Climate change poses a particular risk to the giant kelp forests off our Pacific coast. A team of researchers at UVA and UC Santa Barbara are working to understand just how important the “sequoias of the sea” are to the future of a fragile environment.
Explore the Miller Center of Public Affairs' Sept. 11 archives, including oral histories from government officials and other leaders.
Glenn Kirwin, killed in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, is well-remembered by his family and friends, who have funded a scholarship in his name.
UVA psychiatrist Dr. Greg Saathoff’s professional work tilted toward terrorism-related issues following 9/11, which helped instill in him a deep sense of humility.
“The United States is much safer against the global terrorist threat than it was before 9/11,” says the White Burkett Miller Professor of History.
Growing up in post-9/11 America, Maihan Far Alam was called a “terrorist” because of her ethnicity and suffered the deaths of family members during the conflict in Afghanistan.
A UVA nurse interviewed to work in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the beginning of February 2020, just before COVID hit Virginia. Her story is the third of a five-part series.
Alumna Danielle Faul’s father narrowly avoided death while working in the Pentagon. She reflects on how the sacrifices, bravery and loss of 9/11 inspired her service to her country.