Class of 2013: Caroline Hackett Uses Engineering Education to Help People, Solve Problems
May 12, 2013
A water purification project in South Africa helps complete an engineering major’s education and guide her future.
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U.Va. Nonprofit Organization, PureMadi, Develops Innovative Water Purification Tablet for Developing World
February 5, 2013
A simple ceramic water purification tablet invented at U.Va. that can disinfect water simply by resting in a vessel where water is poured will be introduced Friday during a celebration event.
$1.7 Million Grant Funds Battle Against Deadly Childhood Diarrhea
October 31, 2012
A new NIH grant to U.Va.’s Center for Global Health seeks to eradicate the root causes of childhood diarrhea,, which takes an enormous lifelong toll.
U.Va.-South African Collaboration Produces Clean-Burning, Efficient Cook Stoves, and Much More
September 5, 2012
The cooking fires in one South African village produced so much smoke that the nearby school had to close its windows, even in the summertime. That predicament sparked a new cooking technology, produced collaboratively between villagers and U.Va. students.
Nursing School Leads HIV/AIDS Research, Outreach in Rural South African Communities
June 29, 2011
June 29, 2011 — Palliative care, focused on relieving and preventing suffering and other complications associated with dire illness, is an "urgent humanitarian responsibility," according to the World Health Organization.
In South Africa, the need for such care is great. It has the highest number of HIV/AIDS infections in the world and the disease and associated complications account for an estimated 42.5 percent of maternal deaths and for 35 percent of deaths in children under 5.
University-wide Effort Works to Provide South African Community with Clean Water
June 29, 2010
June 29, 2010 — University of Virginia students and faculty members are taking significant steps toward improving water and sanitation facilities in developing nations. This summer, U.Va. students from various academic disciplines are traveling to South Africa's Limpopo province to address the region's issues of water quality and availability.
The students are part of the Jefferson Public Citizens program, which supports them in experiences that integrate service and research.
U.Va. Exhibit on Issues of Health and Water in South Africa Closes Sept. 3 with Reception
August 26, 2009
August 26, 2009 — "Water & Health | Photovoice," a photo exhibit in the University of Virginia's Newcomb Hall Art Gallery that gives pictures and voice to inhabitants' perceptions related to water and health conditions in a rural South African village, will close Sept. 3 with a reception, from 7 to 8 p.m., to celebrate the project.
New U.Va. Partnership Encourages Exchange of Ideas in South Africa
September 7, 2007
Sept. 7, 2007 — The best partnerships offer the promise of mutual benefit and growth. That's exactly the kind of alliance now forming among U.Va's School of Engineering and Applied Science, Canadian transportation giant Bombardier Inc. and several universities throughout the U.S. and South Africa.
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