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UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center was recently accepted as a member of the Melanoma Research Foundation Breakthrough Consortium, a group of 30 top institutions pursuing new and enhanced therapies for the deadliest form of skin cancer. Elizabeth Gaughan, MD, Associate Professor of Hematology and Oncology, and Craig Slingluff, MD, Professor of Surgery, will act as UVACCC’s representatives at meetings, events and symposia.

Kazlin Mason, assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development, has been named a recipient of the 2024 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award. Her research, which focuses on advancing treatment for pediatric speech disorders, brings together a cross-disciplinary team to develop more personalized and effective solutions for children born with craniofacial conditions.

University of Virginia School of Data Science Assistant Professor Jess Reia has been selected to receive a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. Endowed by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program was established in 2015 to provide philanthropic support to extraordinary scholars and writers for high-caliber research in the humanities and social sciences.

The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia has announced that it will receive a $2.04 million grant from the Mellon Foundation for the Julian Bond Papers Project, a major investment that will accelerate efforts to digitize, annotate and publish the vast archive of civil rights leader, educator and activist Julian Bond.

Communities across the commonwealth and nationwide are grappling with healthcare workforce shortages. Meanwhile, demand for primary and specialty care is increasing as the population ages and medical advancements continually extend expected health spans and life expectancy. UVA Health has prioritized addressing this shortage in its 2022-2032 strategic plan to “cultivate healthy communities and belonging for all.” The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation (CMCF) is a vital partner in these efforts.

The Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia is pleased to announce a groundbreaking $750,000 research program investigating Cases of the Reincarnation Type (CORT). This two-year initiative, supported by the BIAL Foundation, The Dreamery Foundation, the Philip B. Rothenberg Research Fund, and TMT Foundation, among others, represents a significant expansion of DOPS’s pioneering work in this field.

The 2025 Cumberland Forest Community Fund is now open for applications, providing an opportunity for organized community groups, non-profits and local governments to secure financial support for projects that positively impact their communities. Applications are welcome from projects located in seven counties in Southwest Virginia—Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell and Wise—as well as the City of Norton.

The Cecil and Irene Hylton Foundation is donating $2 million to support the upgrade and enhancement of UVA Health Prince William Medical Center’s mother-baby unit. The gift is an important part of a broader project intended to renovate the mother-baby unit and elevate the hospital’s labor and delivery capabilities for the community.

Lora Henderson Smith, assistant professor at the UVA School of Education and Human Development's Youth-Nex research center, and Dustina Gill, founder and director of the Native American non-profit youth organization, Nis'to Incorporated, will continue their longstanding partnership with new funding from the Spencer Foundation.

You know that feeling when you can’t quite remember a fact – or when curiosity strikes about something super specific? Or maybe you’re caught in a debate over a little detail.  

Who – or what – do you turn to? The answer for all those scenarios is likely the same: Wikipedia.

Whether you click through to one of Wikipedia’s six million-plus English language articles – or query the AI bot in your phone – much of our factual questions get answered by the site.  

The School of Engineering and Applied Science has been chosen to receive a $900,000 grant from the Educating Character Initiative to build character strength in students. The Institutional Impact grant, awarded by Wake Forest University’s Program for Leadership and Character and supported by a generous grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., will fund the creation of the University of Virginia Engineering Character Strength Initiative. 

One year ago, the University of Virginia hired Raphael (Ralph) Malbrue, DVM, as the attending veterinarian and director of the Center for Comparative Medicine. He is responsible for animal care and protocols that support innovative research and discoveries at the University, leading to life-saving new treatments for patients.

Assistant Research Professor of Pharmacology, Vlad Serbulea, has received an American Heart Association Career Development Award for his research on Glucocorticoids. This award supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals, in the early years of their first professional appointment, to explore innovative questions or pilot studies that will provide preliminary data and training necessary to assure their future success as a research scientist.

Twelve major neuroscientific research projects related to “The Science of Perception Box™” are being funded by Tiny Blue Dot Foundation, each project receiving three consecutive years of funding of up to $900,000. This latest group of studies marks the second consecutive year that Tiny Blue Dot Foundation is funding projects related to The Science of Perception Box.

Lane Rasberry is an activist, scientist, dreamer, and true-blue believer in the transformational power of information. As Wikipedian-in-Residence at UVA’s School of Data Science, he supports the school as they engage with the sprawling online information site Wikipedia. His ultimate ambition is to promote a more equitable society by championing the open movement exemplified by Wikipedia, which seeks to address the world’s most pressing problems in a spirit of transparency, collaboration, re-use, and free access. Rasberry’s breadth and depth of expertise has drawn attention and funding from major philanthropic institutions, including the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.