UVA researchers have created a successful new method to help students find purpose in learning – a technique that has found its way to New York City’s public school system.

The internet is part of everyday life, and smartphones have placed the web in people’s hands. New research finds technology is sucking the joy out of old-fashioned, face-to-face conversations.

Sean Bobbitt, who earned a degree in international relations from UVA in 1991, is a co-producer of the Oscar-nominated animated film, “Loving Vincent,” about pained Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh.

After taking a variety of courses at UVA, Vashti Harrison found her love of drawing, a skill she used to author “Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History.”

In the 1960s – dark days for the few African-Americans enrolled at UVA – a band of students formed an interracial council that was instrumental in getting the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to speak at the University.

In 1998, researchers at UVA began following a regular sample of Charlottesville middle schoolers to see how they handled stress. Now fully grown, those who regularly mishandled scabrous situations may be aging prematurely.

Dr. Max Luna, a champion of health care for all, is helping bridge the gap between UVA and the local Latino community, alongside students who are passionate about serving others, often without earning any academic credit.

From law to engineering, students from all 11 of UVA’s schools and the Data Science Institute earned degrees in December, either accelerating their educations or extending their time at UVA.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed an executive directive to ease the shortage, to which UVA has dedicated considerable resources. McAuliffe was at UVA in October for a statewide conference on the issue.

Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, a specialist on the Middle East and an assistant professor of politics, weighs in on President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.