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Sydney Collins ('16) and Margo Smith, director of UVA’s Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, were the only American representatives at a historic gathering of Aboriginal artists and international art museums.

Elissa Morton, who has served in financial leadership roles at Middlebury College and the University of Pennsylvania, joined the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences this week as the new Senior Director of Financial Planning and Anal

The inaugural class of College Fellows charged with preparing the new General Education curriculum features Arts & Sciences faculty members from eight different academic departments. The Office of the Dean’s summer call for Fellows drew applicants ranging across the arts and humanities, the social sciences, and natural sciences.

Media Studies Professor Siva Vaidhyanathan shares the strange and fascinating experience of watching himself portrayed on stage in a new play, “Privacy,” at New York’s Public Theater.

The University of Virginia’s official Facebook account recently asked alumni if they had taken a course taught by Ken Elzinga. The response was staggering, spanning members of the beloved economics professor’s first class in 1967 to the present day.

Professor Woolfolk recently reviewed “The Free State of Jones,” on CNN.com in her article, “What ‘The Free State of Jones’ Says About Whiteness.”

As Congress once again debates the heated issue of gun control, Economics professor John Pepper explains why the scholarly community has not been able to reach consensus about the effects of gun legislation.

The Heritage Theatre Festival’s 42nd season features a rollicking group of pirates, a Charlie Brown musical, a one-man show written and performed by a former “Seinfeld” writer and two dramas that have inspired silver screen hits.

UVA rock ’n’ roll historian Jack Hamilton breaks down the plagiarism trial over Led Zeppelin’s megahit, “Stairway to Heaven,” which concluded that it was written by singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page.

Million of years of an evolutionary arms race has resulted in an amazing toxicity resistance for some species of snakes.