Also in this roundup: An English professor lectures at Cambridge, a faculty member will lead the nation’s largest astronomy society, UVA Health receives a national award, and more.
Associate Vice President for Safety and Security and Chief of Police Tim Longo says he selected Cortney Hawkins to lead the new effort because of her passion for the law and civil rights.
The Criterion Collection, which promotes important classic and contemporary films, is showing several of UVA’s “Black Fire” films about Black student life on Grounds from the 1960s through the present.
Former Cavalier volleyball player Alexis Sutton has found her niche with the creation of an online landscape design company that walks customers through every step of a project – remotely.
Alex Hernandez, dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, writes that the digital world actually requires us to be more human, making a liberal arts education more important than ever.
President Jim Ryan and his leadership team discussed the decision to impose tighter restrictions on Tuesday, and answered numerous questions about the spread of the virus at UVA
Whit Hunter’s startup, BetterWorld, helps nonprofits rise funds digitally. Like Zoom or Grubhub, the company suddenly found itself in the right place at the right time as the pandemic canceled traditional fundraisers.
As part of its new Civility Project, the UVA Center for Politics invited Chris Krebs, Jamelle Bouie, Tara Setmayer and David Ramadan to discuss challenges facing America’s two-party system.