An overview of how the University is responding to this issue.
This timeline tracks national and legal developments related to sexual assaults on college campuses, recaps UVA’s responses to the Rolling Stone article and highlights what’s specifically being done at the University to help ensure student safety—both in recent years and going forward.
How workplaces can benefit from eccentric employees
Darden professor Martin Davidson discusses "weirdness" and explains how weird people may be our greatest resource.
UVA professors study regions far and near to understand the changing climate
To find out exactly how a changing climate affects us, UVA professors have undertaken studies that span the globe—from Virginia to the Arctic and beyond.
UVA hand surgeon constructs two thumbs for a boy born without them
Connor Woodle was born without thumbs. A procedure performed by Dr. Bobby Chhabra at the UVA Hand Center changed his life.
Alumna works tirelessly to bring the names of Virginia’s slaves out from the shadows
Alumna searches for references to enslaved people to add them to “Unknown No Longer,” a public database of enslaved Virginians who appear in inventories, bills of sale, wills and other records.
A UVA study finds people would rather be shocked than be alone with their thoughts
UVA psychology professor Timothy D. Wilson conducted a study that found that people would rather be shocked than be alone with their thoughts.
Two UVA economics professors find proof of love (or, quantifiable evidence of caring) in their research.
Bethany Nowviskie, director of digital research & scholarship at the UVA library and director of the Scholars' Lab, discusses digital storytelling and what the online age has meant for the humanities.
Alumna Lulu Miller is the cohost of NPR’s new show Invisibilia
Alumna Lulu Miller (Grad '13) and Alix Spiegel have created a new National Public Radio show with a focus on how invisible forces influence human behavior.
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Three decades after Cultural Literacy, E.D. Hirsch’s education ideas gain traction
More than 25 years after publishing Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, E.D. Hirsch is seeing the teaching philosophies he's championed for becoming a basis for curriculum changes across America.
UVA’s SPEED Clinic uses high-tech wizardry to help weekend warriors
UVA’s SPEED Clinic uses high-tech wizardry to help weekend warriors develop a better gait.
New digital project brings hidden messages in old books to light
UVA English professor Andrew Stauffer is on a national mission to encourage readers to take a closer look at what's scribbled in the margins of books.
Rare sighting sparks optimism for vanishing species
UVA prof. T’ai Roulston and his research team recently spotted a bumblebee that hadn’t been seen in the Eastern U.S. for five years.
A new app allows readers to explore two editions of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia and a modern annotated and searchable text.
Nearly 55 years later after UVA got its first computer, a new computing cluster will provide a significant boost to data-intensive research at the University.
A UVA professor works at predicting crime patterns via Twitter
UVA research professor Matthew Gerber has developed a computer program that uses Twitter to predict crime patterns.
Experts predict robots could replace close to two-thirds of American jobs in the next 25 years. Darden professor Edward Hess tells us how to outsmart them.
Big changes are coming with artificial intelligence. Darden School of Business professor Edward D. Hess tells us how to get ready.
A UVA professor and his team of students are powering the Internet of Things
By combining the capabilities of the Internet, an expanding wireless network and ever-shrinking electronic devices, the Internet of Things is connecting devices and people in ways that could change our lives.
You may encounter dancing robots in the lab of engineering professor Amy LaViers, who studies human movement to improve robotic applications.
In her lab in UVA’s Olsson Hall, Amy LaViers, assistant professor in systems and information engineering, can make robots dance.
University President Teresa Sullivan discusses the new Master of Science in Data Science program, and explains the growing importance of Big Data.
UVA's Center for Design and Health is working to improve environments around the world
The School of Architecture's Center for Design and Health studies ways to improve the design and planning of buildings and environments for human health.
Fine arts library creates a new collection of building and design materials
UVA professor looks at the role of competition in American culture
Media studies professor Shilpa Davé looks at ideas of competition, from The Hunger Games and America's Got Talent to college admissions and spelling bees.
How an infectious amoeba kills cells by snacking on them
UVA researchers have found a parasitic infection that kills human cells by nibbling them to death.