Topic: Academics
When Student Activist Sabato Dug in for Clemons
The grassroots campaign that convinced the General Assembly to fund a badly-needed new library.
Fall 2021
Study improves understanding of rare seizure-caused deaths
Researchers now have a better understanding of why this rare complication often occurs during sleep.
Fall 2021
New evidence of bias found in predictive healthcare tools
Tools used in intensive care units overestimate the risk of death for all patients, but particularly for Black and Hispanic patients.
Fall 2021
High-quality tutoring effective at offsetting pandemic learning losses
Frequent tutoring with experienced teachers or volunteers, personalized instruction, and a positive, mentoring relationship between tutor and student can close learning gaps for students from lower-income families.
Fall 2021
Following minds where they wander
Freely-moving, undirected thoughts have a distinct electrophysiological “signature” which can be seen by measuring brainwaves.
Fall 2021
Autism spectrum disorder looks different in girls’ and boys’ brains
Researchers advise caution in drawing conclusions about girls from research conducted primarily with boys.
Fall 2021
Adding complexity when we should be subtracting it
Less is often more, but not when it comes to problem-solving and solution-seeking, when our brains default toward additive rather than subtractive changes.
Fall 2021
The final frontier gets a little closer
UVA scientists are mapping the Milky Way and measuring the universe.
Summer 2021
Seagrass makes a comeback thanks to UVA researchers
The benefits of the plants’ return are being seen across the ecosystem.
Summer 2021
Extreme weather requires new model for grid planning
Research suggests modeling scenarios will help plan power grids as weather patterns grow more destructive.
Summer 2021
UVA research helps clarify path to renewable energy
New discoveries involving cobalt and titanium highlight the possibilities for the future of sustainable energy.
Summer 2021
Trial based on UVA research may help treat COVID-19
A drug shown by UVA studies to be effective against certain immune-system responses shows promise in trials at Washington University in St. Louis.
Spring 2021
More connections made between brain and immune system
New developments about injury and infection have emerged from two UVA studies.
Spring 2021
Making the most of a COVID situation
In a hard year, some UVA notables found comfort and escape in books, music, movies and the woods. Here are the good things that have helped them through.
Spring 2021
The rise and fall of a J-School at UVA
Amid the fervor of the Great War, UVA rid itself of a journalism school, and the pacifist it rode in on.
Spring 2021
As Covid persists, so does UVA’s work toward a cure
Researchers on Grounds go the distance in a global race for a cure.
Winter 2020
Fire ants lead to fewer ticks, meat allergies but bring own risk
Fire ants may limit the spread of the Lonestar tick—and the meat allergy it causes—but not without its own dangers.
Winter 2020
Experts say: Parent, but don’t manipulate
Boundaries are good, but manipulation can have negative long-term effects on teenagers, according to new research.
Winter 2020
Exercise benefits extend to serious medical conditions
Researchers find exercise may help mitigate the effects of a neuromuscular disease as well as macular degeneration.
Winter 2020
UVA moves up in national college rankings
The University’s ranking in U.S. News improved after falling out of the publication’s list of top 25 national universities last year.
Winter 2020
UVA set to open for in-person classes Sept. 8
University leadership addresses concerns, details data that went into decision-making.
August 31, 2020
Comm School welcomes new dean
Nicole Thorne Jenkins comes to UVA from the University of Kentucky.
Fall 2020
Masks, social distancing, personal symptom tracking will mark return to school in August
University releases detailed plan for fall semester.
June 29, 2020