University of Virginia

During the June 2 Board of Visitors meeting, University of Virginia President Jim Ryan announced a $5 million anonymous gift toward the Football Operations Center as part of Phase 2 of the athletics department master plan. This commitment…

By turning off a single gene, University of Virginia researchers and their collaborators caused stem cells already becoming heart cells to change course and become future brain cells. And that could help scientists understand how specific…

From a high-tech “dog” to a robotic surgeon, students, faculty and staff of the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science demonstrated to more than 1,000 visitors on Saturday what engineers – and particularly UVA…

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. Yes, speak up for the poor and the helpless, and see that they get justice.”This Proverbs passage is not only the mantra of Karen Downing, a…

Savannah Schuermann ensures the trash from University of Virginia alumni reunions stays out of landfills.Dr. Matthew Meyer helped swap carbon-heavy anesthesia gases for more Earth-friendly ones.Track and field athlete Sadey Rodriguez uses…

On a warm and breezy Wednesday afternoon, the University of Virginia marked Founder’s Day by awarding three Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals, the University’s highest external honors.Each year on Jefferson’s birthday, UVA and the Thomas…

Anew study from the lab of an adolescent psychologist at the University of Virginia has found more evidence that teens who are not adept at managing relationships will show physical signs of premature aging as adults.“Teenagers who don’t…

After the U.S. Senate voted Thursday afternoon to confirm judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, Kimberly Robinson, a University of Virginia law professor, tried to call her friend, but Jackson’s voice mailbox was full.…

University of Virginia researchers, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, are sharing the good news that the future of oyster reefs, which have experienced greater than 85% loss worldwide over the past two centuries, doesn’t have to…

Forests play a much greater role in moderating global temperature increases than previously thought, and improving the management of the world’s forests could represent one of the most promising natural solutions to the problem of climate…