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  • Margot Lee Shetterly Joins UVA as Visiting Scholar

    Appointment will inspire students to explore the intersections of history, technology, race, gender, work identity and social mobility.

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  • Xue Feng Wins International Brain Tumor Competition

    Machine Learning for Brain Tumors

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  • UVA Engineering Team Judged Top Standards Negotiators in Competition

    Led by Engineering and Society professors Sharon Ku and Sean Ferguson, the team excelled in strategy, collaboration and, ultimately, nailing their objective.

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  • Playing it Safe - UVA Biomechanical Engineers Watch the Superbowl Differently

    "Super Sunday” is almost here, and while many people are planning Super Bowl parties and looking forward to an exciting game, engineers with the University of Virginia’s Center for Applied Biomechanics and a UVA spin-off company, Biocore, will be watching with a particular degree of insight, focused on safety.

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  • Engineering Systems and Environment Researcher’s Biowaste Project to Help Belize Community Fuel Itself

    Engineering Systems and Environment researcher Shakira Hobbs’ biofuel converter will help community residents manage food waste and weather the effects of climate change.

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  • Tackling Big Problems with Data Science Isn't New for UVA Engineering and Collaborators

    As UVA begins to pursue plans to establish a full School of Data Science, here are five examples of the impactful, cross-disciplinary work being done by its Data Science Institute researchers.

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  • UVA Plans New School of Data Science; $120 Million Gift is Largest in University History

    The University of Virginia announced plans to establish a School of Data Science, an effort made possible in part by the largest private gift in the institution’s 200-year history. The School of Data Science – UVA’s 12th school and the first established since 2007 – will position the University as a global leader in efforts to improve society through teaching and research based on the powerful, emerging field of data science.

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  • Here's How UVA Already Uses Data Science to Tackle Big Societal Problems

    Center for Engineering in Medicine researcher, Dr. Sana Syed, is part of the University of Virginia’s Data Science Institute. She is seeking to teach machines to read biopsy images and diagnose disease.

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  • UVA ChemE Postdoc Receives National Cancer Institute Individual Fellow Award for Cancer Research

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  • 2019 UVA Halsey Professor Passing on the Lessons of a Lifetime

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  • Inviting Applications for the Multi-Scale Systems Bioengineering REU at UVA

    Multi-Scale Systems Bioengineering REU at UVA

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  • Beckman Program’s Renewal Generates Unique Lab Opportunities for Undergrads

    The Beckman Scholars Program provides in-depth, sustained undergraduate research experiences for talented, full-time undergraduate students. Each scholar receives $21,000 in funding, including stipends, supplies and travel.

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