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  2. History of the University of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Father of the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson was the first and only President of the United States to found an institution of higher learning. On January 18, 1800, Thomas Jefferson, then the Vice President of the United States, alluded to plans for a new college in a letter written to British scientist Joseph Priestley: "We wish to establish in the upper country of Virginia, and more ...

  3. PUVA therapy - Wikipedia

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    PUVA (psoralen and UVA) is an ultraviolet light therapy treatment for skin diseases: vitiligo, eczema, psoriasis, graft-versus-host disease, mycosis fungoides, large plaque parapsoriasis, and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, using the sensitizing effects of the drug psoralen. [1]: 686 [2][3] The psoralen is applied or taken orally to sensitize the ...

  4. University of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    University of Virginia Type Public research university Established January 25, 1819 ; 205 years ago (January 25, 1819) Founder Thomas Jefferson Accreditation SACS Academic affiliations AAU ORAU SCHEV URA Sea-grant Space-grant Endowment $13.6 billion (2022) Budget $1.91 billion (2020) [a] President James E. Ryan Provost Ian Baucom Academic staff 3,265 (Fall 2019) 3,083 full-time 182 part-time ...

  5. Blacklight - Wikipedia

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    A blacklight, also called a UV-A light, Wood's lamp, or ultraviolet light, is a lamp that emits long-wave (UV-A) ultraviolet light and very little visible light. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] One type of lamp has a violet filter material, either on the bulb or in a separate glass filter in the lamp housing, which blocks most visible light and allows through ...

  6. List of state achievement tests in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Test administrators or proctors are also not allowed to read aloud to the student any of the questions, passages, prompts, or answer choices in the English language or their first language during the test. Georgia: Georgia Department of Education: Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (retired) Georgia Milestones: End of Course Test(grades 9-12)

  7. Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry - Wikipedia

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    Virginia fields more overall teams than Virginia Tech. As a result, certain highly successful UVA teams like the eight-time NCAA Champion Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse team and two-time NCAA Champion Virginia women's rowing team do not compete against Virginia Tech and so do not consider the Hokies their rivals. Virginia Tech briefly ...

  8. Honor system at the University of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    On my honor as a student, I have neither given nor received aid on this assignment/examination. The University of Virginia has an honor code, formally known as the Honor System, [1] is intended to be student administered. It was founded by Virginia students in 1842 after John A. G. Davis, chairman of the faculty and professor of law, who was ...

  9. University of Virginia School of Medicine - Wikipedia

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    The University of Virginia School of Medicine (UVA SoM) is the graduate medical school of the University of Virginia. The school's facilities are on the University of Virginia grounds adjacent to Academical Village in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, UVA SoM is the tenth oldest medical school in the United States.