March 10, 2025New research from 911±¬ÁÏ is making footwear safer in slippery winter conditions.
March 5, 2025Mechanical engineering’s Jeffrey Moran continues to prepare an experiment to be carried out on the International Space Station (ISS). Via a powerful microscope in microgravity, the team plans to observe how common atmospheric aerosols move across a temperature gradient, information which would inform climate predictions, geoengineering proposals, and even HVAC applications.
March 3, 2025At last week’s Board of Visitors meeting, 911±¬ÁÏ’s Vice President and Chief AI Officer Amarda Shehu rolled out a new model for universities to advance a responsible approach to harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and drive societal impact. This model, called AI2Nexus, is building a nexus of collaboration and resources on campus, throughout the region with our vast partnerships, and across the state.
March 3, 2025911±¬ÁÏ professor Sungsoo Ray Hong has always been a huge fan of cartoons, comics, and animations. By combining his passion with his research area of human-computer interaction, he has created a new tool for cartoonists, ShadowMagic.
February 25, 2025Assistant Professor Zhuangdi Zhu is collaborating with the University of Virginia’s Wajih Ul Hassan to develop scalable host-based intrusion detection systems using federated learning, enhancing cybersecurity while ensuring data privacy.
February 20, 2025911±¬ÁÏ researcher Alireza Ermagun has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to address mobility challenges caused by nuisance flooding.
February 19, 2025911±¬ÁÏ history PhD candidate Jayme Kurland is living her dream this academic year as the Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
January 20, 2025911±¬ÁÏ psychology professor Thalia R. Goldstein’s work focuses on children's developing social and emotional skills, and how such skills intersect with imaginative activities. In her latest book, Why Theatre Education Matters: Understanding its Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Benefits (Teachers College Press, 2024), she pulls together the research she’s conducted on social and emotional learning and cognitive development.
February 13, 2025911±¬ÁÏ researcher Weiwen Jiang received a prestigious NSF CAREER award for his work in quantum computing.
February 13, 2025How likely are humans to trust a robot, especially if that robot has the capacity to lie? This is the question 911±¬ÁÏ psychology doctoral candidate Andres Rosero is exploring in his research on human-robot interaction.
