News articles from UVA Today.
Q&A: Professor Aims to Alleviate Teacher Burnout With Her New Book
Tish Jennings has answers for what she says has become an outdated educational system that causes stress and impairs teaching and learning.
Cancer's Dangerous Renovations to Our Chromosomes Revealed
New UVA research shows how cancer can remodel human chromosomes, affecting the workings of our genes and allowing cancer to spread.
COVID-19: Dexamethasone Discovery Carries Treatment Implications
Diabetes and other factors may reduce the lifesaving effectiveness of dexamethasone for patients with severe COVID-19, new research suggests.
Faculty Spotlight: From College Drop-Out to Action-Minded, Award-Winning Professor
Meet Allie Donlan, a UVA Researcher Whose Work Has Changed the COVID-19 Fight
Inside the Science of Testing Wastewater at UVA for Evidence of COVID-19
So far, University leaders remain hopeful that the real-time monitoring for the virus markers in dormitory sewage, among other measures, will help UVA avoid the fate of other universities that have had to send students home.
UVA Tests Drug, Given to President Trump, to See If It Can Prevent COVID-19
Researchers are trying to determine if the antibody cocktail used to treat Trump could prevent COVID-19 infection in people who share a household with someone who has tested positive.
UVA Improves Care for Cancers That Have Spread to the Brain
New research offers tools to help doctors and patients make better-informed treatment decisions, enhance the care of brain tumors and coordinate effective interdisciplinary treatment.
Q&A: Researchers Probe How Health of California's Kelp Forests Affects Other Systems
UVA researchers are studying kelp forests off the California coast to understand changes to marine ecosystems.
UVA Reveals How Genetic Differences in Fat Shape Men and Women's Health Risks
New findings about our body fat help explain the differing health risks men and women face – and set the stage for better, more targeted treatments.