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Venkataraman Lakshmi Named President-Elect of the Hydrology Section of the American Geophysical Union
Election as an officer in the American Geophysical Union is another accolade in a resume full of honors for Lakshmi.
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Alumna Jen Locke Recognized for Overcoming Adversity to Achieve Career Success
Locke Makes Path Easier for Those who Have it Harder than Herself
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Computer Science and Computer Engineering Double Major Named Mitchell Scholar
Zachary Yahn will study at Ireland’s University College Dublin on a prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarship.
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Wearable Electronics: Do You Have Exoskeletons in Your Closet?
With this assistive technology, those who suffer from neuromuscular diseases like cerebral palsy or ALS and have a loss of motor control could do things like drink a cup of coffee, have dinners and ma
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UVA Engineers Lead $4.3 Million, Multi-University DARPA Project to Strengthen Navy Ships and Defense Systems
Team is designing coatings and new alloys that use material interfaces in an adaptive way to control corrosion.
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Subtraction as a Solution
Subtraction can be overlooked as an effective solution even when the space it creates can help us solve problems faster. Civil engineering professor Leidy Klotz spoke with The Atlantic about his resea
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A Sponge that Could Give Wounded Soldiers a Fighting Chance
UVA professor George Christ teams with UC Berkeley professor Kevin Edward Healy to develop a hydrogel material that can be placed directly in wounds to make up for missing muscle mass.
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UVA Alumna Contributes to Successful DART Mission
Mallory DeCoster worked with NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to change the orbit of an asteroid.
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University of Virginia Engineering Researchers Strive to Match Artistry of Biological Tissues
Assistant Professor Liheng Cai and his Ph.D. student Jinchang Zhu were invited to share their latest research in a special issue of Acta Biomaterialia.
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$7.7 Million ‘Driving Change’ Investments at UVA Give STEM Students Vital Support
The University is partnering with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to strengthen the study and teaching of science, technology, engineering and math.
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New Training Grant Matches Computation and Modeling to Experimental Design
When Remziye Erdogan learned about the new Systems and Biomolecular Data Science Training Program designed to immerse students in the techniques of systems biology, she jumped at the chance to apply.
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UVA Creates Shining ‘KSTAR’ to Guide Cancer Treatments
Kinase inhibitors are the most common cancer drugs approved by the FDA. They can be hugely effective, but they don’t work for everyone. UVA’s new algorithm offers a new and better way to pinpoint patients who will benefit – an important step forward in precision medicine tailored to the individual.