Posts Tagged UVA
UVA study could help rural residents lose weight
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on November 24, 2023
A recent report found 68% of adults in this state were obese or overweight, putting them at increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and some forms of cancer. The problem is especially bad in rural areas, prompting an offer of help from the University of Virginia. Sandy Hausman has that story.
You can find more information about the study here.
UVA remembers three student athletes gunned down one year ago
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on November 14, 2023
On Monday, the University of Virginia observed the first anniversary of a shooting that killed three student athletes and wounded two other people.
Sandy Hausman reports on how the school remembered D’Sean Perry, Lavel Davis and Devin Chandler.
UVA doctor offers advice on job burnout
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on October 10, 2023
For more than 150 years, psychologists have been talking about burnout – a state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion brought on by prolonged or repeated stress.
At the University of Virginia, one medical expert has been studying the problem – and sharing possible solutions with reporter Sandy Hausman.
Why a UVA doctor volunteered in Ukraine
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on August 17, 2023
While his colleagues are talking about their summer vacations at the beach or in the mountains, one doctor at UVA Hospital is literally telling war stories. Connor Berlin took his neurosurgical skills to a large hospital caring for Ukrainian soldiers wounded in battle. Sandy Hausman has that story.
Tiki torch marchers face charges in Charlottesville
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on April 19, 2023
It’s been nearly six years since white supremacists shocked the world by marching on the University of Virginia campus, carrying torches and chanting racist and anti-Semitic slogans. Now some of those extremists are facing criminal charges, as Sandy Hausman reports.
UVA’s Innocence Project Calls on FBI to Take Another Look at 25-Year-Old Cold Case
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on July 20, 2021
It’s been 25 years since two women were found dead at their Shenandoah National Park campsite. Now, the FBI has put up posters, hoping to generate new leads, but the Innocence Project in Charlottesville has another idea. Sandy Hausman reports.
New Data Offers Insight into Civil War Population
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on April 10, 2019
Researchers at the University of Virginia are using some new data to learn about a very old subject: the Civil War. Michael Pope reports.
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