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Pancakes for Parkinson’s 2021: UVA Students Flip Flapjacks for a Cure

Homecoming crowds flocked to the annual Pancakes for Parkinson’s fundraiser on the UVA Lawn Saturday morning. Student volunteers are hoping to raise more than $70,000 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

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Supporting Local Nonprofits Through the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign

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True Pioneer: UVA Honors Alumnus Who Helped Blaze Trail in Cavalier Football

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UVA Cancels Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn to Protect Unvaccinated Children

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Highly Competitive Undergrad Major Launches Program in Fundamental Neuroscience

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UVA Opens New Student Health Building, Shining Spotlight on Wellness

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UVA Cancels Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn to Protect Unvaccinated Children

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True Pioneer: UVA Honors Alumnus Who Helped Blaze Trail in Cavalier Football

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UVA Opens New Student Health Building, Shining Spotlight on Wellness

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Democracy Initiative Embarks on ‘Moon Shot,’ Building Bridges Through Conversation

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Highly Competitive Undergrad Major Launches Program in Fundamental Neuroscience

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‘Virginia Vintage Collection’ Includes Classic Looks Worn By Hoos Sports Legends

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University Honors Sullivan, Jeffries With Living Monuments

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New ‘Dialogue Across Grounds’ Forum Touches on Community and Bridging Differences

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Pancakes for Parkinson’s 2021: UVA Students Flip Flapjacks for a Cure

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UVA Move-In, Class of 2025: Students, Families Reflect

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Most of Us Forget People’s Names. Here’s a Way to Change That.

You’re at a conference and meeting a bunch of new people. You think to yourself, ‘Shoot, what was his name?’ This professor of psychology has a hack to help with name recall.

One Vaccine to Rule Them All

What if we had a vaccine that would work for any COVID-19 variants that might pop up – and even for some coronaviruses that cause the common cold? UVA and Virginia Tech scientists are working on it.

Meet the Doc Who Discovered the Infamous Red Meat Allergy Spread by Ticks

Dubbed “the most insightful clinical investigator of allergic diseases of his generation,” Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills famously discovered a red meat allergy associated with lone star ticks, and linked dust mite allergens to asthma. He’s not done yet.

Sounding Out the Future of Focused Ultrasound

UVA's Dr. Jeffrey Elias, who pioneered the use of high-intensity soundwaves to treat tremor and Parkinson’s disease, has now set his sights on erasing chronic pain.

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University Honors Sullivan, Jeffries With Living Monuments

UVA Opens New Student Health Building, Shining Spotlight on Wellness

Located on Brandon Avenue, the building not only houses Student Health and Wellness, but several student spaces designed with wellness in mind.

Democracy Initiative Embarks on ‘Moon Shot,’ Building Bridges Through Conversation

UVA kicked off a new partnership with StoryCorps on Wednesday, making it the first academic partner in the audio nonprofit’s efforts to bridge political and social divides through its “One Small Step” project.

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Discovery of New Role for Brain’s Immune Cells Could Have Alzheimer’s Implications

Dissecting Eyewitness Memory and Why Confidence Can Be Misleading

New Research Highlights Importance of Timely Flu Vaccination

‘Coastal Futures Hub’ Aims to Protect Rural Communities Threatened by Climate Change

Study: Antibiotics Can’t Save Children From Stunted Growth in Developing World

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Remembering 9/11

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Our University photographers capture so many facets of life on Grounds, from historic events in the life of the University to the many small, everyday moments that make UVA unique. This series shares some of their most indelible images and the stories behind them.

UVA and the History of Race

UVA’s history includes some painful truths. Here are some of those stories, written by faculty members who did the research.

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New ‘Dialogue Across Grounds’ Forum Touches on Community and Bridging Differences

Wednesday’s first installment of the student-centered luncheon series, launched by the Office of the President, brought together graduate and undergraduate students for a lively and probing discussion.

Committed Cohort Dedicates Every Other Weekend to Mastering Systems Engineering

For job advancement or career transitioning, UVA’s Accelerated Master’s Program in Systems Engineering offers an intense, one-year education.

Grad Student Seeks to Use DOE Award to Understand Green Tech at the Atomic Level

To complete his dissertion, Perrin Godbold hopes to get a glimpse of what happens in chemical reactions in hydrogen fuel production, CO2 reduction to fuels, and biomass conversion.

Pickleball Craze Is Sweeping Across Grounds at Warp Speed

Third-year students Delaney Stone and Addie Wood were just looking for something fun to do when they began playing pickleball last fall. Now they help lead a club with more than 300 members.

Adversity, Grit Led Duo to Create First-Generation Graduate Student Coalition

Jesse McCain and Ivana Brancaccio founded the group, saying there is a misperception that graduate students outgrow the challenges of being the first in their families to go to college.

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