Today’s grads may be tomorrow’s super-senior citizens. A biologist discusses breakthrough work, and faculty members explore the implications if we were to live 50% longer.
The current political crisis and debate over the country’s debt ceiling has roots that go back several decades.
A new drug is giving Alzheimer’s patients hope. UVA experts analyze what’s known, and ask if help might eventually come earlier.

House Ad B: VINT: Old Souls

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On the precipice of graduation, we asked students to tell us about an influential family member who got them to this point. So many said it was their moms.

House Ad A: VINT: Look Like You Never Left

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UVA again has the best public law school in the country. The School of Medicine ranks 11th among public schools of medicine for research.