Education

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.

Professor Gregory B. Fairchild is the first director of Northern Virginia operations for the University of Virginia.

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 Engineering is responding to a need for engineers trained to solve the complex, global problems of the 21st century.

The University has approved an academic affiliation with INOVA Health System and George Mason University.

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's Center for Transportation Studies hired its first Safety Circuit Rider Engineer to fully deploy its Safety Circuit Rider Program.

UVA helps address the opioid crisis by dedicating expertise and resources from an array of disciplines to tackle the problem throughout the state, including Virginia's most rural areas.

GO Virginia funding will identify key gaps in the Virginia economic development ecosystem surrounding water technologies and coastal resiliency.

The Environmental Resilience Institute and the Global Infectious Diseases Institute bring top researchers together to tackle some of the biggest problems facing society: the environment and infectious disease.

Virginia Sea Grant (VASG) is a federal-state partnership that combines scientific research, education, and public outreach. UVA if one of 7 Virginia Universities partnering to enhance the Bay's ecology and the businesses that depend on it.

UVA played a big role in establishing the Clinch River Valley Initiative (CRVI), a multi-partner effort to build local economies in Southwest Virginia by leveraging the natural assets of the Clinch River.