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UVA leaders celebrated the announcement of Amazon's decision to locate a major headquarters function in Virginia as a significant opportunity to increase our contributions to the state and to collaborate with additional Virginia universities to create economic opportunity for all Virginians.

The UVA Center for Engineering in Medicine promotes innovation by embedding engineering students into clinical environments and nursing and medical trainees into engineering laboratories. Students work in multidisciplinary teams to acquire the necessary technical vocabulary, cultural literacy, and experience for careers in health care innovation.

UVA's Center for Applied Biomechanics is taking a leadership role in analyzing populations with heightened vulnerability to traffic-related injury or death, specifically women and obese passengers. Increased understanding of injury tolerance and prediction will allow automotive manufacturers, policymakers, and researchers to make vehicles safer for the entire population.

NSF funding will allow UVA Engineering’s Link Lab to develop a new program that will train graduate students to make discoveries and then translate that knowledge into new technologies, products and services. The program will help train the next generation of scientific leaders to develop the skills necessary to tackle complex societal problems.

EdPolicyWorks, a joint collaboration between the Curry and Batten Schools, brings together researchers from across UVA and the state to focus on important questions of educational policy and implications for the workforce. Researchers presented their work in over 25 key presentations across this year's fall conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.

An app designed by researchers at the University of Virginia is proving that 'warm technology' - personalized and personal - can have an impact on patient engagement and care management. A second iteration of the app will engage healthcare providers, further refining a concept that will positively impact patients throughout Virginia and beyond.

The Virginia College Advising Corps (VCAC) has expanded by a third with 36 advisers in 40 school districts. Partnership with GEAR UP Virginia, a U.S. Department of Education program, has created a unique growth opportunity that will provide resources and advising to more low-income, underrepresented, and first-generation students in Virginia as they consider their post-secondary education plans.

UVA Professor Ben Castleman is kickstarting a new, five-year strategic initiative to increase the number of students completing college and landing better-paying jobs in Virginia and beyond.

UVA researcher Jennifer Chiu and colleagues at the Curry School of Education are working on methods for integrating technology-enhanced engineering design projects and STEM curricula into early education with school systems in Virginia and beyond.

UVA Engineering is responding to a need for engineers trained to solve the complex, global problems of the 21st century. The newly launched Department of Engineering Systems and Environment will unite students, faculty, and staff from multiple engineering disciplines for a whole-system approach to modern challenges.

A 253-acre site at the University of Virginia Research Park is now certified by the Commonwealth of Virginia as infrastructure ready through the Virginia Business Ready Site Program (VBRSP). The availability of large, project-ready sites is critical to attracting new investment to Virginia and opens the door for many economic development opportunities that would otherwise not be possible.