Scholars

Walentas Scholar uses fashion to bring together UVA students and support the broader Charlottesville community

Justin Gregory is the co-president of UVA's student-led fashion organization CRAVE

February 12, 2024

Empowering first-generation college students

How the Walentas Scholars Program is supporting outstanding students at UVA

February 14, 2024

Jefferson Scholar publishes article on deepfakes and online abuse in Ms. magazine

Kristin O'Donoghue, the John Paul Jones Jefferson Scholar, explores the impact of a "lawless internet" on women and minorities

February 2, 2024

Jefferson Scholar enters the energy drink business with a grant from the Foundation's Exploratory Fund

Evan Nied, the Harry W. Gilbert Jefferson Scholar, has launched a new energy drink called OK Energy

January 29, 2024

Jefferson Scholar selected to receive a Rhodes Scholarship

Grant GianGrasso will study clinical medicine at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

November 14, 2023

Third-year Jefferson Scholar shares his recent experiences in Rwanda and what sparked his interest in global health

This summer, Owen Selden spent time in Rwanda conducting research at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali.

September 19, 2023

Walentas Scholars Program continues to expand as it enters its second year

June 1, 2023

Foundation has announced the names of 57 high school seniors selected to join the Jefferson and Walentas Scholars’ Class of 2027

May 24, 2023

One Jefferson Scholar transitions role as Chair of University Judiciary Committee to another fellow Scholar

April 24, 2023

First-year Jefferson Scholar receives the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship

April 4, 2023