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McDowell joined the English department faculty in fall 1987 and holds the Alice Griffin Professorship, and has directed the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies for the past 10 years.

The University of Virginia this week welcomed approximately 3,840 first-year students to Grounds. It’s the largest and most diverse first-year class in UVA history.

In addition to new associate deans Brie Gertler (Arts & Humanities, interim), and Christian McMillen (Social Sciences), nine new academic department chairs and five new program directors are beginning their terms this fall.

Your child is a visual learner. She does better when information is presented in diagrams and graphs. You’d think she would do better if her teacher taught that way, right? Nope.

UVA biologists have gained new understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease begins, and how it might be halted.

Parents lacking financial resources or college degrees are sometimes thought of as being less capable of supporting their children in college, but they likely have something money can’t buy: emotional support.

Research experiences for undergrads lead to lasting benefits for society, a major new study shows.

The admission essay questions for the Class of 2023 are out. Learn what makes a good essay and why they’re still important in the admission process.

UVA’s very first semester-long program for new students is hitting its stride in its second year. We talked with an enthusiastic member of the inaugural ‘London First’ class, who convinced her younger sister to enroll this fall.

The scholars recently gathered on Grounds for an international conference examining how big data and the new frontiers of media technology introduced by Facebook, Google and other global companies have penetrated our daily lives.