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Brain Power

Brain Power

Summer 2012

Can Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment Prevent Crime?

Can Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment Prevent Crime?

Why UVA students are teaching Russian literature at a juvenile correctional center

May 15, 2012

Lady Gaga Recruits UVA Bullying Expert

Lady Gaga Recruits UVA Bullying Expert

Lady Gaga's lofty goal and a Foundation stacked with experts well-suited to help achieve it.

May 15, 2012

What Can the New Frog in Town Tell Us About Our Eyes?

What Can the New Frog in Town Tell Us About Our Eyes?

A biology student explains a UVA professor's new experimental animal

May 15, 2012

Literary Hoo-O-Meter

Literary Hoo-O-Meter

The University of Virginia has bit parts and sometimes starring roles in popular fiction. Here we rate novels with our trusty Hoo-O-Meter.

Spring 2012

What’s Up, Doc?

What’s Up, Doc?

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

Spring 2012

Over Seven Billion Served

Over Seven Billion Served

Last October, the 7 billionth person on the planet was born. Professors explain the dynamics of the population boom and demographic transition.

Spring 2012

A New Kind of Leader

A New Kind of Leader

The Batten School was created to develop 'challengers of the status quo.'

Spring 2012

Required Reading

Required Reading

Spring 2012

Where We Study

Where We Study

When finals are approaching at UVA, the air seems charged with anticipation as students take to the libraries and cafés en masse and energy drinks fly off the shelves.

Spring 2012

Bridging the Gap

Bridging the Gap

Spring 2012

Women at War

Women at War

Spring 2012

Leaps and Bounds

Leaps and Bounds

Spring 2012

Scientific Six Pack

Scientific Six Pack

Improve your putting, earn more money, increase your odds of survival and other topics UVA researchers are exploring.

January 13, 2012

In the Age of Slavery

In the Age of Slavery

Henry Martin was born into slavery. He would later become the University’s bell ringer.

January 12, 2012

Rotunda Guitar

Rotunda Guitar

UVA Mechatronics builds musical instruments

Winter 2011

Standing Guard

Standing Guard

How UVA helps protect America by shaping the soldiers, law enforcement officers, policymakers and scientists of tomorrow.

Winter 2011

Stacked Up

Stacked Up

Winter 2011

Map of Happiness

Map of Happiness

Winter 2011

Built to Last

Built to Last

Winter 2011