Sandy Liss (Grad ’14, ’19), Sabrina Stierwalt and Chris Wiens’ (Col ’17) findings could give astronomers new data about how galaxies formed.
At what point do wearable health sensors dehumanize patients? Learn about the abilities and limitations of these advanced detection methods through the eyes of science and sociology.
Current UVA Medical School research on mice may lead to a greater understanding of how immune cells affect the brain.
Behavioral epigenetics is the study of how emotional trauma can affect the genes passed down to the next generation, and the study of prairie voles can shed some light on this phenomenon in humans.
Caroyl Beddow Gooch's careful calculations of astronomical measurements helped McCormick Observatory become one of the world's top observatories in the mid-20th century.
Beauty is not the only thing in the eye of the beholder. Height. Distance. Effort. Cognitive psychologist Dennis Proffitt studies how we see the world around us.
UVA has two of the most precise bioprinters in the nation. What can they do? How do they do it?
Architecture professor Karen Van Lengen launches a virtual library of New York City sounds.
Catherine Zucker (Col '15) conducts research that is helping to reveal the Milky Way’s “skeleton.”
An overview of how the University is responding to this issue.
Darden professor Martin Davidson discusses "weirdness" and explains how weird people may be our greatest resource.
To find out exactly how a changing climate affects us, UVA professors have undertaken studies that span the globe—from Virginia to the Arctic and beyond.
Connor Woodle was born without thumbs. A procedure performed by Dr. Bobby Chhabra at the UVA Hand Center changed his life.
Alumna searches for references to enslaved people to add them to “Unknown No Longer,” a public database of enslaved Virginians who appear in inventories, bills of sale, wills and other records.
UVA psychology professor Timothy D. Wilson conducted a study that found that people would rather be shocked than be alone with their thoughts.
Q&A with ‘Game of Thrones’ exec Janet Graham Borba (Col ’79).
No UVA team before or since has had consecutive undefeated seasons. Boxing went four years without a loss. Then it went away.
Coy Barefoot (Grad '97) recounts how the University had to overcome determined opposition to come into existence.
As the Board of Visitors searches for the University’s ninth president, take a look back at the first eight—the challenges they faced and their lasting imprints.