News articles from UVA Today.
Big Questions as a Child Leads Ph.D. Candidate to Big Research
Graduate student Hyunglok Kim is using a Horton hydrology grant for proposal to link satellite network data to measure soil moisture and predict natural disasters.
How UVA Engineers Help to Prevent Cyber Espionage by Adversarial Governments
UVA Engineering researchers have developed a unique concept to protect our digital world.
To Predict the Future of Polar Ice, Environmental Scientists Are Looking to the Past
An environmental scientist at UVA is looking for geological clues from the distant past to better understand how quickly arctic ice is melting and what that could mean for the future of our coastal communities.
UVA Helps Educators Wrestle With How to Appropriately Teach Current Events
A team of faculty and students from the School of Education and Human Development worked with practicing educators to launch a new online resource hub, "Educating for Democracy."
New Report Says Eliminating Carbon Emissions by 2050 Can Benefit State's Economy
The study, released this week by UVA's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, details the ways Virginia's goal to eliminate carbon emissions by 2050 is achievable, affordable and can be a net benefit to the state's economy.
4 Things Your Teen (or Pre-Teen) Needs
Build stronger relationships with the teens and pre-teens in your life by understanding these four underlying developmental needs that drive adolescent behavior.
Focused Ultrasound Shows Promise for Treating Parkinson's Disease
The treatment may benefit patients with symptoms that are more severe on one side of body.
Is a Peloton Worth It? An Engineering Professor Weighs In On the Craze
With the craze over the Peloton stationary bike showing no signs of slowing down, UVA Today turns to engineering professor and avid cyclist Gavin Garner to see what all the hullabaloo is about.
Stretching Possibilities: Researcher Imagines Super Rubber, and Has a Strategy to Make It
UVA Engineering assistant professor Liheng Cai is designing a new rubber that is 1,000 times softer than a tire, but as tough as metal.
UVA Tests 'Radically Different' Approach to Managing Type 2 Diabetes
Researcher Daniel Cox said his program's approach defies conventionality in that it doesn't insist on weight loss.