Sandy Hausman
Charlottesville Bureau ChiefSandy Hausman joined the Radio IQ team in 2008 after living and working in Chicago for 30 years. Since then, she's won numerous national and regional awards for her prolific coverage of the environment, criminal justice, research and happenings at the University of Virginia. Sandy is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Michigan. Contact Sandy at shausman@vt.edu.
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Each summer, more than a dozen students from around the world converge on one of this country’s largest veterinary teaching hospitals – the Wildlife Center of Virginia. For many, it’s a dream come true. -
As soldiers prepare to remove people living on the streets of Washington, D.C., cities in Virginia are looking for other ways to help those who lack a permanent address. In Charlottesville, five congregations have divided up the week, each taking one day to provide a free lunch to anyone in need. That’s created an opportunity for one doctor to make house calls. -
Governor Youngkin has signed an executive order to strengthen oversight of Virginia nursing homes. The announcement comes after the state’s health commissioner said there is a backlog of more than 1,000 complaints against nursing homes here. -
As Virginia gets closer to Election Day, voters will be seeing more campaign ads, and a national non-profit promoting criminal justice reform is warning us not to believe everything we see. Sandy Hausman has that story. -
As students return to UVA for the fall semester, about a dozen will be wrapping up their time at the National Security Data and Policy Institute.They spent ten weeks exploring the important job of keeping a country safe in a time of growing risks. -
Weather forecasts are key to a good emergency response, but a team at the University of Virginia says planners need something more to protect the public. They’re helping first responders and communities to be more resilient. -
Summer puts extra demands on our feet as we take mountain hikes, stroll ocean beaches, explore vacation spots or just go barefoot to retrieve the day’s mail. That’s why a nurse at the University of Virginia is speaking out – offering advice on how to take care of your tootsies. -
It’s been a year since the state took control of the Lawrenceville Correctional Center, once run by a private company, and turned it into a model prison it hopes will transform the system. -
Summer vacation often means leaving pets behind with a sitter, and for one Virginia couple that decision proved providential. -
About 20 million Americans have macular degeneration – a condition that damages vision and can cause blindness. Now, a doctor at the University of Virginia has come up with a new, painless and inexpensive way to treat one form of the disease – a medication that also holds promise for people with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, ALS and multiple sclerosis.
