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Through “Birdies for Hope,” former UVA golfer Jimmy Stanger – now working toward earning his PGA Tour card – has helped build four churches and a “Hope Center” in Colombia.

Media studies professor Siva Vaidhyanathan weighs in on what Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen had to say during “60 Minutes” on Sunday.

UVA President Jim Ryan is introducing “Lunches on the Lawn,” an initiative aimed at giving himself more opportunities to engage with students.

Also in the roundup: A national media group honors a UVA doctor, student-produced films capture two regional Emmys, a pathologist is honored for her work in a COVID-dominated year, and more.

For several years, Samantha Shoemaker, left, and Taylor Burton, radiologic technologists in the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, have volunteered to take X-rays at UVA football games.

An estimated 1,300 volunteers from the University and the community signed up for this year’s Day of Caring, more than doubling last year’s total.

The 15-credit interdisciplinary minor will be taught by faculty of various backgrounds, areas of research expertise and teaching interests from schools across Grounds.

With the goal of helping students learn public speaking skills, Cady Garey, the faculty adviser of the new UVA Speaking Center – which was started by student Chris Obolensky – provides public speaking tips.

First-year student Jason Morefield, who has been playing chess competitively since he was 9, defeated a grandmaster-elect to win the Virginia Closed State Chess Championships over Labor Day weekend.

For the last 20 years, the family of UVA student Lexy Sjurseth has been honoring 9/11 victims with a motorcycle ride that has raised nearly a half-million dollars for scholarships.