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  • Quest for New Cancer Treatment Crosses Milestone

    A cancer therapy invented at Rice University has crossed a milestone in clinical trials, a major development in a decadeslong quest to develop a treatment that destroys tumors without the debilitating side effects of chemotherapy, invasive surgery and radiation.

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  • Jennifer L. West Named Dean of Engineering

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  • Successful Research Development Approach Helps Cancer Patients Using Mobile Tech

    Research Sustainability at the UVA Center for Engineering in Medicine

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  • A Research Hat Trick

    When an athlete scores three times in a single game, it's called a hat trick. If scientific research had hat tricks, Janes would have fans screaming in the stands.

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  • For Good: Using Science to Inform Activism

    Linnea Saby, Ph.D. Candidate, Civil Engineering

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  • Casteen Awards Go to Engineering, Nursing, UVA-Wise Community Leaders

    Darius Carter, a Ph.D. candidate in UVA Engineering’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has received the John T. Casteen III Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Leadership Award.

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  • It's a Pattern, Not a Trend

    Meet the biomedical engineering students who have continued the department's success in securing competitive funding to support research and scholarship.

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  • MRI Expert Is Laying the Groundwork for a Broader Use of a Pioneering Technology to Help Patients Suffering from a Range of Diseases

    The Work is the Next Step Forward in Focused Ultrasound Therapy for Essential Tremor

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  • New Faculty Member Has a Strategy for Unraveling the Complexity of Cancer Research

    Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani moved his research lab to UVA, in part because this is a great place for a cancer systems biologist to take on a complex challenge.

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  • For Patient Airways Injured by Intubation, a New Approach for Healing

    Deploying a Hydrogel to Wounds in the Trachea Poses a Distinct Challenge

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  • Engineering Systems and Environment Chair Part of Interdisciplinary 3Cavaliers 2.0 Project

    Professor Brian L. Smith paired with colleagues from environmental sciences and the School of Architecture for funding to launch a project to benefit researchers using field data across UVA sites.

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  • Corrosion Experts Inform Public Dialogue on Personal Protective Gear to Prevent Spread of COVID-19

    Editorial Explores Incorporation of Copper Oxidation Products as Antiviral Agents in Face Masks, Air Filters, Fabrics and Clothing

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