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Extreme temperatures in rivers could foreshadow environmental damage in Charlottesville

By Togen Floch | 6 days ago

These usually rare heat waves, which are primarily a result of global warming, have drastically become more common in major cities, including Norfolk and Richmond, across the United States.

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NIH grants U.Va. Children’s Hospital $3.6 million to research Crohn’s disease

By Shrey Vachhani | November 20, 2022

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $3.6 million grant to researchers at U.Va. Children’s Hospital.

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U.Va. Health professionals warn of possible “twindemic”

By Bhavya Guduru | November 10, 2022

With the winter season right around the corner, there is increased risk for COVID-19 outbreaks along with high influenza rates.

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Composting efforts advance sustainability initiatives at U.Va.

By Neha Vazarkar | November 8, 2022

U.Va. Sustainability's zero waste program has increased its commitment to composting.

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U.Va. Center for Global Health Equity hosts 2022 research symposium

By Em Gunter | November 7, 2022

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for Global Health Equity’s Research Symposium Scholar Poster Presentations returned in-person Friday afternoon at the Corner Building.

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U.Va. Health ‘Earn While You Learn’ program grows and expands opportunities

By Katherine Costin | November 5, 2022

The Earn While You Learn employment program at U.Va. Health will expand its scope.

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U.Va. creates technology to aid NASA lunar exploration

By Carly Stender | October 30, 2022

With the last manned mission to the moon being 50 years ago, the University and NASA have joined together to explore the possibility of past human life on the moon.   

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Office for Sustainability partners with Inter-Sorority Council and Defend Our Future to host corner cleanup

By Sophia Kuzminski | October 25, 2022

The event, the second of the semester, was led by student employees from the Office of Sustainability’s service learning team. 

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U.Va. Health collaborates with community organizations to increase accessibility to medical care

By Sydney Newburn | October 18, 2022

U.Va. Health has been utilizing telemedicine since 1996 and recently expanded in conjunction with community health organizations in rural Virginia. 

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Environmental Futures Forum highlights research advances, $60 million investment

By Nathaniel Doty | October 17, 2022

Students and researchers from across the University gathered at the event to hear about a new $60 million investment in environmental resilience and sustainability as part of the Grand Challenges program.

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Green Game volunteers help reduce, divert waste at Scott Stadium

By Saumya Sharma | October 13, 2022

The newly extended Green Game initiative provides students with a hands-on way to contribute to the University's Sustainability Goal of reducing its waste footprint by 30 percent relative to 2010 levels by 2030.

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Clean energy grant awarded to U.Va. research team by U.S. Energy Secretary

By Harper Didlake | October 5, 2022

The U.S. Energy Secretary has awarded a University research team a $3.7 million grant.

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PMS symptoms constitute a public health issue, U.Va. Health study finds

By Alexa Clark and Katie Treene | October 3, 2022

According to a recent U.Va. Health study, premenstrual symptoms affect a significant number of those who menstruate, with about a third of the study’s participants reporting that PMS affected their daily activities each menstrual cycle.

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Blue Ridge sees a rise in edible-induced pediatric hospitalizations

By Alex Vitali | September 30, 2022

As Virginia heads down the path toward easy access to legal marijuana, communities are now grappling with what this means for their health and the health of their children.

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U.Va. researchers lead study of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier

By Jacob Woodford | September 29, 2022

The glacier has retreated twice as rapidly as expected.

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U.Va. engineering professor’s novel cancer therapy moves to phase 1A clinical trials

By Brigitte Meyer | September 26, 2022

Biomedical Engineering Prof. Kimberly Kelly and her team have pioneered a new antibody therapy for pancreatic cancer that is now in phase 1A dose escalation safety trial. 

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Study in coastal Virginia sheds light on the success of oyster restoration

By Tasreba Chowdhury | September 23, 2022

University researchers have recently published a 15-year study showing that previously depleted oyster reefs can be restored and emulate the conditions of the original reef populations in as little as 6 years. 

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School of Law members raise concerns as dementia rates in prison climb

By Haylee Ressa | September 19, 2022

This increasing rate coincides with a surge of geriatric prisoners. 

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U.Va. designates Morven Farm as its ‘Sustainability Lab’

By Katie Treene | September 18, 2022

The University has given Morven Farm a new designation as the University’s Sustainability Lab, expanding the potential of the culturally and environmentally rich property to act as a home for education, innovation and research.

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University Medical Center Autonomic Dysfunction Clinic addresses the rise in dysautonomia patients following pandemic

By Erica Szymanski | September 15, 2022

University Medical Center ​physicians establish an autonomic dysfunction clinic to address the surge of patients with long-term symptoms of COVID-19.