Acampora is currently deputy provost at Emory University. She succeeds Ian Baucom, who was named UVA provost earlier this year after eight years as College dean.
Focusing on a theme, such as war, and seeing how it has been depicted over time helps give students access to the world of art, instructor Dan Weiss said.
Under the appreciative gaze of University leaders, students and construction workers, the last, highest girder is laid in place on the future home of UVA’s newest school.
UVA scientists have figured out a way to create precise carbon nanotubes using DNA technology, opening the future to a possibility of science-fiction breakthroughs like hyper-fast computers.
A UVA chemical engineering faculty member has been granted more than a half-million dollars to research how polymers might help repair tissue lost to injury or disease.