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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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Jefferson Scholars Foundation and UVA’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences announce the appointment of economist Alexander MacKay

A UVA alum, Alexander MacKay returns to join the College’s Department of Economics as the James H. and Elizabeth W. Wright Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished Professor

July 8, 2024

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Jefferson Scholars Foundation and UVA’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences announce the hiring of esteemed historian specializing in U.S. foreign relations

Andrew Preston will join UVA’s Corcoran Department of History as the W.L. Lyons Brown Jr. Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished Professor in Diplomacy and Statecraft

June 27, 2024

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Jefferson Scholar alumna named president of Yale University

Maurie McInnis, JS '88, joins Yale after serving as president of Stony Brook University for the last four years

May 30, 2024

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