Inaugural speaker Beverly Gage delivers a talk on her Pulitzer Prize-winning book about former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover
June 6, 2023
May 14, 2021
Kevin Pelphrey, the Harrison-Wood Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor, recently discussed his research on WITF's radio program Smart Talk
May 3, 2021
Watch a recording of this year's speakers discussing COVID-19 and more
April 29, 2021
Andy Chambers, JS '22, continues his service and leadership on the Honor Committee at U.Va.
April 22, 2021
Kevin Pelphrey, the Harrison-Wood Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor, continues his cutting-edge research at U.Va.
Peter Leary, JS ’00, named Acting U.S. Attorney for Middle Georgia
April 12, 2021
Four U.Va. faculty members from three schools were selected for their exceptional teaching
February 4, 2021
Vivian Riefberg, the David C. Walentas Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor, shares her perspective on the unique operational challenges behind widescale vaccine distribution
January 27, 2021
Jim Sparrow, an associate professor of history at University of Chicago, has been appointed the next director of the National Fellowship Program
January 12, 2021
Danielle K. Citron joins the Law School faculty as the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law
December 14, 2020
Learn more about the Foundation’s Professorship Program.
The Foundation supports world-class graduate students through Jefferson Fellowships and National Fellowships.
The Jefferson Scholarship and the Walentas Scholarship are the premier undergraduate scholarships at the University of Virginia.
