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College presidents have been described as the ‘narrators-in-chief’ of their institutions,” said Bilger, who this summer will become president of Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and the first woman to serve in that role.

Three College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences students received $5,000 National Geographic On Campus Scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year as part of UVA's partnership with the National Geographic Society.

Are celebrities increasingly acting as our moral compass? That’s the question posed in religious studies professor John Portmann’s new book, “Celebrity Morals and the Loss of Religious Authority.”

Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Robby Keough have won the first student Emmy Award given to a UVA student. It began last year as a one-day, deadline assignment for their “Advanced Multimedia Reporting” course.

Dean Ian Baucom will be taking leave for the Fall 2019 semester. Brie Gertler, Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy and interim Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities, has accepted the role of acting dean until Baucom’s return.

Where do you fall statistically on a cross tabulation of “Friends” characters and Hogwarts houses? The annual Stats Live! Symposium drew hundreds of UVA students with a series of presentations by data journalists from FiveThirtyEight and Business Insider about the professional – and whimsical – applications of statistics in the professional world.

Arts & Sciences faculty members Todd Sechser and Siva Vaidhyanathan will direct the two newest labs for interdisciplinary research sponsored by the UVA’s Democracy Initiative.

Waltman Wade Beorn is among a growing number of historians who have turned to Twitter as a tool for truth-telling at a time when history is being distorted, often for political purposes, at an alarming rate.

From stages in London and North Carolina to a community health center in South Africa, three Arts & Sciences students will work with their muses, thanks to grants from the University Award for Projects in the Arts program.

From St. Patrick’s Day until the end of the spring semester, the department’s calendar features 52 concerts, colloquia, symposia and master classes, featuring students, faculty members and guest musicians.