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World’s First Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center Will Be at UVA
The $8 million investment will generate clinical trials and other research that will directly benefit patients.
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UVA Awards Outstanding Teachers, Citing Empathy, Technology and Collaboration
Assistant professors Shannon Barker and Nada Basit have received All-University Teaching Awards. Barker and Basit are being honored for demonstrating exceptional creativity, passion and compassion, especially during a period when students still feel the aftershocks of the pandemic.
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Scientists Transform Beating Heart Stem Cells Into Brain Cells
By turning off a single gene, University of Virginia researchers and their collaborators caused stem cells already becoming heart cells to change course and become future brain cells.
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Groups Honor UVA Faculty Members, Student for Outstanding Contributions
Assistant professors George Prpich of chemical engineering and Shannon Barker of biomedical engineering earned this year’s Hartfield Excellence in Teaching Award, presented to UVA Engineering faculty.
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UVA Engineering Graduate Students Earn Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Eight graduate students and two graduating fourth-year students at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science have received National Science Foundation...
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UVA Engineering Open House
All are welcome for UVA Engineering's popular open house, featuring demos and talks from faculty, students and staff. Join us on April 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Could a UVA Professor’s Invention Have Saved my Father?
Biomedical Engineering Professor Kimberly Kelly’s Company Advances to Human Clinical Trials with a Promising Antibody Treatment for Deadly Pancreatic Cancer
UVA Engineering's Kimberly Kelly, and her team at ZielBio Inc., have moved a potential cure for one of the world’s most heinous diseases into human clinical trials.
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Student Researcher Adding 3D Printers to the Anti-Cancer Arsenal
Ailene Edwards, biomedical engineering major and Harrison Undergraduate Research Grant recipient in Matt Lazzara’s chemical engineering lab, is trying to develop 3D models of tumors that can mimic real-life conditions.
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Chair of Biomedical Engineering Named UVA Engineering’s Associate Dean for Research
Frederick H. Epstein’s appointment follows his highly successful decade leading growth and transformation in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He started his new role...
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Scott T. Acton Appointed Chair of UVA’s Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Leadership Position Reinforces Acton’s Commitment to Mentorship
Acton is passionate about opening doors for students traditionally underrepresented in engineering.