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Engaged Learning

Thinking About the Outside of the Box

Students wrestle with justifications in the belief in telepathy and unidentified flying objects in a summer session philosophy course.
Engaged Learning

Arts and Sciences Grads Celebrate ‘Hottest Show in Town’ During Final Exercises

Graduates of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences walked the Lawn on Saturday during the first of two days of Final Exercises 2022.
Engaged Learning

Class of 2022: Ziff Balances Mind and Body With Biochemistry and Dance

Zoe Ziff wanted to major in biochemistry and minor in dance because she’s interested in the details within the movement of mind and body.
Focused Research

Faculty Spotlight: Personal Odyssey Made Him View Disability Differently

Professor Christopher Krentz struggled to envision a future for himself after he began losing his hearing at the age of 9, but he came into his own after learning American Sign Language and making deaf friends.
Engaged Learning

What Is the Sound of a Seagrass Methane Seep?

Davis Coffey is seeking to measure methane bubble seepage in seagrass beds, by listening to it.
Focused Research

Trees Are Heroes – More So Than We Ever Knew – in Climate Fight

While reducing greenhouse gas output is an important part of the global strategy to combat climate change, a new study finds that forest management may have an even bigger role to play.
Engaged Learning

Can We Talk? What Universities Can Do About Cancel Culture

In view of the “cancel culture” discourse, President Jim Ryan and Provost Ian Baucom write in Inside Higher Ed that universities should train students to be empathetic speakers and generous listeners.
Engaged Learning

Open For Debate

An Engagements seminar builds critical thinking skills using a timely look at different perspectives on democracy.
Engaged Learning

UVA Hosts Teach-In on Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Students flocked to a teach-in on March 2 to learn more from UVA professors about what’s happening in Ukraine.
Dynamic Support

Nau Foundation Supports Establishment of 10 New Democracy Professorships at UVA

John L. Nau III, who graduated from UVA in 1968 with a history degree, is a longtime benefactor to his alma mater.

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