Scientific Six Pack

New discoveries at U.Va. including living antibiotics, the financial implications of motherhood and the unexpected benefits of “celebrity” sports equipment

Improve your putting, earn more money, increase your odds of survival and other topics U.Va. researchers are exploring.

Shaping the Future

One of the energizing aspects of daily life at U.Va. is the constant exposure to astonishing research, scholarship and other creative activities. Our faculty members are working at the leading…

Drawing From Nature

Mountain Lake Biological Station inspires art

Students carried five-gallon buckets that held their art supplies through the hardwood forest of the Appalachian Mountains. When they found something to draw, they turned the buckets over and used…

The Secret Life of a Raindrop

A raindrop is never just a raindrop. Its value changes from friend to enemy, moneymaker to toxin.

175 Years of Engineering

A few of the U.Va. engineers whose projects have touched our daily lives.

Costly Cartoons?

Fast-paced shows hurt kids’ executive function, study shows

Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children

Built to Last

The Engineering School celebrates 175th anniversary

Much has changed since 1836, when America needed engineers to build machinery for factories, bridges for roads and locks for canals, and the U.Va. Board of Visitors created a school…

The Game Plan

Goals include greater efficiency, growth

President Teresa Sullivan recently outlined a number of goals for the University, one of which will be “to get money aligned with the mission.” “It’s not to create winners and…

Following the Flow

U.Va. scientists and educators assess and improve water quality

Suzanne Maben, gray-green waders hugging her legs, forges into the middle of Paine Run and, like a nurse monitoring a patient, records the vital signs of the stream. The air…

University Joins Consortium Addressing Global Water Issues

It Ain’t Easy Being Green

Kerry Kriger (Engr ’96) founded Save the Frogs to protect amphibians

Frogs are disappearing and Kerry Kriger (Engr ‘96) says their extinctions are a bellwether for the survival of other species and ecosystems. In 2008, he founded the nonprofit, Save the…

Jewel Box in the Woods

Architect builds cabin by hand

When architect Olle Lundberg (Arch ‘79) bought 16 acres overlooking the virgin forests of the Gualala River canyon in California, the first thing he and his wife, Mary, did was…

What’s in the Water?

New website shows levels of pharmaceuticals in Virginia wastewater

Want to know what prescription and generic drugs are in your local wastewater? Now Virginia residents can check using a new website created by U.Va. engineering professors Lisa Colosi and…

Ticked Off Carnivores

Tick bites likely cause allergy to red meat

Ticks are icky. They spread Lyme disease. And now it appears they might interfere with your ability to enjoy a hamburger. A team headed by Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills, U.Va. professor…

U.Va. and partner universities launch nanoelectronics center