Beloved professor Henry Abraham dies at 98
The Supreme Court scholar lived a full life with a “perpetual twinkle in his eye.”
Discovery gives hope for macular degeneration treatment
Unexpected evidence appears to link two age-related forms of the condition.
The semester resumes on Zoom
Students and faculty adjust to distance learning
Students and faculty adjust to distance learning as Coronavirus forces them off Grounds.
UVA researchers join fight against COVID-19
Faculty collaborate on COVID-19 testing, treatment and prevention.
Study seeks better identification for a heart disease
Researchers hope to better determine risks for a cause of sudden cardiac death.
Nurture shapes nature in infancy bonding
UVA study suggests early interactions affect gene expression.
New report calls for better support for America’s youth
Based on multidisciplinary research, the report emphasizes the importance such a formative stage of life.
One professor put UVA in the race for the A-bomb, or at least he tried
In the race for the A-bomb, Jesse Beams, UVA’s resident centrifuge expert, may have promised more than he could deliver.
Walkable communities may foster upward economic mobility
The reasons, however, might not be entirely economic.
Center for Politics appoints first resident scholars
A columnist and a former congresswoman will bring varying perspectives to the center.
UVA takes a tumble in U.S. News’ 2020 rankings
The University fell from No. 25 to No. 28 after losing ground on the new category “social mobility.”
Poets Dove, Dargan take home big honors
Rita Dove and one of her former students demonstrate the dominance of the Creative Writing program.
Cars still more dangerous for women according to recent study
UVA researchers found that women are 73 percent more likely to suffer a serious injury.
No lie: Even small acts of dishonesty can take a toll
Lying creates a cycle of disconnection, study finds.
Sugar makes these organisms indestructible
Researchers say discovery is an example of just how much life remains to be understood.
Researchers try to outswim a tuna
What does it take to swim like an actual fish?
Data Science clears crucial hurdle to become UVA’s 12th school
The program received approval from the State Council of Higher Education in September.
How Walt Whitman disguised his poems about male love—and how a UVA professor put it all together
Fredson Bowers discovered the original sequence of poems to reveal a more vulnerable side to America’s poet.
Longtime Comm School dean Zeithaml steps down
After 23 years at the helm, Carl P. Zeithaml will continue as a strategic management professor.
Law School repurposes $1M-plus from shuttered Thomas Jefferson Center
Funds will go toward the reopening of the First Amendment Clinic.
Two health studies go with their gut
Researchers point to the gut as a source of information about disease.
Vicious cycle: effects of climate change could make environmental accords more difficult
Disruptions in politics and economics make compromise more difficult.
Study highlights dangers of soft bedding in infant sleep areas
With other preventable causes contribute to suffocation deaths, education is a top priority.
For HIV patients, mental-health care yields measurable benefits
Patients who met with mental-health care providers saw better outcomes for viral suppression.
Social class movers may bring special value to the workplace
Their “cultural toolkit” contributes a unique perspective.
