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UVA Computer Science Ph.D. Student Earns $5,000 Reward from Google for Finding Bug
Tamjid Al Rahat, a student in assistant professor Yuan Tian’s research group, found a high-severity flaw in Google’s OAuth client library for Java.
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World’s First Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center Will Be at UVA
The $8 million investment will generate clinical trials and other research that will directly benefit patients.
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UVA Awards Outstanding Teachers, Citing Empathy, Technology and Collaboration
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.
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Scientists Transform Beating Heart Stem Cells Into Brain Cells
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.
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Class of 2022: For This Determined Engineer, The Sky is Not the Limit
As fourth-year aerospace engineering student Joshua Franklin traverses a path that may lead to becoming an astronaut, he will leave behind a legacy of promoting diversity and inclusivity across Grounds.
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CAREER Award: Teaching Machines the Art of Human Decision-Making
Research Aims to Improve Machines’ Recommendations and Predictions Based on Cause and Effect
Li’s models will generate deeper insights into observational data to help people make better decisions affecting their health, economic well-being and quality of life.
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Class of 2022
Electrical Engineering Student Brings the Power of Empathy to All She Does
Rawan Osman learned how sustainable, decentralized power systems could improve the lives of people like her extended family in Sudan.
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Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Student Wins UVA’s Inaugural Bhakta Rath Research Award
Tori Vigil is the first recipient of a new University award recognizing excellence in public impact research in areas anticipating future needs of the nation.
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Washington Post: The Power of Opportunity
Chenelle Williams, a fourth-year computer science student, mentors transfer students and has already lined up an internship with Amazon. Williams, on track to graduate in December 2022, is earning her bachelor's at UVA after transferring from a community college.
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UVA Engineering Professor earns John T. Casteen III Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Leadership Award
Garrick Louis, an associate professor in the departments of Engineering Systems and Environment and Engineering & Society, was recognized for his work on Grounds and in the community.