What’s Up, Doc?

The human body is a complex machine of about 10 trillion interconnected cells. Researchers at the U.Va. Health System are working with new technology to keep everything from our brains to our blood sugar in good shape.

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Rita Dove receives National Medal of Arts; Students receiving free electrionc texts; Recycling at Scott Stadium; Darden Dean Bruner named Dean of the Year; VQR; Rankings

Bookmarked: Please Touch the Artwork

“UVaM” brings art to the Apple App Store

iPad users can turn, magnify and further explore 19 objects from the U.Va. Art Museum’s collection as if the artifacts were in their hands. At

Visions of technology inspire Rice Hall dedication

Rotunda Guitar

Engineers create an unusual instrument

U.Va. Mechatronics builds musical instruments

High-Tech Building for High-Tech Research

Rice Hall is new home for computer sciences

Rice Hall

At the beginning of the fall semester, the new engineering building, Rice Hall, welcomed both graduate and undergraduate students to its classrooms and labs. It’s the

Stacked Up

Photo: Luca Dicecco

A recent $5 million retrofit of Ivy Stacks has doubled the capacity of this 10,000-square-foot warehouse, which contains more than 750,000 valuable but rarely requested items from the

Printing Awesomeness

Class builds replica of jet engine with a 3D printer

A plastic replica of a jet engine printed and built by David Sheffler’s class.

The jet engine was a technological wonder of the 20th century. In the 21st,

Off the Page and Onto the Screen

Students test drive iPads in the classroom

The merits of new technology are often debated in the classroom. Last semester, some of that new technology was tested in the classroom, where U.Va. English students explored

What’s the future of books in a digital world?

Rare Book School

“The most important thing to point out,” says Michael Suarez, director of U.Va.‘s Rare Book School, “is that despite lots of writing to the

Rise of the Machines

As computers get smarter, experts examine the potential implications

Are humans on the cusp of building computers that are smarter than we are?

Can Social Networking Spur a Revolution?

U.Va. expert says not to confuse people with their tools

Naming children after revolutionary heroes is nothing new, but one Egyptian father gave his daughter an unusual name at the height of the recent uprisings in the Middle East.<

A Gallery of Great Websites at U.Va.

History, lectures, games and virtual tours are only a click away

A score of enthralling websites, courtesy of U.Va.

Adjusting the Prescription

The School of Medicine overhauls its century-old educational approach

The School of Medicine overhauls its century-old educational approach

On the Go, In the Know

New U.Va. mobile app expands access to information