Michael P. Straightiff joined the University of Virginia Patent Foundation as director Sept. 21, bringing to the organization an expanded focus on business development and new-venture creation. Formerly director of biomedical engineering commercializ...

In healthy children and adults, the pancreas is constantly working to produce enough insulin to keep the body’s blood sugar levels in check. In people with Type 1 diabetes, however, the pancreas fails to deliver, instead leaving these patients to wor...

Teresa A. Sullivan, Ph.D., a leading scholar in labor force demography and former provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan, took office as the University of Virginia’s eighth president on Aug. 1, 2010. I...

For many people suffering from disorders like insomnia, psychological treatment is not an option — specialized counseling can be costly and is not available everywhere. But Lee M. Ritterband, Ph.D., and Frances P. Thorndike, Ph.D., at the University ...

Today’s microprocessing chips employ up to 4 billion transistors, allowing our computers, smartphones and other devices to run faster, store more data, be smaller and cost less than ever before. But what if this is “it” — that is, what if today’s dev...

Accolades ADial PharmaceuticalsTM LLC and Tau Therapeutics LLC were named finalists for the Virginia Biotechnology Association’s 2011 Virginia Bioscience Company of the Year Award in May. The award recognizes the firm with strong overall perfor...

Anselmo G. Canfora was looking to engage architecture students in a timely and relevant design–build project when disaster struck — literally. When Hurricane Katrina hit the American Gulf Coast in 2005, Canfora watched in dismay as the U.S. Federal E...

The University of Virginia Patent Foundation's 2011 annual report is now available online: To view the full annual report, download the PDF. To read this year's editorial features, browse the "2011 Annual Report" links to the lower left. To requ...

President Obama today will sign into law the America Invents Act, the most sweeping reform of the U.S. patent system in several decades, whichis expected to spur innovation-based economic development. W. Mark Crowell, the University of Virginia's ex...

A computer-based diabetes simulation tool developed by University of Virginia researchers is now commercially available, thanks to a partnership with the Charlottesville-based medical research firm The Epsilon Group. The simulator is the only protoco...