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UVA Engineering Semiconductor Capabilities To Help Fuel Virginia Microelectronics Leadership
Read NowAs part of a statewide alliance, UVA helped launch a unified platform to promote semiconductor innovation among researchers, educators and industry partners across the commonwealth.
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Remembering the Late John Lloyd Gainer: A Beloved Educator
Read NowChemical engineering professor emeritus John Gainer’s gift for teaching was all about caring, community and connection, say his former students.
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This UVA Engineering Student is Building a New Way to Find Mentors
Read NowA new app for GenZ by GenZ entrepreneurs aims to simplify mentorship by connecting students and professionals through a focused, distraction-free network.
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Diagnosed With an Incurable Disease: How a UVA Professor Is Fighting for his Son
Read NowBiomedical engineering professor Tom Barker is trying to buy some time for his son and others with a rare genetic illness that slowly steals their eyesight.
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Capital One and UVA Engineering Announce Major Partnership to Advance AI Research and Education
Read NowCapital One and UVA Engineering today announced a transformative $4.5 million partnership to establish the Capital One AI Research Neighborhood and launch the Capital One Ph.D. Fellowship Awards.
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Gavin Garner Steps Into a Role That Just Feels Right: Director of Experiential Learning
Read NowMechanical and aerospace engineering professor will lend his considerable experience mentoring students to directing UVA Engineering’s experiential learning programs.
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UVA’s Department of Biomedical Engineering Launches 2025-2030 Sustainability Plan
Read NowBME is leading the way on Grounds with a novel department-level strategic plan to help make the research enterprise kinder to the environment.
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Focused Sound Energy Holds Promise for Treating Cancer, Alzheimer’s and Other Diseases
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Biomedical engineering professor Richard Price explains how focused ultrasound can work around the body’s defenses that make some diseases notoriously difficult to treat. -
UVA Engineering Celebrates 2025 Achievement Award Winners
Read NowOn the evening of October 10, 2025, UVA Engineering’s Thornton Society members gathered to celebrate the school’s Annual Achievement Awards at the Boar’s Head Resort during their annual dinner.
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UVA Engineering Entrepreneurs Part of ‘Virtuous Cycle’ Driving Local Biotech Growth
Read NowAstraZeneca’s planned new plant at North Fork bolsters Charlottesville’s burgeoning biotech sector, where UVA Engineering research helps fuel a cycle of innovation, startups and talent development.
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Forging the Future: UVA’s Role in the Nuclear Fusion Revolution
Read NowUVA researchers are advancing materials, data science and technology to make nuclear fusion — a clean, limitless energy source — commercially viable and power a sustainable future.
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Modeling Life Itself: Madhav Marathe and the Science of Biocomplexity
Read NowBiocomplexity Institute executive director Madhav Marathe talks about working with AI systems and across disciplines to simulate the complex systems that shape our lives.