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The educational value that the University of Virginia offers its students ranks second among the nation’s public institutions, according to The Princeton Review’s Best Value Colleges: 2012 Edition. (More)
Leandro Machado is one of approximately 650 Brazilian undergraduate students arriving in the United States to study at U.S. campuses with funding from the Brazilian government's "Science Without Borders" program. The undergraduate scholarship program is part of a larger initiative to grant 100,000 scholarships for the best students from Brazil to study abroad at the world's best universities. (More)
James G. Simmonds, emeritus professor of structural and solid mechanics in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was awarded the 2011 ASME Warner T. Koiter Medal in November. The award recognized his distinguished contributions to the field of solid mechanics, with special emphasis on plates and shells. (More)
In November, Ph.D. candidate Julia Reis presented at the 3rd International Forum on Water and Food in Tshwane, South Africa. For Reis, the forum was the synthesis of her undergraduate studies in anthropology and geology, her master's degree in civil and environmental engineering, and her doctoral research. Reis discussed the water resources project in the Mekong Basin that is the focus of her Ph.D. research. (More)
In November, inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen spoke at the dedication of the Rice Hall Information Technology Building. Two months later, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), the organization that he founded, brought 28 high school and middle school robotics teams from around Virginia to compete in the FIRST Shenandoah Valley Regional Qualifier at U.Va.'s Slaughter Recreation Center. (More)
Karl "Rudy" Kahsar is one of America's best up-and-coming triathletes. Last April the 23-year-old 2010 Engineering School graduate won the USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship and followed it up by winning the USAT Age Group Nationals in August. He is the only athlete ever to have won both championships in the same year. (More)