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Fueled by a $700,000 grant, UVA Wise and Virginia Tech will partner to investigate ecosystem processes in impacted streams in Southwest Virginia where salinity has risen as a result of sewage, construction, mining and other activities.

The 27th annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. march and remembrance program, sponsored by UVA Wise returns in person this year celebrating the theme, “Remember, Celebrate and Act.”

In his 2023 budget, Governor Glenn Youngkin recently proposed allocating an additional $800,000 for UVA Wise to help solving Southwest Virginia’s most pressing challenges.

Virginia Highlands Community College students who earn associates degrees in computer science, exercise science or education can now directly transfer to UVA Wise to complete their bachelor’s degrees.

Got an idea for a startup? Let UVA Wise help you transform it into reality.

UVA Wise and YWCA of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia are excited to announce the impending arrival of an innovative childcare center on the campus of UVA Wise this winter.

Three alumni of UVA Wise have turned their memories of living on campus into a first-of-its kind scholarship aimed to help students offset on-campus residential costs.

UVA Wise will be showcased in a new documentary about revitalizing Southwest Virginia that debuts this week.

Adriana Trigiani, the award-winning author widely known for her novel and movie, Big Stone Gap, will read from her new book at the fall debut of Jimson Weed, the literary journal of UVA Wise, at an event that marks the 25th anniversary of the publication.

Pick any UVA Wise event over the last 30 years—arts, academics and athletics alike. If you look at photos of the crowd, there’s a good chance you’ll find the 2022 Volunteer of the Year, Bruce Wasem, enthusiastically cheering for the College.