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There’s a Simple Solution to Fixing Climate Change, So Why Isn’t It Working?
For decades, carbon taxes have been hailed as the most efficient way to cut emissions. A new book by UVA sociologist Daniel Driscoll examines why they've so often failed in practice.
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Two UVA Faculty Members Win Prestigious Grants in Buddhist Studies
UVA’s Natasha Heller and Patricia Nguyen are among just six scholars worldwide to receive inaugural Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Public Impact Grants supporting projects that bring Buddhist scholarship to broader public audiences.
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One Day on a Distant Planet Offers Clues to Its Origins
The first direct measurement of a young giant exoplanet's rotation period provides new evidence of how worlds beyond our solar system take shape.
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Q&A: In new album, 'After the Fire,' A.D. Carson asks what it means to be a human performer in the age of AI
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Study Offers First National Picture of Racial Inequities in Early Federal Home Lending
New research finds that Black Americans received only a fraction of federally backed home loans before and after World War II, quantifying the discriminatory lending practices that shaped generations of wealth inequality in the nation.
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UVA Summer Session III
July 13–Aug. 7, 2026
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Fall Semester 2026
Fall courses begin Tuesday, Aug. 25.
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Notable Alumni
Notable alumni of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
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McCormick Observatory Public Nights
Dept. of Astronomy, 9-11 PM, first and third Friday nights each month, registration required
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Call to Action
A&S 2030: Four Priorities and Signal Intention
The pathway for UVA to become the best public university in the nation and one of the best universities anywhere in the world runs directly through the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.