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	Focus on Entrepreneurship U.Va.’s Engineering School has always been highly regarded for providing future engineers with both a rigorous program in analytics and problem-solving skills and — unlike most universities — the broader education that prepares graduates to become leaders in their chosen profession.
	Q & A with Jeff Sands On September 1, Jeff Sands joined the U.Va. School of Engineering and Applied Science as associate dean for development and vice president of the Engineering Foundation. He has nearly 20 years of experience in development leadership positions and served 10 years as associate dean for development for the University of Illinois College of Engineering.
	U.Va. Startup EpiEP Receives $1.5 Million Investment EpiEP Inc., a medical device company spun out of the University of Virginia, has received $1.5 million in investments and commitments for the development of its novel EpiAccess system, which shows promise to improve and expand the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia and other heart conditions.
	Teaching Entrepreneurship and Finance Letitia Green brings real-world entrepreneurial experience to the classroom. The active venture capitalist is teaching the course “Entrepreneurship and Finance” as part of the Engineering Business Minor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society.
	A Look at Successful Women Entrepreneurs J. McGrath Cohoon, assistant professor in the Department of Science, Technology and Society and senior research scientist at the National Center for Women and Information Technology, led the data analysis for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation study on women entrepreneurs.
	U.Va. Engineers Make — and Take — Entrepreneurship Cup The Entrepreneurial Concept Competition embodies the growing entrepreneurial energy at U.Va. The creation of the bronze Cup to honor its winners represents that same spirit.