University of Virginia Centers and Institutes

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• Aesthetic Center  - Plastic and maxillofacial surgery center. Presents information on the services offered, surgeon profiles, and success stories.
• African American Cemeteries in Virginia  - Features an article by Lynn Rainville who relates the need to study and preserve these cemeteries and offers an insight into their characteristics.
• Center for Alcohol and Substance Education  - Unit under the Office of the Dean of Students. Provides peer education, presentation, and consultation services promoting student knowledge of alcohol, tobacco, and drug issues.
• Center for Children, Families, and the Law  - Serves as a channel for bridging research with the broader policy and legal issues related to children and families.
• Center for Growth Enterprises  - Aims to advance the understanding of growth companies through the development of a program focusing on the primary wealth-creation factors.
• Center for National Security Law  - Nonpartisan, nonprofit institution promotes interdisciplinary and advanced research, learning, and pedagogy on the legal aspects of national security problems.
• Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry  - Support facility for historical scholarship in Nursing. Aims to preserve the study of Nursing in the United States.
• Center for Nursing Research  - Established to enhance research productivity at the University of Virginia's School of Nursing. Provides support services and proposal assessments.
• Center for Oceans Law and Policy  - Dedicated to studying, exploring, and addressing the legal challenges in maritime security.
• Center for Politics  - Interdisciplinary, nonpartisan, and nonprofit institution established to promote the value of politics and improve civic education and participation.
• Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies (CAM)  - National Institute of Health -funded center conducts research activities focusing on CAM in the context of pain and pain-related symptoms.
• Child Development Center  - Service facility created to serve UVA faculty, staff, and students. Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
• Electronic Text Center  - Study, archiving, digitization, and research space offering high-end computer workstations, scanning equipment, as well as specialized software for OCR, text manipulation, GIS, and statistical analysis.
• Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities  - University research unit aims to explore and develop information technology as a tool for scholarly studies in the humanities.
• Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy  - Collaborative facility of he School of Law and School of Medicine. Aims to provide inputs for improving the capacity of mental health disciplines in assisting courts to render informed decisions.
• Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center  - Provides information, referral, support, and programming services to raise awareness and inclusion of sexual and gender minorities.
• Lorna Sundberg International Center  - Hosts a variety of educational and social programs that aim to promote intercultural exchange and discussion.
• McIntire Center for Financial Innovation  - Advances financial knowledge through research and programs centered on capital markets and investment.
• Miller Center of Public Affairs  - Research facility dedicated to gathering and sharing information about the American presidency and government.
• Multimedia Networks Group  - Site presents information on the group's past and current research activities, members, developments, and software. With papers and links to related pages.
• Newcomb Hall  - Site of the UVA student center. Presents activity news, program and facilities information, forms, building hours details, and a staff directory.
• Patent Foundation  - Nonprofit corporation responsible for evaluating and protecting intellectual property created in UVA's range of research activities.
• Proffit Historic District  - Online repository and resource established to provide research tools for teachers, researchers, and other parties interested in the history of the town of Proffit.
• Race and Place  - Scholarly endeavor on creating an archive of different resources and collections related to the racial segregation laws during the late 1880s until the mid-twentieth century.
• Research at the University of Virginia  - Guide to UVA's research activities, collaborations, enhancement and support services, administration, policies, and facilities.
• Research Computing Lab  - Space for holding collaborative engineering research among students, faculty, and specialists.
• Research Parks  - State-of-the-art business and research communities serving as platforms for academic research and technology commercialization.
• Robertson Media Center  - Resource for equipment and support on digitizing images, sound, and video, and other materials for archiving and electronic course materials preparation.
• Rural Health Care Research Center  - Aims to provide for the healthcare needs of people in impoverished areas, from racial and ethnic minorities.
• Teaching Resource Center  - Pan-University center for collegial community offering various services and resource materials for enhancing pedagogy and teacher skills.
• Virginia Center for Digital History  - Conducts research projects and outreach programs that promote the teaching and learning of history with the use of digital technologies.
• Women's Center  - Presents a calendar of activities, information on the center's programs and services, schedules of forthcoming events, and links to other pages of interest.