News & Notes

Fellow alumnus wins international book award from Latin American Studies Association

Tore Olsson, NF '13, explores American and Latin American agricultural history in his award-winning book

January 30, 2019

Tackling climate change through U.Va.'s Environmental Extern Program

Megan Routbort, JS '19, discusses her externship at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions with UVA Today

January 30, 2019

Scholar alumna makes mark in New York City theater scene

Lear deBessonet, JS '02, named first resident director of Encores! at New York City Center

January 21, 2019

Jefferson Fellow alumna writes award-winning book

Cynthia Nicoletti, JF '07, receives the American Society for Legal History’s Cromwell Book Prize

December 19, 2018

Varun Sharma, JS ’19, wins Schwarzman Scholarship to study in China

December 7, 2018

Jack Brake, JS '18, awarded Marshall Scholarship to study at University of Cambridge

December 3, 2018

Jefferson Scholars Foundation and U.Va.’s School of Medicine work together to attract internationally renowned neuroscientist who has devoted his career to studying autism

November 26, 2018

Watch 2018 Shadwell Speaker Anne-Marie Slaughter present "Global Hot Spots & Blind Spots: The Geopolitical Landscape"

September 26, 2018

General Robert B. Neller, 37th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, will speak at the Foundation as part of the Warren F. Chauncey Lecture Series

September 18, 2018

Three Jefferson Scholars offer words of advice to the incoming students

August 24, 2018

Foreign policy expert and former top official at the U.S. State Department, Anne-Marie Slaughter, invited to speak to U.Va. community

August 13, 2018

Kevin Cao, JS '17, receives a Rotary Global Grant to pursue a master’s degree at Oxford

August 7, 2018

Madison Smither, JS '21, selected as one of 10 finalists for a prestigious science innovation award

August 6, 2018

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Scholarship

The Jefferson Scholarship is the premier undergraduate scholarship at the University of Virginia. Scholars are selected through a rigorous selection process that is based on exceptional performance in the areas of leadership, scholarship and citizenship.

Legacy

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation, like its namesake, knows that virtue and talent come from all walks of life. Indeed it is this knowledge that drives the Foundation to search the world over for its recipients.

Fellowship

The Jefferson Fellowship is the premier graduate fellowship offered at the University of Virginia. Based solely on merit, the Fellowship seeks to attract Ph.D. and M.B.A. candidates.

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