Cardiovascular Research Center - Engaged in programs designed to conduct gene transfer and gene therapy in the cardiovascular system, this is one of a large number of research and treatment areas. Information on programmes, staff, research, education, facilities and contact details is available. Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry - Established in 1991 for the preservation of the history of Nursing. Also provides photographs and a highlighted collection. Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities - Goal is to explore and expand the potential of information technology as a tool for humanities research. Provides consulting, technical support, applications programming, and networked publishing facilities as well as cultivating partnerships and participating in humanities computing initiatives with libraries, publishers, information technology companies, scholarly organizations, and others interested in the intersection of computers and cultural heritage. Offers information on people, staff, projects, funding and contact details. Papers of James Madison - Established in 1956 to publish annotated volumes of the correspondence and writings of James Madison providing accurate texts of Madison's incoming and outgoing correspondence, informative notes on textual and subject matters, and indexes. The project has collected over 25,000 copies of documents related to Madison's life, including letters, essays, notes, diaries, account books, ledgers, wills, legal papers, and inventories. Provides information about the papers of James Madison, a short biography, sample documents, volumes published, a selected bibliography, reviews, staff, news and contact details. W.M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging - Provides a state-of-the-art optical imaging facility for both teaching and research use and the continued development of new methods that integrate biology, optics and electronic engineering. Offers information on facilities, research, publications opportunities and contact details. Center for Children, Families, and the Law - Connects research with the policy and legal issues related to children and families through research support, interdisciplinary discussion, service, and public conferences and lectures. Information on faculty, photo album, conferences, fellowships and contact details. The Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering Page - Built on the foundation of the Applied Electrochemistry Laboratories, it is a multi-disciplinary research effort which includes activities in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, and Chemical Engineering, as well as interactions with Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics. Contains information on staff, faculty, opportunities, employment and contact information. The Center for the Liberal Arts - Assists school in defining what Americans need to know, to improve the teaching of the academic disciplines taught throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to provide a national model to help re-establish the central premise on which schooling must be based--knowledge of language and literature, mathematics and science, history and art. Includes resources in a number of fields, information on programs, staff, directions and contact details. George Washington Papers - The collected writings of George Washington. Includes maps and images, documetns, articles, a searcheable database, indices and translation facility. Mountain Lake Biological Station - A field research and teaching facility. Contains program information, seminars, facilities, employment, directions and contact details. Virginia Center for Digital History - An independent center within the College of Arts and Sciences charged with creating new forms of historical scholarship and with performing public service and outreach. Digital collections constitute widely accessible, scholarly versions of primary histrocial sources that otherwise would remain inaccessible and largely unknown to the public. Includes information on courses, staff, projects and contact details. Virginia Institute of Government - Established in 1994 by the Virginia General Assembly to increase the training, technical services and information resources available to the Commonwealth's local governments, part of the Cooper Center for Public Service. Offers information on services, publications, jobs and contact details. Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service - A research and training organization focused on the Commonwealth of Virginia providing objective information, data, research, technical assistance, and practical training to state and local officials, community leaders, and members of the general public. Includes services, publications, locations, staffing, jobs, and contact details. Center for Oceans Law and Policy - Provides information on lectures, forums, conferences, publications, projects, staff, a clanedar, library and contact details. Multimedia Networks Group - Information on this unit which does analysis, design, and development for next-generation networks. Research interests include novel network services and architectures. Virginia Transportation Research Council - State-sponsored centers for the study and development of advanced transportation-related engineering technology and improved management and operational practices. The Research Council accomplishes its mission by conducting a broad-based program of applied and basic research, providing technical consulting, supporting technology transfer activities, and sponsoring technical education and training programs University of Virginia Heart Center - A multidisciplinary team using integrated programs in preventive cardiology, patient care, research, medical education, and clinical trials. Information on heart disease, services, staff, fact sheets and contact details. Center for the Management of Information Technology - Established in 1991 to provide opportunities for business and higher education to work together in the area of information technology. Promotes research and education in areas relating to the management of information technology through a program of interdisciplinary cooperation. Offers focus information, associates, activities and contact details. The Blandy Experimental Farm and State Arboretum - A 700-acre research facility situated in the northern Shenandoah Valley displaying more than 8,000 trees and woody shrubs. The collections include more than half the world’s pine species, a grove of more than 300 ginkgo trees, and an herb garden. Links to research and educational programs, employment and related information. The Center for Survey Research - A full-service academic survey research facility specializing in studies for local government and state agencies offering customized project design, professional interviewing, data collection, data analysis and report preparation. Information on services, staff, projects, publications, employment, code of ethics, directions, facilities and contact details. Miller Center of Public Affairs - Gathers new knowledge about the American presidency and government, shares that knowledge with scholars, officials and the public, and contributes to the contemporary debate about public policy. Includes information on resource, projects, staff, employment publications and contact details. The Institute for Environmental Negotiation - Develops projects such as the Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute, the Community-Based Collaboratives Research Consortium, the Superfund Site Renewal Program, the Southern Tobacco Communities Project, and other projects and programs in the practice of conflict resolution and consensus building, in the service of communities that are sustained ecologically, socially, and economically. Offers program information, research, personnel and contact details. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities - Promotes lifelong learning, literacy, and civil public debate, funds and produces exhibits, conferences and teachers' institutes; book discussion series; film, video and radio programs; and other public programs that draw upon the humanities. Information includes radio programs, research, events, heritage, news, funding and contact details. South Asia Center - An interdisciplinary center that coordinates and promotes the study of South Asia, its diverse peoples, languages, cultures, religions and history. Offers courses in South Asia's languages and the disciplines, a library, and fellowship support as well as educational and cultural programs in the community. Information on seminars, symposia, and public events, faculty, programs, newsletter, video library and contact information. Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies - Serves as a resource for research and scholarship in the field of Russian and East European Studies. Supports teaching, research, curriculum development, community outreach programs and university-wide activities in co-operation with other educational institutions in Virginia and the Southeast. Includes resources, programs, financial aid information and contact details. Digital Media Center - A collaborative effort the library, offers equipment and support for the digitization and editing of images, sound and video. DML staff assist students with digital projects and help faculty prepare electronic course materials. Offers project planning, tutorials and short courses, digital image, video, and audio capture and editing, analog editing, animation and 3-D imaging, media database building, web site building service information, events and contact details. Cancer Center - Provide research and facilities for professionals, doctors, patients and families, research and training, news, events and contact information. Virgo - On-line archive of thousands of SGML and XML-encoded electronic texts and images with a library service that offers hardware and software suitable for the creation and analysis of text. Offers services, publications, projects, staff information and contact details. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology - A scientific society committed to understanding interactions between behavior and neuroendocrine function. Promotes exchanges between investigators approaching this problem from diverse perspectives and fields of study. Includes information on membership. fellowships, meetings, bylaws, and contact details. Center for Research in Reproduction - Primary research focuses on the understanding and treatment of disorders of reproduction with emphasis on the underlying mechanisms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). In addition, a training program for MD and PhD scientists. Research interests range from transcription and feedback regulation and ovarian and testicular pathophysiology, through clinical research into the roles of hyperandrogenemia and hyperinsulinemia in anovulation and infertility. Information on programs staff, funding and facilities is available. Beirne B. Carter Immunology Center - Aims to develop and sustain a program of research and training in immunology. Offers news, maps, jobs, library information, faculty listings, facility information, events and contact details. Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities - Provides information on faculty, associates, publications, education, a newsletter, outreach programs, news, history, and contact details as well as upcoming and current events.