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Bridget Andersen, an astronomy-physics major, realized that she wanted to know more about computer coding designed for making sense of complex astrophysics data. So she took on a second major in computer science.

What happens when engineers are partnered with medical professionals to tackle pressing health care challenges – with each collaborator bringing forth distinct professional insights? Society gets better medicines, treatments and technologies.

For 70 years, computers have operated on an architectural framework that has worked exceedingly well, multiplying speed and functionality many times over through improvements to core, individual components.

Christina Cabrera's time in Honduras helped her realize that she wanted a career that would allow her to "“do meaningful work that will help people.”

For the second straight year, a University of Virginia student entrepreneurship team is at the top of the heap in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Investigating the impact of anti-cancer drugs on the heart and pursuing treatments for multiple sclerosis.

The other institutions named by the foundation as top 10 centers this year are: Case Western Reserve University; Cornell University; Duke University; Johns Hopkins University; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; University of California, Davis; University of California, San, Diego; the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Some women who store fat in their bellies and hips may be at increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, due to a natural variation of the gene KLF14.