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Turiello and Nouwairi

Chemists’ Device Could Be a Gamechanger for Crime Scene Investigators

Alumna Tina Fey will visit with UVA President Jim Ryan at John Paul Jones Arena in April. The ticketed event is open to the public. (Photo by Miller Mobley)

Tina Fey Returning to UVA for President’s Speaker Series for the Arts

Politics professor John Owen found George Orwell as an intellectual mentor early in life. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)

Faculty Spotlight: John Owen Welcomes Healthy Debate About A Contentious World In His Classroom

Kerry Searle Grannis, new chief-of-staff at the UVA College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

New A&S Chief of Staff Brings Background of Helping Academic Organizations, Intellectual Leaders Flourish

A merging galaxy pair cavort in this image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, an international mission led by NASA with its partners ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency). This new Webb image of a pair of galaxies, known to astronomers as II ZW 96, was first previewed for Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 30.

UVA Astronomer Among the Scientists Testing the Webb Telescope’s Capabilities

2023 Sloan Fellowship Winners

Sloan Fellowships Will Advance Research in Clean Energy and Quantum Physics

Bond’s civil rights work also included educational equity, student activism, health care, politics and environmental justice. (Courtesy of Julian Bond Papers Project)

‘Beacon of Hope, Blueprint for Activism’: Sample Julian Bond’s Speeches Online

Benjamin Hazelton teaches English in an indigenous Paiwan community in Taimali, Taiwan, as part of the Fulbright program.

UVA Named Top Producer for Fulbright US Student Program

Chemistry professor Linda Columbus (left), and instructional designer Gail Hunger (right) collaborated to develop an innovative, active-learning approach to teaching chemistry that is dramatically increasing student success rates.

Transforming STEM Education

Ken Ono

Math Professor Honored by the University of Chicago

Astronomer Matt Pryal assesses the first of the three stages of the Artemis Project, a precursor to putting humans back on the lunar surface.

Artemis I Tees Up Manned Mission to the Moon

A.D. Carson

Faculty Spotlight: A.D. Carson Builds Community Around Rap

O’Neill’s map and research design were formally presented this week. (Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications)

We’re Living in a Space Bubble. An Undergrad Sculpted Its Magnetic Shape

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. His memorial was installed near the National Mall in 2011.

University’s MLK Celebration Plans Include Speakers, Worship, Volunteerism

The Phillips Collection Museum in Washington DC

Art Department Partners With Phillips Collection on Student Programs

Michael Menaker

Symposium Honors the Life and Work of Biologist Michael Menaker

Research by UVA’s Dr. George Bloom and collaborators provides vital insights into the development of Alzheimer’s and similar diseases. (UVA Health photo)

UVA Solves Mysteries About Leading Biomarker for Alzheimer’s

Daniel Willingham

Are You Making This Simple Time-Management Mistake?

Amanda Gibson left, works in evolutionary biology, and Rachel Harmon focuses on wide-ranging laws that govern police. (Photos by Erin Edgerton and Dan Addison, University Communications)

SCHEV Awards Outstanding UVA Professors Amanda Gibson and Rachel Harmon

Molly Joyce has found an instrument that enables her to embrace her disability, a vintage electric toy organ. (Photos by Sanjay Suchak, University Communications)

The Sound of Music, Composed With Disability in Mind

Lloyd Sy, with “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings, first met the quiz show king as a high school freshman competing at a national quiz championship. The two bonded over their mutual love of the Seattle Seahawks. (Photo contributed by “Jeopardy!”)

Doctoral Student Debuts on ‘Jeopardy!’ Hoping to Supplement His ‘Graduate Life’

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Raising Level of Year-Round Support for Doctoral Students

Gut Microbiome Illustration

Discovery Will Aid Gut-Microbiome Research Efforts

Ken Ono

A&S Professor Elected to Board of World-Renowned Institute for Math, Physics