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The University's research investment will support efforts to study the human brain, and to further develop Alzheimer’s disease and autism research.

U.Va. to invest $75 million in neuroscience research

By Alexa Clark | June 12, 2022

The University will invest more than $75 million in neuroscience research, announced June 3 at the Board of Visitors’ meeting.

In a poll to attendants of the virtual Food and Justice in Virginia panel, 43 percent of respondents knew "almost nothing" about where their food comes from.

Virtual ‘Food and Justice in Virginia’ panel fosters discussion about food access, policy and workers’ rights

By Alexa Clark and Erica Szymanski | January 31, 2021

The panel discussed the influence of systemic racism on food accessibility and farm working conditions while urging the public to become more involved in food-related policy, especially in the Charlottesville community.

Students learn to mitigate COVID-19 risk in daily life

By Alexa Clark | December 26, 2020

In adjusting to a pandemic-altered semester, students are learning how to develop personal plans for safely socializing and going about daily life.

New research indicates that other drugs and the hormone testosterone may compete with dexamethasone for the limited sites on serum albumin, resulting in drug displacement, which makes a treatment less effective.

Dexamethasone study provides insight into COVID-19 treatment for patients with diabetes, other risk factors

By Alexa Clark | December 15, 2020

These discoveries suggests that further research is necessary to understand how to better treat diabetic and at-risk patients with COVID-19.

Prioritizing mental health remains important during COVID-19 pandemic

By Alexa Clark | October 15, 2020

In the midst of a semester altered by the COVID-19 pandemic, students may find their mental health changing due to a combination of school and pandemic-related stressors.

This summer, Blandy Experimental Farm, an environmental research station owned by the University, did not allow many researchers to its premises due to the pandemic.

COVID-19 pandemic alters graduate, undergraduate plans for environmental science research

By Alexa Clark | August 24, 2020

With a limited number of people allowed in a laboratory at any given time, the Department of Environmental Sciences looks to alternatives, like outdoor field trips near Clark Hall or virtual bench labs.

Alexa Clark

U.Va. to invest $75 million in neuroscience research

Virtual ‘Food and Justice in Virginia’ panel fosters discussion about food access, policy and workers’ rights

Students learn to mitigate COVID-19 risk in daily life

Dexamethasone study provides insight into COVID-19 treatment for patients with diabetes, other risk factors

Prioritizing mental health remains important during COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic alters graduate, undergraduate plans for environmental science research

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