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Giant Steps for the Woodson Institute

Cedric Rucker, interim senior associate vice president of student affairs and dean of students, poses for a photo with two of the contributing artists, Tobiah Mundt, left; and UVA professor Lisa Woolfork, right.

Inside Their World: New Exhibit Connects Harlem Renaissance to Today

Navigating the Hidden Curriculum

Negotiating Grad School’s “Hidden Curriculum”

Ajay Limaye

Reading the River

Opening convocation at the University of Virginia, August 20, 2023

Dean Welcomes 54 New Faculty to the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

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Reimagining Monuments on the National Mall

Philosophy professor Zachary Irving says allowing our minds to wander could help make social media less toxic.

Is Social Media Hijacking Your Brain? Spontaneity May Be the Antidote

The lab of Commonwealth Professor of Chemistry Brent Gunnoe, left, is where researcher Fanji Kong, right, made his discovery.

New Process May Reduce Negative Impacts of Making Plastics, Other Products

Conly Greer built this barn in 1937-38 to demonstrate to Black farmers the newest, most efficient and sanitary methods in farming.

Professor, UVA Library Team Up to Explore Black Roots of Local Farm

Doctoral student C.J. Oswald sailed his philosophy students across the relatively uncharted water of philosophy and fake news this summer.

Philosophy Class Tackles Question of Fake News

Rujula Upasani will pursue a master's degree in infection and immunity at the University College London as a Rotary Global Grant Scholar. (Contributed photo)

Recent A&S Grad Earns Scholarship To Pursue COVID-19 Research in London

E. Mavis Hetherington, UVA Professor of Psychology

In Memoriam: Noted Child Psychologist Was Known for Spellbinding Lectures

Pictured is a prairie vole father (Microtus ochrogaster) huddling over a litter of pups.

Prairie Vole Study: Fathers Matter More Than You Think

Civil Rights and MLK illustration

Professor: White Supremacists Used Civil Rights Script To Create ‘Unite The Right’ Rally

Scienc's Silent Stars

Science’s Silent Stars

Images of disks around 19 protostars, including 4 binary systems observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international astronomy facility in Chile.

Astronomers Dig Deeper into Mystery of Planet Formation

Computer Code

Inside the College’s Crash Course in Coding

Illustration of the White House imposed on a postage stamp background

History Decides Who Gets Featured on U.S. Stamps

Jennifer Lawless, chair of the Dept. of Politics, a senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs and a public policy professor in UVA’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Lawless once ran for Congress.

Faculty Spotlight: Good People Make Good Politics, Professor Believes

Ken Ono, UVA's Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics, and UCLA mathematician and Fields Medal winner Terence Tao (l to r, kneeling, front row center take a group photo with students in this summer's Research for Undergraduates program at UVA.

A Math Legend Visits the Next Generation

Kelley Cordova will research literature featuring migrant populations in France with a Fulbright Postdoctoral Award in the Social Sciences.

Kelley Cordova Will Research Literature in France as Fulbright Scholar

Spanish professor Allison Bigelow seems to do it all: write award-winning academic works, set her students up for success and serve in the community. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)

Faculty Spotlight: Allison Bigelow Puts Others First

Illustration of the globe melting

El Nino and Its High Temps Are Back in An Already Hot World. What Does It Mean?

AI Disconnect

AI's Big Disconnect