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Kidney injuries among high-school varsity athletes are so rare that even youth with only one kidney should be allowed to play, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have concluded after conducting a groundbreaking survey of the frequency of such injuries
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Helayne Spivak, an acclaimed veteran creative director in the advertising industry, has been named the new director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter, the university’s marketing communications and advertising graduate program
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You are taking full advantage of the summer to activate your college plans. When others are scurrying around in the fall trying to find time for the college search and application processes, you will have completed most of the work in a thoughtful and gradual manner
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A drug shown to help break alcohol addiction can also help recovering methamphetamine addicts stay clean, a study led by University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher Bankole A. Johnson has found
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The director of Virginia Cooperative Extension said that agency is steadily rebuilding its presence in county offices across Virginia after staffing cuts in recent years
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The long-term effects of traumatic brain injury have been spotlighted by the high-profile suicides of former NFL players Junior Seau and Dave Duerson
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Becker’s Hospital Review has named the University of Virginia Medical Center one of its “100 Great Hospitals” for 2012
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Not only are young women attending college in greater numbers than young men, the growth in the Title IX era is close to figurative exponential in comparing the numbers. Which makes me wonder aloud ..
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Rachel Carson’s seminal 1962 book, Silent Spring, told the real-life story of how bird populations across the country were suffering as a result of the widespread application of the synthetic pesticide DDT
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What do you do with old research papers? If you are EMU graduates Kaitlin Heatwole and Nathan Hershberger, you submit it to a competition and win $500 each
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