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Faculty Discuss Talking About Hate Events With Students on First Day of Classes

Nearly 100 UVA professors and graduate teaching instructors met Aug. 14 near the statue of Homer to share ideas about how to discuss with their students the divisive issues of white supremacy and racism brought to the fore during violent demonstrations on Grounds and in Charlottesville a few days earlier.
The World Needs Our Commitment to Truth

A message from Dean Ian Baucom about recent events in Charlottesville.
Focused Research

Doing Science, Down on the Farm

UVA’s Blandy Experimental Farm, a research and learning facility in the northern Shenandoah Valley, serves dozens of scholars and tens of thousands of visitors each year.
Engaged Learning

Anthology Celebrates 15 Years of the Area Program in Poetry Writing

To mark its 15th anniversary, UVA’s Area Program in Poetry Writing has published an anthology of alumni poetry, with authors spanning from the program’s first graduates to the most recent.
Focused Research

Meet A.D. Carson, UVA’s Professor of Hip-Hop

Carson, who produced a 34-song rap album for his Ph.D. dissertation, hopes his work will inspire conversation not just about hip-hop, but also the racial tension and violence America continues to grapple with.
Engaged Learning

Developing More Brain Power

The flourishing of the undergraduate neuroscience program comes at a time when UVA continues to expand its emphasis on brain research across Grounds.
Engaged Learning

Committing to Health Care for the Underserved

Micah Brickhill, who grew up in rural Virginia, is heading to UVA’s School of Medicine with plans to practice rural family medicine.
Engaged Learning

What do Diane Sawyer’s Hair and Moon Rocks Have in Common?

Welcome to the Macko Museum of Natural History.
Engaged Learning

Creators of ‘Les Misérables’ Inspire as Artists-in-Residence

It is one thing to admire the work of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg; it is quite another to perform it as they watch intently from the front row.
Engaged Learning

UVA Dance Minors Have a Remarkable History of Student Advocacy

Ten years ago, students fought hard to revive a dance program begun shortly after women were admitted to UVA. Today, the dance minor is thriving, attracting students from all corners of the University.

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