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Fighting Traffic in the Time of COVID-19
Associate professor Peter D. Norton of the Department of Engineering and Society discussed how the pandemic is changing our perception of urban outdoor spaces with historical context.
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For Good: Bridging the Diversity Divide
Nathaniel Donkoh-Moore, Third-Year Student, Systems Engineering
People become engineers because they have a passion for creating knowledge and technologies that serve society. UVA Engineering’s "For Good" series shares their voices.
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The Wizard's Story
Joseph L. Vaughn Professor of Humanities and technology historian W. Bernard Carlson was on BYU Radio recently talking about what fired inventor Nikola Tesla’s imagination.
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Reacting To History
First-Year engineering students tour UVA’s decommissioned nuclear reactor building and learn about their roles in designing the future
UVA Engineering students learn about the nuclear reactor that once existed here and the consequential role engineers play in developing technology that can help or hurt humanity.
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What History Tells Us About Keeping Pedestrians Safe
Engineering and Society associate professor Peter Norton offers a historical perspective on how to reverse the rise in pedestrian fatalities in an in-depth story by Arizona Public Media.
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‘Fighting Traffic’ Author Says Changing Car Culture Isn’t a Foreign Idea in America
Engineering and Society professor Peter D. Norton argues that embracing bike- and pedestrian-friendly streets could be an American thing after all — just look at history.
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A More Perfect Union
UVA academics join forces with the community to tackle some of the region’s biggest issues using social innovation, civic technology, and open data.
The center will seek to work with community stakeholders to apply data and technology in order to find creative solutions to sticky civic problems.
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Department of Engineering and Society’s Peter Norton Talks About Auto Insurance for ‘Ask the Expert’ Feature
Science, technology and society associate professor Peter D. Norton says many factors influence auto insurance rates, but reducing our society’s dependence on cars would help bring down the cost.
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Regulatory Restraint Gives Innovators Room and Incentive to Improve New Technologies
W. Bernard Carlson, a historian of technology and chair of the Department of Engineering and Society, argues for adaptive regulation to allow disruptive innovations to push progress while protecting the public.
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UVA’s Vaughan Professor of Humanities to Teach at National University of Ireland Galway
Historian W. Bernard Carlson will teach courses in TechInnovate, which offers master’s programs in entrepreneurship
Engineering and Society department chair W. Bernard Carlson will join the National University of Ireland Galway as a visiting lecturer in entrepreneurship during the 2019-2020...