Alex Hickman, left, was the first to shift focus from theater to medicine. But John soon followed, and they agree that the skills used onstage translate well into their new careers. (UVA Health System photo)

Using a simulator, for now, UVA researchers are probing the factors that lead people to feel more or less comfortable with letting go of the steering wheel. (Photos by Dan Addison, University Communications)

From left, Megan Eisenfelder, Natalie Kessler and Thrisha Potluri received 2017 Global Health University Scholars awards. Their research brought them to the Great Plains and Peru. (Photos by Dan Addison, University Communications)

Tina Thompson spent the past three seasons on the staff of the University of Texas women’s basketball team. (Contributed photo)

Team captain Mariah Kenny (holding trophy) is joined by teammates Roman Bohuk, Daniel Chen, Quintin DeGroot, Calvin Krist, Abbas Naderi, Paul Sanders and Jake Smith. (Contributed photo)

Entrepreneur Bennett Reck said he came to realize there weren’t any ice creams that were both healthy and delicious. (Photo courtesy of Bennett Reck)

UVA fourth-year student Kim Johnson grew up in a northern California town of only about 1,000 people. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)