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Engineering Student and President of Out in STEM Shares Diversity of Thought

Caroline Davis is a rising fourth-year biomedical engineering major who is passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion. We asked Davis to share some experience and insights...

Based on their new discovery, the UVA team was able to change whether female lab mice’s bodies stored fat subcutaneously (under the skin) or viscerally (wrapped around the organs). Visceral fat can be particularly harmful to good health.

Erwin Gianchandani Plans to Forge Expanded Network to Ensure the United States Leads in Global Competitiveness

Alumnus Edwin Gianchandani intends to create stronger ties between research, manufacturing and the marketplace across the nation to develop and scale key technology areas such as...

The $8 million investment will generate clinical trials and other research that will directly benefit patients.

Assistant professors Shannon Barker and Nada Basit have received All-University Teaching Awards. Barker and Basit are being honored for demonstrating exceptional creativity, passion and compassion, especially during a period when students still feel the aftershocks of the pandemic.

By turning off a single gene, University of Virginia researchers and their collaborators caused stem cells already becoming heart cells to change course and become future brain cells.

Assistant professors George Prpich of chemical engineering and Shannon Barker of biomedical engineering earned this year’s Hartfield Excellence in Teaching Award, presented to UVA Engineering faculty.

Fread Has Earned a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Fread says UVA has helped her become more excited about science than ever before.

Johannsen Has Earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering

Johannsen wants to work on technologies to treat Type 1 diabetes.

DeCleene Has Earned Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Biomedical Engineering

DeCleene dug into the medical device development process during her studies and research at UVA.