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University Launches Research Achievement Awards

To celebrate the achievements of UVA faculty, the VPR is launching new Research Achievement Awa

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What kind of access do economically disadvantaged people have to good schooling? Spencer Shanholtz, a researcher at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, conducted a study to find out.

Q&A: Where Do Children in Affordable Housing Go to School?

What kind of access do economically disadvantaged people have to good schooling? Spencer Shanholtz, a researcher at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, conducted a study to find out.

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Economist and public policy professor Christopher J. Ruhm is concerned that an almost exclusive focus on opioid deaths is diverting attention from the rising death toll from non-opioids.

New Research: Non-Opioid Drug Death Rates Are Also on the Rise

Economist and public policy professor Christopher J. Ruhm is concerned that an almost exclusive focus on opioid deaths is diverting attention from the rising death toll from non-opioids.

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Daphna Bassok has seen firsthand the benefits of quality early childhood education. Now she’s working to make sure more children receive those opportunities.

With a Kindergarten Teacher’s Perspective, Professor Pushes Early Childhood Education

Daphna Bassok has seen firsthand the benefits of quality early childhood education. Now she’s working to make sure more children receive those opportunities.

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The bioethicist and anthropologist believes community-building tactics – like those used in Canada and Europe – can help opioid users in the U.S.

Q&A: Researcher Jarrett Zigon Says There’s a Better Response to the Opioid Crisis

The bioethicist and anthropologist believes community-building tactics – like those used in Canada and Europe – can help opioid users in the U.S.

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Too often, the challenges facing rural adolescents are overlooked. The Curry School is changing that by launching a series of new initiatives to address issues related to mental and behavioral health in rural schools.

Q&A: Curry Researchers Seeking to Support Mental Health of Rural Youth

Too often, the challenges facing rural adolescents are overlooked.

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Though scientists have studied fertilization for more than a century, there are still new frontiers to explore. This discovery opens up possible new avenues for both fertility and contraception.

Fertilization Discovery Reveals New Role for the Egg

Though scientists have studied fertilization for more than a century, there are still new frontiers to explore.

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Kathryn Crespin and Qian Cai, researchers at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, wanted to see if the common perception that Northern Virginia drives population growth within the commonwealth was true.

The Most Attractive Places to Live in Virginia Might Surprise You

Kathryn Crespin and Qian Cai, researchers at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, wanted to see if the common perception that Northern Virginia drives population growth within the commonw

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