Sean Lyons
Fight or Flight
By analyzing dozens of bits of biographical data for 2,500 world leaders, Batten School Dean Allan C. Stam seeks to understand what makes leaders open to risk.
Fall 2015
The Straight Scoop
Thomas Jefferson didn’t bring ice cream to the United States, but he was the first American known to write down the recipe.
June 24, 2015
Room of Errors
The "room of errors" is a new training tool a UVA nursing professor uses to get everyone from interns to nurses to therapists thinking more about reducing medical errors.
Spring 2015
What Lies Beneath
Maintaining a 6-mile network of tunnels under Grounds is a never-ending job for UVA’s facilities workers. They spend every day of the year fixing valves, draining traps and conducting routine inspections on the pipes that heat the Grounds.
Winter 2014
Any Given Saturday
Go behind the scenes at Scott Stadium for a look at the inner workings of a Cavaliers football game.
Fall 2014
What Your Smart Phone Photos Can’t Do
Art professor William Wylie talks about the work of his advanced photography students.
May 16, 2014
Start Celebrating
You might think that UVA was founded in 1819, but that's not the whole story.
April 15, 2014
The Secret Life of Plants and Trees
Learn about the defense mechanisms of some of nature's most cunning survivors.
Summer 2013
Rethinking the Way We Learn
Professor Daniel Willingham knows why students don't like school— it's all in how the brain works.
Spring 2013
The Farm-to-Table Butcher
Swiss-trained butcher and alumna Tanya Cauthen shares recipes and tips for picking the best cuts of meat.
November 16, 2012
Along Came A Spider
A UVA doctor is testing a safer antivenom for black widow spider bites.
October 16, 2012