@DavidMoss, @DevinOlsenn, and @Scotsrule08 are proud to announce that we have successfully completed the world’s first Canada coast to coast fully autonomous drive! We left Horseshoe Bay Terminal in Vancouver. BC 4 days & 21 hours ago, and now have ended in Halifax, NS at the Tesla Showroom (3,760miles/6,051km) This was accomplished with Tesla FSD v14.3.3 with absolutely 0 disengagements of any kind even for all parking including at Tesla Superchargers.

BREAKING: STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MRS. OBAMA The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault. Federal law enforcement and immigration agents have a tough job. But Americans expect them to carry out their duties in a lawful, accountable way, and to work with, rather than against, state and local officials to ensure public safety. That’s not what we’re seeing in Minnesota. In fact, we’re seeing the opposite. For weeks now, people across the country have been rightly outraged by the spectacle of masked ICE recruits and other federal agents acting with impunity and engaging in tactics that seem designed to intimidate, harass, provoke and endanger the residents of a major American city. These unprecedented tactics—which even the former top lawyer of the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration has characterized as embarrassing, lawless and cruel—have now resulted in the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens. And yet rather than trying to impose some semblance of discipline and accountability over the agents they’ve deployed, the President and current administration officials seem eager to escalate the situation, while offering public explanations for the shootings of Mr. Pretti and Renee Good that aren’t informed by any serious investigation—and that appear to be directly contradicted by video evidence. This has to stop. I would hope that after this most recent tragedy, administration officials will reconsider their approach, and start finding ways to work constructively with Governor Walz and Mayor Frey as well as state and local police to avert more chaos and achieve legitimate law enforcement goals. In the meantime, every American should support and draw inspiration from the wave of peaceful protests in Minneapolis and other parts of the country. They are a timely reminder that ultimately it’s up to each of us as citizens to speak out against injustice, protect our basic freedoms, and hold our government accountable.

Interesting story about the resume of UVA's new president. augustafreepress.com/news/va…

Congratulations to MIT on its rejection of Trump's corrupt education compact. JUST SAY NO, TOO, @UVA! "MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding" wapo.st/4niC09b

JUST SAY NO to Trump’s corrupt compact! Colleges like @UVA must NOT trade more money for academic freedom. Don’t betray Thomas Jefferson. We’re watching. nytimes.com/2025/10/08/opini… via ⁦@nytopinion⁩

In @nytopinion “Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign,” Senator Bernie Sanders writes in a guest essay. nyti.ms/45RWv5K

A good rule of thumb for politics (and life): the person Indiana Jones is punching is the bad guy.

Even our robots are enjoying #shpe2023! Come check out our @UVAEngineers programs at booth 2555. And check out our dancing partners @ABBgroupnews!

Meet Nole, Twitter’s new CEO.

James A. Smith, UVA Engineering's associate dean for graduate education, attended a student fair in Delhi, India, this week with other University of Virginia staff members.

Cruelty and inhumanity bridge generations--1962 and 2022. Well worth noting. esquire.com/news-politics/a4…

James A. Smith, assoc. dean for grad. education (right), attended a recruiting fair in Mumbai, India, this week. He was joined by Phil Trella (left), UVA assoc. vice provost and director of the office of graduate &postdoctoral affairs, and UVA CHE Ph.D. alum Dr. Priyam Sheth.

Check out puremadi.org/. This initiative is taking innovative research projects from @UVAEngineers and deploying them to bring clean water to homes in Africa. Tonight was a fantastic event to raise funds to support this good work. @PureMadi @jas2165 @rachel_letteri

When you were a carefree tenured professor living your best life, and then are suddenly forced to chair your department

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We have launched the search for new @UVABME Department Chair. Please RT Share with colleagues poised to lead a dynamic, productive and influential department as passionate about education as we are about research. MORE: uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UV…

We are the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, Home of Civil, Systems and Environmental Engineering. Thank you @UVADeanJWest for joining our group picture!

.@UVA_ESE professor Jim Smith and ChemE asst. prof. @rachel_letteri are working on the next-generation MadiDrop water purification tablet thanks to an @NSF small business grant. Read more about this #entrepreneurial venture for good: at.virginia.edu/V2wd4W. @uvachechair

UVA buzzer beaters ranked last 20 years); 1. Diakite vs Purdue 2. Singletary vs. Duke 3. Beekman vs. Duke 4. Dre vs Louisville 5. Brogdon vs. Pitt 6. Thompson vs. Wake 7. Beekman vs. Cuse