Alumni

Jefferson Scholar alumna named president of Yale University

Maurie McInnis, JS '88, joins Yale after serving as president of Stony Brook University for the last four years

May 30, 2024

Jefferson Scholar alumnus receives Knight-Hennessy Scholarship to study at Stanford University

Nathan Abraham (JS '20) plans to pursue a law degree to help change the criminal legal system

May 10, 2024

Scholar alumna confirmed as Virginia's first Asian American federal judge

Jasmine Yoon (JS '03) will serve the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

March 14, 2024

Empowering first-generation college students

How the Walentas Scholars Program is supporting outstanding students at UVA

February 14, 2024

Scholar alumna continues to drive growth and change at Stony Brook University

Maurie McInnis, JS '88, has enjoyed a string of successes since being appointed president of Stony Brook in 2020

January 3, 2024

Jefferson Scholar alumnus wins prestigious award from the Association of American Law Schools

Xiao Wang will be recognized at the AALS annual meeting on January 4, 2024

December 28, 2023

Scholar alumna makes the 2024 Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ List

Marisa Reddy, the

December 13, 2023

Foundation launches new lecture series in honor of retired history professor Brian Balogh

Inaugural speaker Beverly Gage delivers a talk on her Pulitzer Prize-winning book about former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.

June 6, 2023

Jefferson Scholar alumnus Xiao Wang to join faculty at UVA's School of Law

May 23, 2023

National Fellow alumna awarded Pulitzer Prize for biography of J. Edgar Hoover

May 8, 2023