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Lloyd Sy, with “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings, first met the quiz show king as a high school freshman competing at a national quiz championship. The two bonded over their mutual love of the Seattle Seahawks. (Photo contributed by “Jeopardy!”)

Doctoral Student Debuts on ‘Jeopardy!’ Hoping to Supplement His ‘Graduate Life’

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Raising Level of Year-Round Support for Doctoral Students

Gut Microbiome Illustration

Discovery Will Aid Gut-Microbiome Research Efforts

Ken Ono

A&S Professor Elected to Board of World-Renowned Institute for Math, Physics

Steven Warner

In Memoriam: Popular Drama Teacher Steven Warner Brought Students to Professional Life, Creatures to Life

Fruit Fly

Could Insects Help Us Build Better Self-Driving Cars?

Cody Brown, a UVA running back, closes his eyes in a moment of silence as he honors his friend, Devin Chandler. (Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications)

Laughter, Tears Fill Memorial for D’Sean Perry, Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler

ered Cooper, a third-year student and government major, presents his winning speech. (Photo by Drew Precious)

Student’s ‘Remedy To Save America’ Speech Earns Top Honor at Oratory Contest

Virginia Film Festival

Virginia Film Festival Opens with Help from A&S Faculty

Photo illustration by Emily Faith Morgan, University Communications

Fake Egg Gives Baby Sea Turtles a Better Crack at Survival

UVA politics professors Jennifer Lawless, left, and Mary Kate Cary found common ground through the bipartisan election course they co-taught in 2020. (Contributed photos)

Lessons From Co-Taught Course Continue To Spread for Conservative, Liberal Professors

George Bloom, far left, wants to better understand Alzheimer’s disease, while Anne Keworthy, far right, will study cholera with the new microscope. Ammasi Periasamy, center, coordinated the grant proposal that led to the microscope’s acquisition. (Photos by Dan Addison, Sanjay Suchak, UVA Health)

Hope Under a Microscope: Check Out UVA’s New $1.25 Million Set of Eyes

Cornel West encouraged students to live fully examined lives and to act with integrity and courage. (Photos by Sanjay Suchak, University Communications)

Cornel West Encourages Students To ‘Major in a Courageous Life’

The Charlottesville Civil Rights Tour visits the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, the first memorial in the United States dedicated to the legacy of enslaved Black people, lynching victims and African Americans harmed by racial segregation. Photo credit: Eze Amos

Bearing Witness to History

Pipeline: How UVA Is Becoming a Launch Pad for Women in Sports Media

Christa Davis Acampora said the liberal arts and sciences are crucial components of society’s efforts to solve the most complex challenges, ranging from threats to democracy to climate change. (Photo by Evan Kutsko)

Q&A: Getting To Know New Arts & Sciences Dean Christa Davis Acampora

Rebecca Pompano Wins A Moore Inventor Fellowship

Mason Library PS version

Portrait Project Opens Windows on Black Citizens and Connections to Descendants

Science

UVA Science and Engineering Faculty Win a Record-Breaking 13 NSF CAREER Awards

Silent Spring

The Long Echo of "Silent Spring"

A Kodiak-style boat provides some perspective as to the scale of the Thwaites Glacier. (Photo by Linda Welzenbach, Rice University)

Peeking Under ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a Dripping Timebomb

Students Liyue Zhang and Shen-Wei Yu, foreground, lean in for a closer look in a UVA lab aiming to make hydrogen energy a viable alternative.

Behind the Scenes of the $3.7 Million Hydrogen Energy ‘Earthshot’ at UVA

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm meets with UVA President Jim Ryan during an informal conversation with Chemistry Department faculty prior to a lab tour and press announcement.

US Energy Secretary Awards Clean Energy Grant to UVA-Based Research Team

A.D. Carson

The New Sound of History