
Juvenile but Not Delinquent
Surprising findings on teen sexuality
Contrary to conventional wisdom, teens who have sex at an early age may not be headed down the road to delinquency. In fact, they may actually be less inclined...
Contrary to conventional wisdom, teens who have sex at an early age may not be headed down the road to delinquency. In fact, they may actually be less inclined...
For the first time, the effects of secondhand smoke can be plainly seen, and the picture isn’t pretty. Using a special type of magnetic resonance imaging, researchers...
Randy Pausch's obsession with time management took on new significance with his cancer diagnosis.
“You can only get so fat.”
—Professor of exercise physiology Glen Gaesser, in a Los Angeles Times article,...
A grant from the Jefferson Trust yielded unexpected dividends for a project that’s addressing community health issues in Africa.
The trust, which is administered by...
Many of us are familiar with the pains of a torn ligament. One of the worst ligaments you can tear is the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which lies under...
UVA researcher Young-Hwan Kim has discovered a protein in sperm tails that may be crucial for the development of male contraceptive drugs. Known as SFEC (sperm flagellar energy carrier),...
Biologists Michelle King and George S. Bloom have made an essential advance in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Research by these UVA professors has identified a heretofore...
When I graduated from the University of Virginia, I left with skills I knew would help me in work and in life. I never imagined how much I would...
The UVA School of Medicine employs sophisticated simulations to train third-year medical students for trauma scenarios.
On April 24, 2006, the U.S. Naval Hospital Ship Mercy sailed from San Diego on a mission to provide medical and other humanitarian assistance to the people of South and...
It sounds so futuristic—growing bones outside the body, then implanting them when needed to replace those that have become soft or brittle or riddled with osteoporotic fractures....
Will avian flu be the next plague? Medical experts and scholars at UVA assess the past for clues and weigh in on the consequences of an influenza pandemic.
Take an overhead look at UVA then and now, and explore the features of the Bicentennial issue.
Other schools’ alumni love their alma maters too. But it’s just not the same. Here’s why.
From apple and pear pie to the Gin Ryan, here are several recipes to try in your own kitchen.
Do you love chuckling over awkward first-date tales or proposal mishaps? Well, we’ve got some fun for you.