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UVA Leads Statewide Effort to Broaden Access to Research on Protected Data

With a new $2.5 million grant, the National Science Foundation has tapped the University of Virginia to help expand Virginia universities' access to protected data for research.

3Cavaliers Symposium

Provost Liz Magill gave the keynote address at a symposium celebrating the University's "3Cavaliers" program.

UVA Celebrates Research Mashups During Event Featuring '3Cavaliers' Projects

UVA leaders on Thursday lauded researchers in a rapid seed-funding program that matched faculty members from different fields to pursue answers to vexing questions.

Q&A: Coastal Researcher Discusses 'Shocking' Flooding During King Tide

UVA Launches New Resource Site to Serve Autism Community

UVA's one-of-a-kind database, Autism DRIVE, combines information on current research and evidence-based resources available across the state.

Q&A: What Parents Need to Know About Sports-Related Concussions

Jacob Resch, an assistant professor of kinesiology, is working with the schools of Engineering and Medicine on a cell phone application that may be able to detect concussions.

Major Epilepsy Study Offers Much-Needed Answers on 3 Lifesaving Seizure Drugs

The results definitively showed that three commonly used drugs were about equally effective at stopping potentially deadly seizures when the default choice proved unable to do so.

Seeking Natural Solutions for a Manmade Problem

Chemical engineering professor Bryan Berger and his lab are researching environmentally friendly methods to remove toxic chemicals from water and soil.

Faculty Spotlight: George Bloom Seeks to Untangle Alzheimer's Riddle

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.