Topic: Faculty
A Measured Gait
Walking ability as we age
D. Casey Kerrigan reads a lot into the way people carry themselves. As chair of U.Va.’s department of physical medicine and rehabilitation, she’s been investigating how people walk, particularly as…
She-E-Os
The gender dynamic at the top
When a company announces a new female CEO, the news can be perceived as bad. Darden School of Business professor Erika James and co-researcher Peggy Lee at Arizona State University…
A Legume With Fight
U.Va. professor helping to protect food staple
African cowpea farmers have long known their worst enemy. They call it “witchweed,” a parasite so virulent that it threatens to decimate what is a food staple for millions of…
Our Daily Bread
Carbs not so bad after all
“There is no reason to be eating fewer carbs—they’re not the enemy,” says U.Va. exercise physiology professor Glenn Gaesser. He published an extensive analysis of peer-reviewed, scientific research on carbohydrate…
Blue, Orange and Green
The growing environmental sensibility on Grounds
Though the pace of change might not suit everyone, U.Va. is moving toward a greener future on many fronts.
Bice Devices
One of the best-known Bice Devices, the electronic pseudophone, demonstrates how the brain localizes sound by altering the location from which noise seems to originate. Bice described it best: “It’s…
Building the Sciences
President Casteen Photo by Ian BradshawAt its October meeting, the Board of Visitors endorsed a comprehensive approach to enhancing the sciences when it approved three major research buildings—one for Medicine,…
Required Reading: John Portmann
John Portmann Photo by Tom CogillAn assistant professor of religious studies, John Portmann (Grad ’95) most recently authored A History of Sin. His other books include Bad For Us: The…
Sex and the Female Mind
Why are so many women dissatisfied?
Anita Clayton Photo by Luca DiCeccoThe sly smile of the woman gracing the cover of Anita Clayton’s book Satisfaction: Women, Sex, and the Quest for Intimacy begs readers to fall…
The Wired Mind
Plugging into the heart of the brain
James Coan probes how the mind reacts to emotional situations, from holding hands to being homesick. Barry Condron blazes trails with computer images of fruit flies.
Sounding Off
The Virginia Center for Computer Music is Making Noise
A small outfit with a big reputation, this U.Va. program dispels the notion that computer music is nothing but monotonous bleeps and bloops.
Required Reading: W. Bernard Carlson
W. Bernard CarlsonA U.Va. professor of science, technology and society, W. Bernard Carlson’s seven-volume Technology in World History was published in 2005. He’s now finishing a biography of the famous…
Running on Respect
U.Va.'s Sorensen Institute wants to clean up politics
In an era in which mudslinging has become a science, U.Va. offers a voice in the wilderness, calling for civility.
Into Africa
Lessons in cultural immersion
Seduced long ago by a lion's roar, environmental sciences professor Bob Swap introduces a new generation of students to a complex and changing Africa.
Queen of Slag
Transforming Industrial Wastelands
Hailed as the toxic beauty queen of brownfield remediation, landscape architect Julie Bargmann is helping to regenerate forsaken sites and bring them back into the community fold.
HIGHLIGHTS
Ultra Dedicated
Meet two women who run 100 mile races across treacherous terrain and through bad weather; they run ultramarathons with apt names such as Hellgate.
Building, but not Sprawling
Curious about new construction projects on Grounds? See what new buildings will look like when they're done and how much they'll cost.
High Expectations
U.Va. baseball coach Brian O'Connor talks about last year's spectacular season and his aspirations for this year's College World Series.
Working Vacation
How Alternative Spring Break changed the perspective of students who have participated in the program.
Pioneer of Beer
Tired of the same old brew, Charlie Papazian (Engr ’72) learned to brew his own beer, wrote a book about it and revolutionized American brewing.
Rekindling Desire
A new drug shows promise for women who lack sexual desire.
A Stitch in Time
Admire rare and beautiful items of clothing from the 1790s to the 1950s that are held in the Collection of Historic Dress.
1977: Ms. Rhodes Scholar
Catherine Burke Sweet (Col ’77), one of the first female Rhodes Scholars, went to England to study in the late '70s and she never moved back.
A Real Adventure in Modern Living
What was the University experience of the 1950s and 1960s like for a married veteran living on Copley Hill?
All-Time Biggest Crowds at Home Football Games
The top five record-breaking crowds at Scott Stadium. Were you there?
