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Alex MacKay

Foundation-funded professor and notable economist honored by the American Economic Association

Alex MacKay is among two UVA faculty members to receive a 2025 AEJ Paper Award

April 26, 2025

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Joe Riley, JS '13, featured in Harvard Business Review article

October 20, 2017

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Lisa Spaar, recipient of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Faculty Prize, selected to speak at Fall Convocation

October 16, 2017

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David Buckley, JS '04, examines the war on drugs in the Philippines—and questions if the Catholic Church can turn its moral standing into political influence

October 2, 2017

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Jon Cohen, JF '18, explains why public officials should not turn to lotteries as a simple solution to complex financial problems

September 29, 2017

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Jefferson Scholar alumna Melissa Murray selected as a 2017 JeffTalks speaker

September 29, 2017

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Jefferson Scholars Foundation participates in United Way Day of Caring

September 28, 2017

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Citizenship and leadership continue well beyond graduation for members of the JSF community

September 27, 2017

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Gary Gallagher presents "How Americans Remembered the Civil War" as part of the Foundation's Warren F. Chauncey Lecture Series

September 25, 2017

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Jesse Han, JS '20, receives the 2017 Ig Nobel Prize

September 20, 2017

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Best-selling author and professor of ethical leadership at NYU, Jonathan Haidt, invited to speak to the U.Va. community

September 18, 2017

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