Improved imaging devices in use at the U.Va. Medical Center have made it possible to perform more precise brain surgery, which in turn is leading to dramatic advancements in the treatment of movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease and even some psychiatric illnesses. Full story.

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In the latest installment of her yearlong online journal, graduate art student Erin Lyddane recounts her end-of-semester critique. After a harsh critique early in the semester, she approached it with apprehension. In the end, though, she found inspiration and fresh direction. Full story.

A&S Online

The Pentagon has said it will allow reporters to accompany combat units in the next war. But will that access lead to better journalism? That is among the questions recently debated recently at the National Press Club in Washington, which hosted a conference jointly sponsored by the U.Va. Law School’s Center for National Security Law and Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. Media and military representatives discussed the conflict between the media’s oversight role and the need to protect national security. Full story.

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