May 18, 2023Neuroscience major Sarah Hunter chose Â鶹ÊÓƵ not only because she knew it was a prestigious school, but because she felt a sense of calm when she toured the campus.
May 8, 2023One of the highlights of biology major Gwendolyne Fields’ Â鶹ÊÓƵ career is her summer 2022 internship at the Cheetah Conservation Fund outside the town of Otjiwarongo in Namibia.
April 17, 2023Probiotic supplementation staved off the negative effects associated with a high-fat diet, illustrating how probiotics may play a key role in preventative health care, Â鶹ÊÓƵ study indicates.
March 30, 2023Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers are taking advantage of DNA molecules’ self-assembly properties to develop vaccines rapidly, publishing their findings in Communications Biology
March 21, 2023In fall 2022, Â鶹ÊÓƵ physics major Billy Bates ran for Fairfax City Council and won. He was sworn in in January.
February 27, 2023The Â鶹ÊÓƵ team behind NeuroMorpho.org has been honored for its work by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) and the Office of Data Science Strategy at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
February 2, 2023Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s $214 million in research funding in fiscal year 2021 represented an increase of more than $100 million over five years, and puts the university on track to meet its goal of $225 million by 2025.
January 30, 2023Â鶹ÊÓƵ will receive more than a $1 million for a center that will help in the fight against the growing opioid epidemic, and another $820,000 to establish a clinic that will help combat Lyme Disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Federal funding for both projects came as part of the federal omnibus appropriations bill that President Biden recently signed into law to fund the government through Fiscal Year 2023.
January 16, 2023Outstanding Faculty Awards recognize faculty at Virginia’s public and private colleges and universities who exemplify the highest standards of teaching, scholarship and service. The award includes a $7,500 gift from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation when they are formally recognized at an in-person ceremony in Richmond on March 7.
January 11, 2023In the Feather Identification Lab at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Â鶹ÊÓƵ alum Carla Dove identifies the specific birds involved in collisions, with samples coming to her from various branches of the U.S. military, commercial airlines, and more
