LeiLei Secor is not your average student worker; her online jewelry store has made more than $100,000 in just three years. She spent her most successful year yet juggling classes and operating the business.

A new study co-authored by Batten professor Christopher Ruhm finds a slight increase in the number of fathers taking advantage of paid leave programs. UVA experts weigh in on the health care and early childhood development impacts of this trend.

Joe Campbell’s love of discovery drives him to invent, and it’s helped him make crucial advances in modern communication systems. He recently was named a fellow in the National Academy of Inventors in recognition of his work.

Grad students in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy are using what they learn in the classroom to assist the local community. FCG Consulting offers pro-bono services to area non-profits.

It’s been one year since the Blue Ridge Scholarship was established through generous donations. The first two classes of scholars are already having an impact at UVA and beyond.

Alumna Desirée Davis Stolar shares what’s happened with her company, Unshrinkit, after its success on ABC’s “Shark Tank” and the surprising twist to the investment deal she struck with Mark Cuban.

Created in honor of UVA’s first African-American graduate, the Walter N. Ridley Scholarships have derived a unique, community-driven success from hundreds of donors and a close-knit group of students and alumni.

Second Opinion started with a few doctors who liked to rock. Twenty years later, they’ve drummed up their own fan base and are encouraging people all over Charlottesville to get up and dance.

UVA alumna Kate Clopeck’s non-profit company, Saha Global, is changing lives. Using a sustainable entrepreneurial model, it has increased access to clean water and electric power across the country.

UVA-based start-up TearSolutions has found a gaping hole in the multi-billion-dollar eye care industry. Its product, Lacripep, may be the first to offer effective treatment to millions of people suffering from dry eye.