Architecture student Taylor Thompson began volunteering with Habitat for Humanity at age 16, to honor his late mother. He has gotten more deeply involved, and is spending his summer with the organization’s Washington, D.C. advocacy office.
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Nevah Jones served as an aircraft maintenance officer for 20 years. Now a UVA law student, she wants to help her fellow veterans get the medical and mental health care they deserve.
Jazz musician John D’earth dissects the work of jazz masters for summer students who are more than casual listeners, in an effort to get them inside the music.
Lisa Russ Spaar, an accomplished poet and director of creative writing and the Area Program in Poetry Writing, tackles the word “meme” in a new, occasional UVA Today series that will highlight faculty essays on some of their favorite words.
ESPN recognized the former Cavalier football star as the winner of its Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award for his efforts to boost literacy and provide clean drinking water in East Africa.