A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as ...

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University of Virginia students interested in organic chemistry this semester may have noticed two professors with the same last name on the course list. For the first time, Laura and Vlad Serbulea, ...

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The second-year undergraduate Organic Chemistry course sequence is often cited as one of the most, if not the most, challenging for students in the US. Thus, a persistent question remains: What is it ...