UVA Health receives $50M in two anonymous gifts for Manning Institute
Two anonymous donors have given $25 million gifts to support the University of Virginia's Manning Institute of Biotechnology.
Kroger to close at least two Virginia stores in profitability move
Kroger plans nationwide store closures over 18 months to improve profitability. At least two stores in Virginia will likely close.
Charlottesville nurtures biotech startups
Charlottesville's biotech startup ecosystem is growing, with help of U.Va.'s $350M Manning Institute of Biotechnology and CvilleBioHub.
Charlottesville Chamber announces new president and CEO
The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that it has promoted Andrea Copeland, who has been the chamber's interim CEO for about a year, to president and permanent CEO, effective immediately.
UVA Health taps new CFO
UVA Health announced Thursday that Stephanie Schnittger will become its chief financial officer, starting July 7.
Sentara reorganizes to market-based model
Sentara Health has changed its operating model to a regional market-based system, the Virginia Beach-based health system announced May 13.
DOJ grants University of Virginia extension on DEI response
The University of Virginia has until May 30 to respond to an April 28 letter from the U.S. Department of Justice demanding proof — including video and audio from the U.Va. Board of Visitors' closed sessions — that the university is dismantling and dissolving its diversity, equity and inclusion apparatuses.
DOJ demands University of Virginia prove it’s dismantling DEI
The University of Virginia's president received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division calling for the university to produce audio and video from a closed session of its board of visitors last month, as well as show evidence that every division of the university and its health system has dissolved and dismantled its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Carilion Clinic wants to launch a kidney transplant program; UVA Health opposes it
In the coming weeks, Carilion Clinic will learn whether it has the go-ahead from the state to launch a kidney transplant program at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, a plan UVA Health has publicly opposed. The Roanoke-based health system’s pitch for establishing a program is that there is no kidney transplant surgery available in the southwestern […]
U.Va. med school faculty, clinical leaders defend those who backed CEO’s resignation
More than a month after Dr. K. Craig Kent resigned as UVA Health’s CEO following an independent investigation and an emergency meeting of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, drama is still roiling at the university. A group of 21 doctors — U.Va. School of Medicine faculty senators and senators-elect, as well as the […]
University of Virginia Foundation promotes new CEO
The University of Virginia Foundation has named Deborah van Eersel as its next CEO, effective July 1. Currently the foundation’s chief administrative officer, she will succeed Tim Rose, who is retiring after 33 years at its helm, U.Va. announced in late January. The foundation’s directors formally approved the decision to promote van Eersel at a […]
U.Va. hires AstraZeneca exec to lead Manning biotech institute
Mark T. Esser, vice president for vaccines and immune therapies at pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, will be the inaugural chief scientific officer and leader of the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Virginia, U.Va. announced Thursday. Esser, who will join U.Va. May 1, earned a Ph.D. in microbiology in 1998 from […]