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  • Civil Engineering Alumna Named Provost at University of Texas at Austin

    Sharon Wood, the dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, begins a new appointment as UT’s executive vice president and provost in July.

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  • For Good: Supporting Underserved Communities and Building Bridges

    Rawan Osman, Fourth Year, Electrical Engineering

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  • Look Ma, No Hands! Episode One

    Racing for Research

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  • CAREER Award: Speed of Data

    Samira Khan Earns National Science Foundation Grant to Create New Networks Fast Enough to Maneuver Big Data

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  • CAREER Award: Swimming Fast is One Thing, Swimming Fast While Steering is Another

    Assistant professor Daniel Quinn is laying the groundwork for a new generation of intelligent swimming and flying machines.

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  • How UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute Helped Map the Pandemic, From Jan. 2020 to Now

    In response to unprecedented challenges, Department of Computer Science faculty have been informing national COVID-19 response through leadership and research at UVA's Biocomplexity Institute.

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  • CAREER Award: Recognizing a Challenge

    Vicente Ordonez-Roman, an assistant professor in UVA Engineering's Department of Computer Science, has earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to guide machine learning for image recognition.

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  • Retired Army General Speaks on How Organizations Can Innovate for Better Outcomes

    UVA civil engineering alumna (B.S., M.S.) and Forbes contributor Heather Wishart-Smith asked Stan McChrystal, former commander of U.S. and International Security Assistance Forces Afghanistan, to draw lessons on innovation and overcoming uncertainty from experiences as a military and business leader.

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  • Subtracting Things from Your Life Can Be Beneficial, and Science Proves It

    Engineering Systems and Environment’s Leidy Klotz said in a radio interview the most important takeaway from his new book, “Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less,” is to pay attention to our choices for making positive changes to avoid overlooking good options.

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  • Renaissance Researcher Wins Top Undergrad Prize

    Henry Carscadden, a May 2021 graduate who double majored in computer science and math, received the Louis T. Rader Undergraduate Research Award. Carscadden was also a research assistant at the UVA Biocomplexity Institute.

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  • Coding for the Common Good: Civil Engineering Student Leads Project to Map Wheelchair-Accessible Sidewalks

    Lena Nguyen is marshalling student and community volunteers to make Charlottesville more wheelchair-friendly.

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  • Planting a Forest

    New UVA Chemical Engineering Program Aims to Grow Careers and Difference-Makers One Mentor and Mentee at a Time

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