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Does E.T. Exist? Possibly. A UVA Astronomer Weighs In.

Astronomy professor Kelsey Johnson recently wrote a commentary on aliens for Scientific American.
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International Team Collaborating to Digitize Faulkner’s World

English professor Stephen Railton and colleagues are collaborating on a website that shows characters, events and locations of fictional Yoknapatawpha County prevalent in Faulkner’s work.
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You’re Not As Good At Multitasking As You Think You Are

We talked with psychology professor Daniel Willingham about his recent New York Times piece, “The High Price of Multitasking.” Here, he lays out the huge risks and offers tips to lessen the threats that come with doing more than one thing at a time.
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Dive Into Summer Reading with 7 New Books by UVA English Faculty, Alums

Several of the authors write about current or long standing societal issues through fiction, including race relations after the Civil War and today’s controversies over elite education.
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Powerful Photos for a Powerful Site

Under the supervision of UVA history professor John Edwin Mason, portraits of African Americans in Charlottesville taken by Rufus Holsinger in the later 1800s and early 1900s were installed around the construction site that will become UVA’s Memorial to Enslaved Laborers.
Astronomers Find Wobbling Black Hole Spewing Plasma-Jet Clouds Into Space

“It’s wonderful that we have finally found direct evidence for the basic effect predicted by Einstein and others over a century ago. "
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First Full Class of Blue Ridge Scholars Set to Walk the Lawn

Making a world-class education a reality for students who might have otherwise faced financial barriers.
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Study Identifies New Approach to Repairing Damaged Peripheral Nervous System

A new UVA study proves that a damaged peripheral nervous system is capable of repairing itself – when healthy cells are recruited there from the central nervous system.
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Rita Dove’s Poem About UVA Bell Ringer Henry Martin Featured in The New Yorker

Henry Martin, one of UVA’s best-known employees, began his life enslaved and died after working on Grounds as a free man for more than 50 years. English professor and former U.S. poet laureate Rita Dove's poem about him was published in The New Yorker this week.
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Brandon Ave. Housing Named for UVA Professor and Civil Rights Icon Julian Bond

The name of the late Julian Bond, one of the most prominent leaders of the civil rights movement and a beloved University of Virginia history professor, will grace a new upper-class student residence building on Brandon Avenue.

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