Law professor Deirdre Enright, founder of UVA’s Innocence Project, says the recently freed Adnan Syed “would be nowhere” without help from a popular podcast.
The struggle the nation is facing goes beyond political parties, though. And “unless and until enough people fight for, protect and build our democracy, the fever we see today will continue,” said Melody Barnes, head of the University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy.
“Haitians want a Haitian solution to Haiti’s problems, but they are incapable of reaching a compromise,” said Robert Fatton, a Haiti expert at the University of Virginia who has written extensively about his homeland’s political troubles since its transition to democracy 36 years ago. “We are stuck in a dangerous, chaotic spiral, and all actors seem impotent and mute. Morbid symptoms are everywhere, but no obvious solutions. And now we may be battered by another storm.”
A genomic test being developed by a Charlottesville, Va., company can predict a patient's risk of developing severe COVID-19, new research from UVA Health suggests. That information could help doctors identify patients at high risk for poor outcomes and quickly begin tailored treatment.
The LENOWISCO Planning District Commission and the University of Virginia’s Virginia Flood Resilience Initiative are partnering on a flood resilience study.
For decades, this country has been educating the public about stroke, which appears to have made a difference, according to UVA neurologist Bradford Worrall.
UVA immunologist and COVID-19 researcher Dr. William Petri continues to answer questions about COVID-19.
School of Medicine Dean Melina R. Kibbe says support from the Leducq Foundation “could dramatically advance our understanding of heart disease and ultimately benefit patients everywhere.”
UVA has been making improvements to the fan experience for game days this college football season, including the return of the “Wahoo Walk.”
UVA Cancer Center will use a $12 million grant for researching tumor growth and collaborating with other experts for the project.
The University may receive $230,000 to support its work to grow and strengthen the technology workforce in the Commonwealth.
A UVA orthopedic surgeon leads a study about certain risks associated with joint replacement surgeries.
UVA researchers have invented a method of 3D printing with seed-impregnated soil, which could be used to create walls and roofs teeming with plant life.
Darden’s Sharon Zhou named by Poets & Quants as a “2022 MBA To Watch.”
William and Joanne Conway pledged $14 million to support financial aid for UVA nursing students and to help address the nation’s severe nursing shortage.
Former astronaut and UVA engineering professor emeritus Kathy Thornton gives students life advice: “Keep your direction forward and lateral … even if you never find your final goal.”
Officials from UVA Wise and the Town of Wise say that relationship has been on the upswing in the past decade.
The University of Virginia Health System has been named one of the best employers in the state.
In the ranking of top public schools, UVA moved up one spot from a year prior, tying for third.
While their UVA Architecture classmates concentrated on modern design, Anne Fairfax and Richard Sammons embraced a more traditional ethic.