JC Cang partners with a team of talented psychologists and biologists at UVA to bring new life to neuroscience including an influx of support for the sciences and a much-needed renovation of Gilmer Hall

Answering the Call: How one trailblazing professor is bringing new life to neuroscience at UVA
The Chronicle of Higher Education • by Joyce Carman

When the University of Virginia began offering neuroscience as an undergraduate major in 2003, it was among the first schools in the country to do so. 

With the program’s initial success, came increasing popularity, particularly among pre-med students, followed by an inevitable call for university resources. To compete with the emergence of top neuroscience programs across the country, UVA would need to invest significant capital in the renovation of Gilmer Hall, home to its psychology and biology departments. The need for experiential and team-based learning spaces and open lab environments for interdisciplinary collaboration was pressing. And perhaps most importantly, the program called for several key faculty hires. Click here, to read full story.

Photo credit: JC Cang partners with a team of talented psychologists and biologists at UVA, pictured here (from left to right: JC Cang, Xiaorong Liu, Per Sederberg, Alev Erisir, and John Campbell).  © Jefferson Scholars Foundation and The Chronicle of Higher Education.