Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s revelation that his mother is Indonesian is an example of how difficult it has become for the U.S. Census Bureau to use current racial and ethnic categories to describe the country’s population, according to UVA researchers.
Also in the roundup: a media studies professor will help pick Peabody Award winners, Ireland honors nursing dean, a grad student is deemed a “wunderkind,” and more.
Former UVA football players Chase Minnifield, Dom Joseph and Max Milien catch up with Cavalier Athletics alumni across the country each week in their “HoosWhere Podcast.”
Alhassan, a first-generation college student and 2020 graduate, looks back on her time at UVA after coming to Grounds when she was only 16. She hopes to become an orthopedic surgeon.
Ben Castleman and Katharine Meyer find that adults who return to community colleges to obtain more training or credentials – a phenomenon known as “credential stacking” – see an increase in their wages and contribute to a higher employment rate.