Faculty Support

Just months after joining the faculty at UVA’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, Evan Scott is already making headlines for groundbreaking research that could transform how the body accepts transplanted organs without compromising the immune system.

New endowed University professorships will connect and amplify entrepreneurship and innovation efforts across UVA.

Five Questions with Christa Acampora, Buckner W. Clay Professor of Philosophy and Dean, the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

Five Questions with Stephanie Rowley, Dean of the School of Education and Human Development

This fall, historian Kristina Richardson joined the University of Virginia as the John L. Nau III Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy and Professor of History and Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages and Cultures.

Pedro M. Matos was recently named the James A. and Stacy Cooper Bicentennial Professor of Business. He is also the Macfarlane Family Professor of Business Administration.

Five Questions with Stephanie Rowley, Dean of the School of Education and Human Development

Joseph Williams is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Human Development

Trailblazing engineer, author, and advocate Jill Tietjen is ensuring that future engineers have the tools to succeed.

Joseph Williams is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Human Development

The $5 million gift, from alumni Donna and Richard Tadler, will be matched with $5 million from the University’s Bicentennial Professorship Fund to support a distinguished scholar in the field of entrepreneurship.

The gift will be matched by UVA’s Bicentennial Professors Fund, for a total investment of $20 million in the two inaugural University Professorships.