While most students are hanging out in their apartments, studying in Alderman, or out on the Corner into the early hours of the morning, there are a number of students working the late-night shifts of their jobs. Second-year College student Elissa Trieu initially began volunteering as an emergency medical technician for the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad to gain experience, as she hopes to enter the medical field.
Did you know the University's women's club polo team made it to the national championship finals? Or that the men's club polo team is the 2011 national champion? Although these teams often fly below the radar, the sport is starting to gain a devoted fan base at the University. Founded in the early 1950s, the University's polo team is unique in more than one way.
Within five or six years, Japanese researchers hope to induce the birth of a woolly mammoth through new cloning techniques.
A device many Americans have in their homes may soon be able to perform life-saving surgeries. For years scientists and engineers have attempted to use gaming technology to create human-controlled robots capable of performing delicate procedures that elude clumsy human hands.
What: A Google Earth-like experience for the human body called the Body Browser that doesn't require any plug-ins.
