The new fund will serve as a catalyst for vital research focused on COVID-19 testing, therapies, vaccines and even strategies to safely reopen society.
Woman playing guitar and singing

Arts on the Hill: Poetry, Song and One Physician’s Surprise for His Wife

President Jim Ryan in his office speaking during a video announcement

A Sprint – and a Marathon: Ryan Thanks UVA Community and Looks Ahead

The former Cavalier basketball star, his NBA career idled by the pandemic, says he can’t remember the last time he’s gone this long without shooting a basketball.
The University is marshalling all its energy to fill the summer internship and employment void caused by COVID-19 with several new, virtual paid internships and free skill-building opportunities to keep students’ résumés fresh.
Transferring to the Architecture School was a big shift that Seshi Konu couldn’t have imagined. “But I embraced it with open arms and I’m glad I did,” she said.
The paid virtual internship is intended to help politically minded students whose public sector internships or summer jobs vanished due to the pandemic, while giving them valuable job experience in an election year.
Visiting politics professor Syaru Shirley Lin discusses tensions between the two superpowers ahead of a virtual symposium to be hosted Monday by the Miller Center of Public Affairs.