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Engaged Learning

Human Rights a Main Focus For Students in Summer Global Internships

32 students took part in the Virtual Global Internships program this summer, a collaboration between UVA Global Internships and the Presidential Precinct program.
Engaged Learning

Arts Education in a Post-Pandemic World

As faculty in UVA’s College of Arts & Sciences worked to educate their students despite the obstacles presented by COVID-19, they found themselves creating the foundation for changes to the practice of art education – changes that may make it just a little better than it was before.
Philip Zelikow Looks Back at the 9/11 Commission Report He Guided

“We hope that the terrible losses chronicled in this report can create something positive – an America that is safer, stronger, and wiser.”
Focused Research

16 New Books by UVA Authors to Consider Reading This Summer

From memoir to mystery, from work advice to analysis of the 2020 elections, University of Virginia faculty members and alumni have published, or soon will publish, books that appeal to a wide range of tastes and topics.
Focused Research

Astronomer Kelsey Johnson Reflects on the Science Behind the Search for UFOs

Taking the step to infer that an object is extraterrestrial in origin requires evidence – and in science, there is a saying that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
Dynamic Support

Led by Karsh Family Gift, UVA Plans $100 Million for Institute of Democracy

The University of Virginia plans to invest $100 million in the study, teaching and promotion of democracy – a defining institutional ambition for the 21st century – made possible with a $50 million gift from Martha and Bruce Karsh to establish the Karsh Institute of Democracy at UVA.
Congratulations to the Class of 2021!

View our online department graduation ceremonies, live streams, academic awards, and rosters of graduating students.
Engaged Learning

Blazing a New Path

True to the spirit of a curriculum designed to inspire students to consider a variety of disciplines, members of the College’s Class of 2021 will put their innovative liberal arts educations to the test in a broad range of professional fields ranging from biology to economics, from sociology to songwriting.
Engaged Learning

Class of 2021: From a Life Abroad, Student Brought a Unique Perspective to Grounds

After being accepted to UVA in 2016, Zoe Larmey delayed her arrival for a gap year spent working as an au pair in France to improve her French, and then as a housekeeper and volunteer translator for a Mercy Ships hospital vessel offering medical care off the coast of Benin for some of Africa’s poorest populations.
Engaged Learning

Class of 2021: How Ja’Mel Reed Learned ‘You Never Stop Growing – A Magical Thing’

“Some students simply pass through the University, but Ja’Mel has helped to transform us throughout his matriculation, in mind-opening and inspiring ways for which we all have cause to be grateful.”