Archive for July, 2010



Justin Rose

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Justin Rose
Politics, ’07

Laura Goldblatt

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Laura Goldblatt
English, ’08

Julia Abell

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Julia Abell
Darden, ’10

Rachel Beaton

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Rachel Beaton
Astronomy, ’07

Reed Johnson

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Reed Johnson
Slavic Languages, ’10

Clark Herndon

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Clark Herndon

Emily J. Charnock

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Emily J. Charnock

Anne Guarnera

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Anne Guarnera
Spanish, ’10

Benjamin Brady

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Benjamin Brady
History, ’09

William Dirienzo

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

William Dirienzo
Astronomy, ’08

Lanier Sammons

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Lanier Sammons
Music, ’07

Matthew D. Lerner

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Matthew D. Lerner
Psychology, ’07

Lear deBessonet’s (JS ’02) praises sung in New Yorker article

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Part of the reason that Shakespeare remains one of the handful of writers who engage generation after generation of readers has to do with the way he is taught, or, at least, was taught in the New York City public-school system of my youth. Back then, in the mid-seventies, students balanced their attempts to understand [...]

Jefferson Scholars Foundation Announces Winners of 2010 Hartfield-Jefferson Scholars Teaching Prize

Monday, July 12th, 2010

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation honored two faculty members in the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science with 2010 Hartfield-Jefferson Scholars Teaching Prizes. Mark S. Sherriff, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, and Mary Beck, lecturer in applied mathematics and director of student affairs for the Engineering School’s undergraduate program, have [...]

Jifundishe Habari – From Charlottesville to Ngongongare!

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

The morning commute looked a little more interesting for ten University of Virginia students who traded in their usual summer jobs for an international service learning project last month with Jifundishe! The ten students, accompanied by two leaders, spent all of June in beautiful Tanzania visiting cultural tourism sites, climbing Kilimanjaro and volunteering with Jifundishe. [...]