Topic: Academics
Data Science clears crucial hurdle to become UVA’s 12th school
The program received approval from the State Council of Higher Education in September.
Winter 2019
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.
Fall 2019
Longtime Comm School dean Zeithaml steps down
After 23 years at the helm, Carl P. Zeithaml will continue as a strategic management professor.
Fall 2019
Law School repurposes $1M-plus from shuttered Thomas Jefferson Center
Funds will go toward the reopening of the First Amendment Clinic.
Fall 2019
Two health studies go with their gut
Researchers point to the gut as a source of information about disease.
Fall 2019
Vicious cycle: effects of climate change could make environmental accords more difficult
Disruptions in politics and economics make compromise more difficult.
Fall 2019
Study highlights dangers of soft bedding in infant sleep areas
With other preventable causes contribute to suffocation deaths, education is a top priority.
Fall 2019
For HIV patients, mental-health care yields measurable benefits
Patients who met with mental-health care providers saw better outcomes for viral suppression.
Fall 2019
Social class movers may bring special value to the workplace
Their “cultural toolkit” contributes a unique perspective.
Summer 2019
Researchers find potential new weapon for battling sepsis
A commonly used antidepressant may be a promising treatment.
Summer 2019
Scaling Up
A law school climb to Everest base camp could set a new baseline in global learning.
Summer 2019
UVA announces new Batten School dean
Ian H. Solomon brings more than 20 years of experience at the local, national and international levels.
Summer 2019
Nevermore
The purloined treasures of the library vault: an inside look at a suspected inside job.
Spring 2019
A New-School Approach to Data Science
President James E. Ryan (Law '92) shares the vision for the new School of Data Science.
Spring 2019
The power of negativity: why “naysayers” get our vote
Research indicates that people associate power with negative speaking.
Spring 2019
Planting the Seed for UVA’s Next School
A Jefferson Trust grant sprouted into the new School of Data Science
Spring 2019
The Class of the Classroom
At a University that raises teaching to an art form, we applaud some of the virtuosos.
Winter 2018
Learning From Monsters
Engineering students study Frankenstein to learn responsible design.
Fall 2018
Singular Sensation
Alumnus brought his Broadway talents to Charlottesville to direct and choreograph A Chorus Line.
Fall 2018