Ampersand

Documenting the “New Normal”

The Basic Multimedia Reporting class captured UVA student voices on the pandemic through their classwork. This student effort is being highlighted and shared here as a tribute to The Class of 2020, graduating in the midst of this new normal.
Virtual Celebration of The Class of 2020

The first-ever virtual celebration and degree conferral for the University of Virginia’s Class of 2020, set to launch Saturday, May 16 at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
Engaged Learning

New Program Offers Academic Opportunity, Career Training During Uncertain Summer

UVA Launchpad is an intensive, eight-week program custom-built to prepare students for the world of work by combining liberal arts coursework, technical “bootcamp” style training, and career-focused projects.
Dynamic Support

Award Winning Teachers Share Their Secrets: ‘Involve Me, and I Learn’

14 top teachers at UVA have developed a variety of ways to involve their students, emphasizing the importance of experiential learning – whether that happens in solving mathematical problems or encountering different cultures.
What is Left: An Essay by Fourth-Year Student Derrick Wang

Fourth-year Derrick Wang, a Lawn resident and student member of the Board of Visitors, wrote an essay after his final semester on Grounds was abruptly cut short by the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Dynamic Support

The Crucial Math Behind Social Distancing

“From a statistical point of view, every time you keep your distance from others during this crisis, you are saving lives.” Bloomfield has created a video explaining how social distancing can decrease the exponential growth of the virus, available here.
COVID-19

Updates and A&S-specific information
Engaged Learning

Harrison Recipient Explores the Problems Latino Elementary Students Encounter

Astrid Escobar wants to solve the problems that affected her childhood experiences in the U.S. public education system.
Focused Research

Generosity Breeds Generosity: 4-Year-Olds Who Receive a Kindness Pay it Forward

When do acts of unexpected kindness first emerge in humans? New research at UVA found that the phenomenon is first seen in 4-year-olds.
Focused Research

Environmental Scientist Scott Doney on What Societies Can Do to Help the Planet

The decade that just ended, the 2010s, was the warmest experienced by the planet since people started collecting widespread, instrumental temperature data almost 200 years ago.

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