In response to an uptick in virus transmission in Virginia and nationwide, UVA will begin all undergraduate courses online and delay in-person instruction and move-in dates by two weeks.
Now in its 19th year, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UVA is offering all of its courses online, so you need not be in Charlottesville to take advantage of learning from some of the University’s finest instructors.
The testing requirement is one component of UVA’s COVID-19 Prevention, Detection and Response plan for resuming in-person instruction this fall and keeping students, faculty, staff and Charlottesville neighbors safe in the process.
While there have been improvements in levels of the country’s fine particulate air pollution, UVA economists’ research shows that the same areas most polluted 40 years ago remain so today.
The $3.7 million NSF grant will allow UVA and its partners to develop a secure, high-performance computing system to support research on protected data, including data needed for NSF-funded projects to combat COVID-19.
Also in this roundup: UVA ranks highly in another “best value” list, U.S. News lauds pediatric care, Cavalier student-athletes set an academic record and a fashion magazine names two UVA doctors among “Badass” health care workers.
A large international team of scientists has completed the largest analysis of stroke-risk genes ever undertaken in individuals of African descent.
The projects range from development of biosensors, artificial intelligence for testing, vaccine development, novel treatment options, and better data analytics to predict the spread of the virus.