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Provost’s Update

June 2017

Environmental Resilience Institute

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Identify solutions to critical environmental challenges by engaging in collaborative research at the convergence of human, natural, and infrastructure systems Approach: Forecasting, Reimagining, Designing Initial Focus: Coastal Futures – making Virginia the coastal research capital

Global Infectious Diseases Institute

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Catalyze transdisciplinary research on the most notorious and urgent infectious diseases afflicting humankind. Approach:

• Nucleate new transdisciplinary scholarly activity in global

infectious diseases across Grounds

• Optimally position UVA to acquire new funding for high-

impact, transformative research

• Educate and train the next generation of researchers,

clinical investigators, entrepreneurs, educators, and policy makers

• Solidify and expand UVA’s global footprint through

international partnerships and collaborations

• Pandemics
• Diarrheal diseases
• Superbugs

Dashboard Selection: Teaching Excellence

Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Survey

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Faculty Hiring Highlights

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• Dayna Matthew – Law School (Law alumna, ‘87)
• Jon Ihelfeld – School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
• David Parichy & Tracy Larson – A&S, Biology
• Bradley Cantrell – Architecture