund" to put towards the planned new football football operations center. The $10.3 million is seen as a jump start for fundraising for the $65 million and 160,000 square foot facility, which is Phase I of the University's Athletics Master Plan.
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted on Friday morning to approve a request from the UVA Athletics Department for a $10.3 million transfer of funds from the endowment to go towards fundraising for construction of a new facility for the Virginia football program.
On Friday, UVA announced the hiring of Tony Elliott, the former Clemson offensive coordinator who helped the Tigers win a pair of national championships and reach the College Football Playoff on six consecutive occasions. “Coach Elliott is a winner, in every sense of the word,” Cavaliers athletic director Carla Williams said in a release announcing Elliott’s hire. “He is known for his character, humility, work ethic, skill set and passion for education.”
The public is invited to test projects being worked on by University of Virginia students of electrical and computer engineering. The capstone fair will be taking place Dec. 16 at the Thornton Hall National Instruments Engineering Discovery Lab. Examples of projects include a hat that helps the visually impaired sense their surrounding and a device to teach young children how to spell.
(Press release) Emory University’s Goizueta Business School has announced the 20 semifinalist teams of the 2022 John R. Lewis Racial Justice Case Competition. As the focus of the competition this year, entrants were invited to complete industry-specific applications for the categories of consulting and professional services, food and beverage, health care, technology, and transportation and logistics. This year’s competition drew 76 applicant teams from more than 40 universities who will compete for monetary prizes ranging from $5,000 to $20,000. All prizes are a one-to-one split, with 50% giv...
UVA School of Medicine students thanked families on Friday night for their vital sacrifices. At a private event, students paid respect to anatomical donors – families who donated the bodies of their loved ones for educational purposes. They shared stories and artwork with the families and said the work is helping to provide hands-on training for future physicians – as well as a confidence boost.