The power of negativity: why “naysayers” get our vote
Research indicates that people associate power with negative speaking.
Living Legends: The Trees of Grounds
With photography from last fall's peak color, we’ve been waiting a year to tell you this story.
It’s hot and getting hotter
Researchers in the Department of Environmental Studies predict that climate change will result in more hot days.
Looking back on tragedy
In new book, alum details the immense work of bringing space shuttle Columbia home
Mike Leinbach (Arch ’76, Engr ’81) led the extraordinary effort to piece together the space shuttle Columbia just days after he gave the go-ahead at its launch.
Robot, take the wheel
In University lab, engineers teach autonomous vehicles to navigate an unpredictable world
Assistant Professor Nicola Bezzo's research focuses on creating systems to allow self-driving cars to deal with surprise events, such as a blown tire or sudden traffic.
Practical Magic
Popular How Things Work class gives away the secrets to the physical world
The physics class, created by professor Louis Bloomfield in 1991, is a big hit with nonscience majors.
Galaxy Quest
UVA team’s discovery of elusive dwarf galaxies provides critical support for a theory of creations
Sandy Liss (Grad ’14, ’19), Sabrina Stierwalt and Chris Wiens’ (Col ’17) findings could give astronomers new data about how galaxies formed.
Cutting Carbon
A partnership with Dominion Virginia Power will provide electricity to the University from a new solar farm in King William County, cutting UVA’s carbon footprint by 11 percent.
NASA’s Unseen Heroes
Alumna discovers a bestseller and major motion picture in her own backyard
Margot Lee Shetterly discovered an important part of American space race history in her own childhood neighborhood.
Our Solar System, Ourselves
Engineering students study the anthropology of outer space
What exactly is "the Anthropology of Outer Space," and how does it help science students gain valuable perspective about their work?
An immune system molecule makes you more social. Wait, what?
Research might lead to more understanding of how immune cells affect the brain
Current UVA Medical School research on mice may lead to a greater understanding of how immune cells affect the brain.
What Can Voles Tell Us About Ourselves?
Behavioral epigenetics research shows how trauma can permanently change the way your genes function
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.
UVA Establishes Brain Institute
The University is taking another step toward a better understanding of the brain through its newest initiative: the UVA Brain Institute. Here’s what they hope to accomplish through cross-Grounds collaboration in the field of neuroscience.
News Briefs
University Advancement and the Women’s Center gain new leadership; new leaders appointed to the Board of Visitors; two distinguished Writers-in-Residence come to Grounds.
Good Science
Years ago, a UVA scientist made a discovery that led to a Nobel Prize
In a series of experiments in a lab on Grounds in 1977, pharmacology professor Alfred G. Gilman made a breakthrough that won him a Nobel Prize.
