Recent Articles by
Caroline Newman
November 15, 2019
Biomedical engineering professor Jason Papin and his research team are developing computer models that can predict cells’ behavior, giving us important information about how infections spread, how antibiotic resistance grows and more.
November 15, 2019
Financier-turned-activist William Browder, called “Russia’s Most Wanted Man” by The New Yorker, started his global fight against corruption after his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, died in Russian custody.
November 14, 2019
Research has shown that the study of art increases medical students’ capacity for reflection, tolerance of ambiguity and awareness of personal biases. The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA is putting that into practice.
November 13, 2019
Home to the nation’s longest-running presidential oral history program, “secret White House tapes” and numerous scholars, White House alumni and public policy experts, the Miller Center is uniquely equipped to offer historical perspective on this week’s hearings.
November 11, 2019
Misran Dolan’s project with UVA’s Democracy Initiative raises awareness of threats Uyghurs – including his extended family members – face in China, including “reeducation camps” and a rising surveillance state.
November 04, 2019
The faculty-led Governing America in a Global Era, or GAGE, initiative has already attracted high-profile speakers, including an alumnus working with Google’s parent company and a lawyer at the heart of impeachment proceedings.
October 29, 2019
Architecture Ph.D. student Matthew Slaats is one of the project’s leaders, after leading similar efforts in New York and working for five years to bring participatory budgeting to Virginia. See how it works.
October 28, 2019
The 32nd annual Virginia Film Festival concluded Sunday after five days packed full of films and discussions, merging the best of Hollywood with many voices from around Grounds.
October 24, 2019
The festival opened Wednesday with early Oscar contender “Just Mercy,” about lawyer Bryan Stevenson’s fight to free a wrongfully condemned man from death row. UVA President Jim Ryan offered introductory remarks.
October 24, 2019
A new study from two McIntire professors shows that consumers are more likely to penalize female-led companies for ethical failures. And that’s just one of the differences.