One of the world’s leading practitioners of contemplative sciences, Deepak Chopra, will be joined Oct. 15 by prize-winning journalist Arianna Huffington for a public meditation session on the Lawn.

A U.Va. tradition, Friday’s Fall Convocation will feature the awarding of Intermediate Honors, the presenting of the Thomas Jefferson Awards and a speech by Dorrie Fontaine, dean of the School of Nursing.

With more and more activity in China, the University has tapped an expert on educational ventures there to lead its new outreach efforts.

John Hawley and former U.Va. colleague Steven Balbus will receive the Shaw Prize, which includes a goal medal and $1 million.

Several U.Va. faculty members can comment on Syria in days leading up to the U.S. Congress vote about whether or not the U.S. should engage in a military strike.

Debate over U.S. strikes on Syria is rising in Washington. Sept. 3, U.Va. students at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy will hear firsthand from U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, who is helping to lead a bipartisan effort to reform the 1973 War Powers Resolution.

Students, do you want to join the growing number of your peers who make study abroad an integral part of their education at U.Va.? There will be one-stop-shopping for education-abroad programs at Thursday’s annual Study Abroad Fair in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom.

This is the time of year when college-aged students, from the United States and other countries, gear up to re-enter the intellectual life. The University of Virginia has some special programs that help its students from around the globe make that transition not only stress-free, but easy.

Dean Harry Harding spent some of his summer leading a Batten delegation that built contacts with several Chinese universities. The students’ push for greater international focus is also extending to future hires at Batten.

Reading everything from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and philosopher Immanuel Kant’s writings to extensive text on NGOs, a new U.Va. course prepares students for global civil society.