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Thanks to our generous alumni and friends, our Faculty Forward campaign exceeded its goal of $130 million in gifts and pledges in response to the case for faculty support.

European Studies, which is a new M.A. program within Arts & Sciences, as well as the East Asia Center and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies all recently appointed its new directors.

“Ana is such a positive force. Having her here will help the University to recruit other talented faculty and researchers engaged in international economics and macrofinance.”

If Chuck Berry is the father of rock ’n’ roll, how did it become a predominately white genre in just a dozen years? Jack Hamilton’s new book, “Just Around Midnight,” delves into the genre’s complex racial history.

Rushdie and NYU colleague Suketu Mehta entertained their audience with a conversation that hopped from their migrant roots, to how literature can help us make sense of our unlimited world,

Alumnus and private equity investment firm leader Thompson Dean said his gift will allow the University “to play a leadership role in the innovations driving the evolution of a 21st-century liberal arts and sciences education.”

Associate Professor of Philosophy Elizabeth Barnes’ own experience with disability led her to challenge assumptions about what it means to lead a good and valuable life.

All festival events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted as requiring advance tickets. A chronological list of “Human/Ties” events featuring UVA faculty is available here.

“Isaac is without a doubt the most prominent, successful, best-regarded sociological theorist under the age of 40 in the United States today.”

The Monticello summit will bring together historians, artists, activists and cultural leaders, as well as descendants of those once enslaved at Monticello, to consider how the history of slavery in the United States shapes contemporary issues of race, citizenship, freedom and equality.