UVA entrepreneurs go head-to-head to pitch their start-ups on Friday night as part of the Tom Tom Founders Festival. Participants in the Entrepreneurship Cup and the Galant Challenge will begin making their cases at 5:30 p.m.

Wahoos from all over the world joined in to make UVA’s GivingToHoosDay a resounding success. Throughout the 24-hour online day of giving, many donors were sharing news of their gifts and their excitement on social media with #GivingtoHoosDay.

UVA innovation is front and center at Charlottesville’s fifth annual Tom Tom Founders Festival next week. It kicks off on Monday with UVA faculty, students and alumni all contributing to the atmosphere of creativity and entrepreneurship.

UVA information visualization specialist Will Rourk is using 3-D scanning technology to record and virtually recreate University architecture. His latest project captures tiny details of Garrett Hall’s ornate design.

Social media was bursting with the news from excited students as admission decisions for the Class of 2020 became available online on Friday. UVA Today shares some of the top posts and fast facts about these newly admitted students.

A new study from assistant professor of public policy and economics Jennifer Doleac investigates the disparity between citizen reporting of gunfire and data from a new audio surveillance system that tracks and records gunshots throughout localities.

DreamWakers co-founders and UVA alumnae Monica Gray and Annie Medaglia recently received $50,000 for their innovative efforts to inspire young students around the country.

The Virginia Festival of the Book kicked off Wednesday, featuring a record seven Pulitzer Prize-winning writers this year. Sponsored by the UVA-affiliated Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, it includes more than 250 events over five days.

In the early 2000s, UVA chemist Brooks Pate created a revolutionary method for rapid chemical analysis. Now, an alumni-run start-up is bringing the technology to new pharmaceutical and research markets around the globe.