News & Notes

Exploring African-American history and culture

Kristen Barrett, JS '20, organized U.Va.'s 12-Hour Play Project as part of Black History Month

February 21, 2019

The bridge between business and the public sector

Kyle Blum, JF '19, shares his experience managing more than 3 million acres of forest at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources

January 30, 2019

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

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News & Notes

Exploring African-American history and culture

The bridge between business and the public sector

Fellow alumnus wins international book award from Latin American Studies Association

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

Scholar alumna makes mark in New York City theater scene

Jefferson Fellow alumna writes award-winning book

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

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

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

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

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

Three Jefferson Scholars offer words of advice to the incoming students

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

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