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  • Online Tool Developed by UVA Researchers Combats Deadly Diarrheal Diseases in Children

    Diarrhea seriously harms or kills hundreds of thousands of children worldwide every year. UVA researchers say that the modern era of “big data” offers an untapped opportunity to help more children.

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  • High-Tech ‘Ear’ Lets Alzheimer’s Caregivers Keep Eye on Emotions

    UVA Engineering researchers created AI that listens for mood changes and protects Alzheimer’s caregivers’ mental health.

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  • Hear How These Health Innovators Avoid Getting ‘Lost in Translation’

    In its debut podcast, the Coulter Center for Translational Research highlights health-care innovators at UVA and beyond who are translating scientific discoveries into tangible healthcare solutions. 

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  • Inspiring Future Engineers with Interactive Programs

    UVA Engineering Ph.D. researchers partner with the UVA Equity Center to spark interest in STEM careers for local public school students through lively science and engineering programs.

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  • Building Fairness Into AI Is Crucial — and Hard To Get Right

    UVA computer science’s Ferdinando Fioretto argues in The Conversation that rigorous research is needed to make AI’s transformative power in medicine, finance and beyond a positive force for everyone. 

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  • Four UVA Engineering Faculty Receive US DOD DURIP Grants

    New funded projects will create world-class facilities and systems for impactful research at UVA. 

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  • Celebrating UVA Women Engineers at the Forefront of Healthcare Advancements

    We take pride in the many innovative researchers among our faculty. Join us in celebrating some of the women who contribute to our school and community, shaping the future of engineering.

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  • CAD Library Provides Teachers With Tools Fit To Print

    BME and CS faculty and students are helping to build a library of open-source, computer-assisted designs for-3D printable tools such as microscopes and other devices for K-12 STEM educators.

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  • UVA Engineering Assistant Professors Named ‘Rising Stars’ in Polymers Research

    Rachel Letteri and Liheng Cai design polymer materials for applications such as treating disease or repairing tissue loss, soft robotics and wearable electronics.

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  • Professor Unlocks Promise of Better GPS, Radar, Other Technologies

    The lowest noise in the electronic world was just created.

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  • Bringing Quantum Computing to Light

    Xu Yi’s pioneering work leverages light wave technology in hopes of making quantum computing scalable and error-resistant.

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  • UVA Chemical Engineering Alumni Earn Election to National Academy of Engineering

    Honored alums share the same advisor and mentor, an expert in catalysis.

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