At a time when America’s democratic ideals of justice and equity are being challenged anew, the University of Virginia has been reckoning with histories of racism on Grounds and locally, as well as in U.S. society, in a number of different ways – from the 10-year process of creating the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers to this summer’s Racial Equity Task Force recommendations.
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A scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has received a three-year, $1 million award from the William M. Keck Foundation to develop a new and better way to map out the submicroscopic world. This information helps us understand biological processes and aids researchers in developing new drugs to battle disease, among other benefits.
Michael Wiener, a professor (and first-generation college grad) in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, is seeking to create a simpler, more reliable method to determine the structures of molecules far too small for traditional light microscopes to see.
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Today, the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation provides support for the education of female students and for the care of elderly women in nine southeastern states. The foundation devotes most of its resources to the Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship program, which provides scholarship assistance to deserving female students with financial need. The foundation also maintains a special interest in health education, with a significant number of its grants targeting education in the medical, nursing, and allied health fields.