Topic: Research
R&D Briefs
Research and discovery briefs on summer reading and forensic psychologists and psychiatrists.
Winter 2013
The Truth About Redshirting
UVA researcher finds only certain communities delay kindergarten for their children.
Winter 2013
Big Plans for Big Data
Winter 2013
Your Office Chair is Killing You
Standing up at work could save your life and even boost your productivity.
November 19, 2013
Are We Alone?
How exactly can you evaluate whether there really might be life on other planets? The answer is a paradox, says UVA astronomy professor Ed Murphy.
Fall 2013
How Connected Are We?
September 30, 2013
A Clearer Picture of Poverty
A researcher sets out to design a new poverty gauge for Virginia and discovers flaws in the existing measures.
Fall 2013
Crowdsourcing Historical Collections
Citizen scientists help the UVA library and Mountain Lake Biological Station transcribe 7,000 botany records.
Fall 2013
Bookmarked: Founders Online
A new website offers free access to the papers of six of America's founding fathers.
Fall 2013
Solar Solutions Take the Prize
UVA engineering team wins international competition with solar-powered wheelchair.
Fall 2013
Better Than Space Camp
Environmental sciences grad student Adrianna Foster spends her summer break at NASA.
Fall 2013
Flight of the Cicadas
Professor Haibo Dong studies the flight dynamics of an ancient bug to gain insight on robotic flyers.
July 17, 2013
Required Reading
Professor Rosalyn Berne discusses her new science fiction novel, "Waiting in the Silence."
Summer 2013
Lean on Me
The Young Women Leaders Program, which pairs middle school girls with college women mentors, goes global.
Summer 2013
R&D Briefs
Researchers at UVA test out a handheld ultrasound device, a scalpel-free brain surgery method and a cancer-fighting protein.
Summer 2013
Born Digital
What if an author donates a collection of work on a floppy disk? Or a hard drive that only runs Frogger and WordPerfect?
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 Quality of Souls
Alumna Audrey Davidow Lapidus writes about how a rare genetic syndrome has shaped her son's life as well as her own.
Spring 2013
Make It Stick
Physics professor Lou Bloomfield sets out to fix a wobbly table and discovers a substance that might do much more.
Spring 2013
The Search for Life on Other Planets
Astronomy professor Michael Strutskie talks about a pretty powerful telescope.
Spring 2013
Bottled Trouble
BPA, a chemical found in everything from soda bottles to store receipts, could affect genes that play a role in social behavior across generations.
Winter 2012
Meet the Machines
Take a look at four cool machines that help UVA doctors, students and researchers expand the limits of their fields.
Winter 2012
Can We Be Smarter About Our Feelings?
However you define emotional intelligence, researchers agree it can be a determining factor in building a fulfilling life.
Winter 2012
Blood Bond
Dr. Mary Laughlin and football coach Mike London try to improve the survival rate for those afflicted with cancer and blood disorders.
Winter 2012
The Marriage Crisis
UVA researchers explore the ways that marriage has changed and look toward the future of the institution.
Summer 2012