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  • For Good: Supporting Underserved Communities and Building Bridges

    Rawan Osman, Fourth Year, Electrical Engineering

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  • Look Ma, No Hands! Episode One

    Racing for Research

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  • CAREER Award: Speed of Data

    Samira Khan Earns National Science Foundation Grant to Create New Networks Fast Enough to Maneuver Big Data

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  • CAREER Award: Swimming Fast is One Thing, Swimming Fast While Steering is Another

    Assistant professor Daniel Quinn is laying the groundwork for a new generation of intelligent swimming and flying machines.

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  • How UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute Helped Map the Pandemic, From Jan. 2020 to Now

    In response to unprecedented challenges, Department of Computer Science faculty have been informing national COVID-19 response through leadership and research at UVA's Biocomplexity Institute.

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  • CAREER Award: Recognizing a Challenge

    Vicente Ordonez-Roman, an assistant professor in UVA Engineering's Department of Computer Science, has earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to guide machine learning for image recognition.

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  • Retired Army General Speaks on How Organizations Can Innovate for Better Outcomes

    UVA civil engineering alumna (B.S., M.S.) and Forbes contributor Heather Wishart-Smith asked Stan McChrystal, former commander of U.S. and International Security Assistance Forces Afghanistan, to draw lessons on innovation and overcoming uncertainty from experiences as a military and business leader.

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  • Subtracting Things from Your Life Can Be Beneficial, and Science Proves It

    Engineering Systems and Environment’s Leidy Klotz said in a radio interview the most important takeaway from his new book, “Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less,” is to pay attention to our choices for making positive changes to avoid overlooking good options.

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  • Renaissance Researcher Wins Top Undergrad Prize

    Henry Carscadden, a May 2021 graduate who double majored in computer science and math, received the Louis T. Rader Undergraduate Research Award. Carscadden was also a research assistant at the UVA Biocomplexity Institute.

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  • Coding for the Common Good: Civil Engineering Student Leads Project to Map Wheelchair-Accessible Sidewalks

    Lena Nguyen is marshalling student and community volunteers to make Charlottesville more wheelchair-friendly.

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  • UVA Chemical Engineering Program Grows Difference-Makers One Mentor and Mentee at a Time

    Chris Holland’s professional career is just starting, but as early as high school he internalized a philosophy that’s hard to argue with: Everyone needs mentors.

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  • The Race to Win at Driving the Driverless Car

    Madhur Behl, an assistant professor with joint appointments in UVA Engineering’s Department of Computer Science and Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, will lead the University of Virginia's autonomous racing team in the inaugural Indy Autonomous Challenge.

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