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Foundation-funded professorship brings leading AI ethics and philosophy scholar to UVA

David Danks appointed the William L. Polk Jr. and Carolyn K. Polk Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science

July 5, 2025

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Jefferson Scholar receives the George J. Mitchell Scholarship to study in Ireland

November 23, 2022

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Jefferson Fellow alumna receives prestigious fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science

November 21, 2022

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Statement from the Foundation on the shooting at UVA

November 14, 2022

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Remembering a Foundation friend and benefactor

October 25, 2022

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Professor funded by the Foundation takes a new approach to understanding autism

Kevin Pelphrey

September 13, 2022

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Walentas Scholar Katherine Flores shares how she ended up at UVA

August 23, 2022

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Jefferson Scholars Foundation and McIntire School of Commerce attract preeminent scholar in information systems and technology

August 12, 2022

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Scholar alumna's revival of "Into the Woods" makes its way to Broadway

July 28, 2022

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Scholar alumna shares how her love for journalism led her to CNN

June 16, 2022

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Longtime friend, supporter, and founder of the Jefferson Scholars Program has passed away

June 13, 2022

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Learn more about the selection process and nomination for the Jefferson Scholarship and the Walentas Scholarship from the Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia.
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