Twelve new businesses are being nurtured this summer at the University through the Darden Business Incubator, a program that supports MBA students who are developing promising, early-stage business ventures.
Hui Li, an assistant professor of pathology at U.Va.'s Cancer Center, is one of 13 scientists in the nation to win an Innovative Research Grant from the film and media industry's Stand Up To Cancer charitable group.
At the time of its construction in the early 20th century, the Panama Canal was an engineering marvel. Today, there's still plenty to marvel at -- and to examine. Ed Berger, a U.Va. engineering professor, has been a frequent visitor, accompanying students on two trips to the canal since last summer and recently teaching a course on the spring voyage of Semester at Sea.
University of Virginia graduate student Caitlin Carr returns to Africa in July for work that will honor the memory of fellow alumna Stephanie Jean-Charles, who died in the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti.