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  • Coronary Artery Disease Discovery Offers Answers About Nation’s No. 1 Killer

    UVA researchers say they have found a biological process that contributes to the disease and may be a target for life-saving therapies.

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  • Discovery Could Make Football Much Safer

    A UVA professor and colleagues have created a new material that promises to make football padding more effective, among many potential uses.

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  • Want to Buy a Humanlike ‘Soft Robot’? UVA Shares Manufacturing Secret

    UVA mechanical engineers have developed a new manufacturing process that may result in more realistic robots and a host of other internet-based flexible products.

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  • ‘Healthy Obesity’? Storing Fat Around Waist May Not Always Increase Your Diabetes Risk

    New research adds to the discussion about whether there’s such a thing as “healthy obesity” and for whom it applies. UVA scientists found clues in genetics.

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  • Laser Focus: UVA-Born Company Revolutionizing Thermal Measurements

    Alumnus John Gaskins and Professor Patrick Hopkins, co-founders of Laser Thermal, announced a $2.9 million investment to expand the company’s Charlottesville facilities

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  • Engineering Professor Foresees AI Robots Working With Humans, Not Replacing Them

    Tariq Iqbal is striving for robots that work with people, not replace them.

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  • UVA Engineering and the II-VI Foundation: Decade-long Partnership Offers a Launchpad for Graduate Students

    Since 2012, UVA professor Jerrold A. Floro has earned II-VI Foundation funding for three projects resulting in new discoveries.

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  • New Hires in Chemical Engineering Deepen Department’s Strengths in Key Research Areas

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  • Association Taps Computer Science Professor as ‘Distinguished Member’

    The Association for Computing Machinery elevated associate professor Haiying Shen for significant contributions in several computing areas of research.

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  • UVA Engineering Undergraduate Student Seizes Unique Opportunity to Ask Hard Questions About the Internet of Things

    Andrew Li, a UVA third-year computer science and economics major, co-authored a paper diving into a global debate.

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  • Professor Mircea Stan Appointed Director of UVA’s Computer Engineering Program

    Stan envisions a computer engineering program that balances fundamentals with cutting-edge hardware systems and software applications.

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  • Alumna Jen Locke Recognized for Overcoming Adversity to Achieve Career Success

    Jen Locke has earned the TMS Frank Crossley Diversity Award.

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