• UVA IDs Genes Responsible for Coronary Artery Disease

    The smooth muscle cells lining our arteries can serve as the foundation for the fatty plaques in coronary artery disease. UVA Professor Mete Civelek's team has identified the genes that are responsible for this risk at these locations.

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  • Virginia Business: UVA Leads Pentagon Hypersonic Project

    Professor Christopher P. Goyne leads a new team developing hypersonic engines that will enable more maneuverable missiles, jets and — eventually — spacecraft.

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  • A Visionary Leader in Computer Science

    Set to Retire This Year, 'Father of Real-Time Computing' Jack Stankovic Is Leaving Behind a Legacy of Seminal Research and a Lasting Impact on UVA

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  • Dean Jennifer L. West Elected a Fellow of AAAS

  • UVA Innovator of the Year Marc Breton’s Surprise Journey to Diabetes Pioneer

    A 2004 systems engineering Ph.D. alumnus and key contributor on the team developing UVA’s artificial pancreas system has been named the University’s Innovator of the Year.

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  • UVA Announced as Founding Member of Northeast University Semiconductor Network

    The university will join other top research universities, Micron and the National Science Foundation as a founding partner of the network, a partnership focused on developing the next generation of the U.S. semiconductor industry’s workforce.

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  • What Is Biotechnology? Where Is It Headed at UVA?

    UVA Today spoke to Dr. Richard Price, a biomedical engineer, about the definition of biotechnology and the role it plays at UVA Health.

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  • Your Home, Heated by Squid Protein? UVA Leads Successful First Testing for DOE

    Patrick Hopkins leads the way for using synthesized squid protein as the basis for future thermal batteries.

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  • SysBioREU Class of 2022: Martha Cibasu

    Cibasu is a Chemical Engineering Major and Pharmaceutical Sciences Minor at the Ohio State University.

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  • Fast Company: These Palm-Tree-Inspired Wind Turbines Are Designed to Bend in Hurricanes

    Professor Eric Loth leads the team designing massive turbines that could cut the cost of wind power by 20%.

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  • Elizabeth J. Opila Has Been Appointed Chair of UVA’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering

    Opila brings leadership experience in industry, collaborative research and education to new role.

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  • Two UVA Engineering Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Inventors

    Professors John A. Hossack and Mool C. Gupta have been recognized for their innovations. 

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