Last week, we welcomed scientists from all over the world to campus for our annual Genetics Summer School, bringing together the brightest minds in animal and plant breeding to learn more about quantitative genetics, prediction and selection theory. 🧬 It was a privilege to learn from this year's guest lecturer, Professor Agustin Blasco from Universitat Politècnica de València UPV, who came all the way from Spain to present the course. While here he delivered lectures and practical sessions on p

See a recent study abroad trip to Valencia, Spain, through the eyes of the students who went. | University of Virginia

Technicians from the cultural patrimony department of the University of Valencia are working to save mud-covered family photos damaged in the area's recent flooding which left over 200 deaths and caused untold destruction. The University advises families affected by DANA not to discard their photographs and albums, even if they are severely damaged. These photographs need urgent washing and stabilization, then, in a second phase, they can go through a complete restoration. Spain's Consortium for