Woteki, a professor in UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute, will serve on the council with the nation’s leading scientists who directly advise the president.
On this week’s episode of “Inside UVA,” a podcast by President Jim Ryan, Magill discusses championing the academic missions of the University, and how kickboxing keeps her focused.
The lead gift from Tessa Ader will transform the arts at UVA by providing a home for concerts, dance, theater and interdisciplinary art forms.
The researchers “would like people to know that fat can be fit, and that fit and healthy bodies come in all shapes and sizes.”
Jochen Zimmer, a professor of molecular physiology and biomedical physics, has been named an investigator by the institute, an honor considered among the highest a biomedical scientist can achieve.
For several years, Samantha Shoemaker, left, and Taylor Burton, radiologic technologists in the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, have volunteered to take X-rays at UVA football games.
The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences created a new Rising Scholars fellowship program, with support from the University’s Mellon-funded Race, Place and Equity grant and additional funds.
An estimated 1,300 volunteers from the University and the community signed up for this year’s Day of Caring, more than doubling last year’s total.