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

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.

The University of Virginia Board of Visitors approved a resolution authorizing the establishment of 10 endowed professorships in the College of Arts & Sciences to be allocated among the history, politics, classics and philosophy departments.

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.

The University has long benefited from private foundation support. Today, these organizations continue to make important work at UVA possible.

Recent gifts from a prominent alumni couple will position the University to attract and retain outstanding faculty at Darden, Law and College and Arts &Sciences.

Born and raised in Alaska, Matthew Burtner knows what it means to live remotely.