Virginia Tech launches research program in honor of Juneteenth
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The messenger may have been murdered en route, or slave masters may have suppressed the news to ensure the harvesting of one more crop.
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Focused ultrasound shows promise against deadliest brain tumor
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An innovative use of focused ultrasound being pioneered at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is showing promise against glioblastoma.
Virginia Tech students find timely parallels between the coronavirus, 1918 influenza pandemic
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Ending social distancing too quickly during a devastating pandemic caused death rates to increase in parts of the United States, prompting additional rounds of restrictions.
Feminist activism goes online to support a home for abandoned children
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Bonnie Zare’s feminist activism class paused for a moment. Meanwhile, throughout Virginia, a group of artists were busy turning rich and delicate silk fabrics into works of art and couture.
Five UVA Children’s specialties nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report
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Five UVA Children’s specialties are ranked among the top 50 nationally in the 2020-2021 U.S. News & World Report “Best Children’s Hospitals” guide.
UVA Health News: Exercise may offer ‘profound’ benefits for genetic disease
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A top exercise researcher at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is urging clinical trials of exercise in patients with Friedreich’s ataxia after finding that physical activity has a “profound” protective effect.
Juneteenth celebration should get more attention with focus on racial justice
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Juneteenth, the annual June 19 commemoration of the end of slavery, could get heightened attention with continued protests for racial justice, according to a Virginia Tech expert.
Virginia Tech professor receives fellowship to study historical discrimination in U.S. housing
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A Virginia Tech historian has earned a prestigious fellowship to continue exploring the historical intersection of race and real estate in the United States.
Virginia Tech expert: Supreme Court must take away police ‘license to kill’
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Police violence against blacks won’t end until the U.S. Supreme Court adopts a substantially different approach to the issue, according to a Virginia Tech expert on race and social policy.
Virginia Tech expert: Joe Biden needs to do more to engage African-American voters
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Donald Trump doesn’t even make overtures to African-American voters. But is it automatic that Joe Biden will get the support from black voters that conventional wisdom seems to suggest?
