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Pictured is a prairie vole father (Microtus ochrogaster) huddling over a litter of pups.

Prairie Vole Study: Fathers Matter More Than You Think

Civil Rights and MLK illustration

Professor: White Supremacists Used Civil Rights Script To Create ‘Unite The Right’ Rally

Scienc's Silent Stars

Science’s Silent Stars

Images of disks around 19 protostars, including 4 binary systems observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international astronomy facility in Chile.

Astronomers Dig Deeper into Mystery of Planet Formation

Computer Code

Inside the College’s Crash Course in Coding

Illustration of the White House imposed on a postage stamp background

History Decides Who Gets Featured on U.S. Stamps

Jennifer Lawless, chair of the Dept. of Politics, a senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs and a public policy professor in UVA’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Lawless once ran for Congress.

Faculty Spotlight: Good People Make Good Politics, Professor Believes

Ken Ono, UVA's Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics, and UCLA mathematician and Fields Medal winner Terence Tao (l to r, kneeling, front row center take a group photo with students in this summer's Research for Undergraduates program at UVA.

A Math Legend Visits the Next Generation

Kelley Cordova will research literature featuring migrant populations in France with a Fulbright Postdoctoral Award in the Social Sciences.

Kelley Cordova Will Research Literature in France as Fulbright Scholar

Spanish professor Allison Bigelow seems to do it all: write award-winning academic works, set her students up for success and serve in the community. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)

Faculty Spotlight: Allison Bigelow Puts Others First

Illustration of the globe melting

El Nino and Its High Temps Are Back in An Already Hot World. What Does It Mean?

AI Disconnect

AI's Big Disconnect

Antibiotics

UVA Study Could Offer a Solution to the Growing Threat of Antibiotic Resistance

Louvre Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci

UVA Art Professor Joins a Big Debate Over a Tiny Detail

The Rotunda at the University of Virginia

Jefferson Scholars Foundation Awards Fellowship to 35 Graduate Students

Simons SAT

NSF Grant Will Fund Astronomer in Search of the Origins of the Universe

Sunrise image of ancient Greek temple.

A Love of Learning: '23 Humanities Grads Carving New Paths

Illustrated image of gears inside human brain to connote social sciences

Class of '23 Social Science Grads Making Change Happen

Test Tubes

When Science Education Becomes Extraordinary

Grayson Johnson and Sen Zhang

Superstructure Synthesis Breakthrough Could Transform U.S. Energy and Manufacturing Industries

The Goldwater Scholarship was designed to foster and encourage students to pursue research careers in natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. UVA’s 2023 winners are, from left, Isabella Dressel, Dawn Ford and Deniz Guney Olgun.

Goldwater Scholarships Ease the Path to Science Careers for Student Trio

Which way to turn? The superior colliculus can help you find points of interest. UVA recently mapped the vital midbrain component. (Illustration by Emily Faith Morgan, University Communications)

UVA Labs Map the Part of Our Brain That Helps Us Select Our Path

Karissa Ng chose to live on Grounds all four years, after getting involved in leadership roles with Housing & Residence Life. She’s pictured in Page-Emmet Hall, her first-year dorm where she later served as a resident adviser.

Class of ’23: How Living on Grounds All 4 Years Changed the Life of Karissa Ng

Debjani Ganguly and Jack Chen

Institute of the Humanities & Global Cultures Announces Change in Leadership