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Jefferson Fellow alumna and team of UVA researchers launch study to expand H-2A visa program

Kathryn Babineau, is one of the research leads on a large federally-funded project studying migrant farm labor in American agriculture.

October 1, 2024

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Jefferson Fellow alumna takes part in space mission to explore Mercury

Hayley Williamson, JF '18, is reviewing charged particle data that BepiColombo has sent back to Earth from Mercury.

September 23, 2024

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Jefferson Scholar alumna named artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater

Lear deBessonet (JS '02) will lead programming and season planning and manage day-to-day operations in her new role.

September 16, 2024

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Foundation professor's groundbreaking research could revolutionize organ transplant acceptance

Evan Scott, the Thomas A. Saunders III Family Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished University Professor, recently led a study in which he and fellow researchers used nanoparticles to make the cells of transplanted hearts in mice resistant to attack by their immune system.

September 5, 2024

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