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Generous Gift Helps Chemical Engineering Grow Graduate Program

To honor the legacy of three former faculty members, an anonymous chemical engineering donor has provided $200,000 to create a series of graduate fellowships in their names.

UVA is in many ways the ideal home for this initiative. Only eight universities have top-40 engineering and medical schools located within a mile of each other. UVA is in that...

For his unwavering dedication to learning and community servitude, Rehan Baddeliyanage was selected from an over 70 nominees this spring for the $25,000 Kishore Scholarship. Among the many ways he fosters community at UVA, Rehan is a Class of 2019 Trustee.

Sharon L. Wood, 1982 graduate of UVA's Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, named UVA Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center’s 2018 Distinguished Alumna.

UVA Engineering teamed up with Eric Pike and Will Pike, a 2016 electrical engineering graduate, on an idea.

After Will Pike’s graduation in 2016 from UVA's electrical engineering program, the Pike family saw an opportunity to help student entrepreneurs.

Five teams of students received seed funding and nine months of intensive mentorship in unique entrepreneurship program

With a seven-decade family legacy of entrepreneurship, J. Eric Pike and Will Pike, a 2016 alumnus, established the Pike Engineering Entrepreneurship Fellows program.

Global Health Award Winners’ Projects Announced

Five UVA Engineers Win Global Health Awards, including three BME Majors

Civil Engineering Alumnus Edwin Copenhaver III Remembered and Supported UVA Engineering

The late Edwin Copenhaver III, a 1966 UVA civil engineering graduate, operated an iconic hardware store in Washington, D.C., and left a bequest of $2.25 million to help the School...

Jill S. Tietjen Honored for Being a Role Model

UVA Engineering Alumna Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., who was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2010, is featured in a new video series produced by the Hall of Fame and...

National Academy of Engineering member, Barry Buckland, will give the second endowed Edward L. Paul Lecture on Industrial Chemical Engineering on Thursday, April 12, 2018.