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Cheers! UVA Director Talks Wine at Black Alumni Weekend Event
Reggie Leonard, who leads career development in UVA’s School of Data Science, wants to make wine and the wine scene more inviting and approachable for African Americans.
A man sits at a long table in front of a graffiti-style mural reading Rap Lab. He speaks to a student with a laptop.
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A Day on Grounds With A.D. Carson, Professor of Hip-Hop
Spend a day in the life of A.D. Carson, assistant professor of hip-hop and the Global South. Working on a pandemic-inspired album set for release this month, Carson helps his students craft an album of their own.
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Soccer Has Been Historically Less Popular in the US. This Professor Knows Why.
In his new book, law professor G. Edward White examines why soccer failed to take root in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries – and the factors that have led to its recent renaissance.
University of Virginia alumni Graham Barbour and Phineas Alexander and a stack cans of Bush's baked beans
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Bean There, Won That: Alums Take First Prize in Bush’s Baked Beans ‘Can Film Festival’
2021 UVA grads Graham Barbour and Phineas Alexander beat out about 300 entries to win the $50,000 prize and the honor of having their video aired as Bush's new commercial.
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Arts & Culture
Pop-Up Exhibit of African American Portraits Highlights Pride, Hints at History
The Holsinger Studio’s early 20th-century portraits of local African Americans – a selection now on display at Northside Library – feature accomplished, dignified citizens, countervailing negative stereotypes of the time period.
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Faculty and Alumni to Play a Prominent Role in the 28th Virginia Festival of the Book
Members of the UVA community will participate as authors and moderators in this year’s program.
University of Virginia Alumnus Hayden Bassett holds a walkie-talkie while looking at a laptop computer.
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Alumnus Poised to Help Save Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage, Currently Under Fire
Hayden Bassett will soon join the U.S. Army’s reactivated “Monuments Men” – units first formed in World War II – to work on saving endangered sites in Ukraine.
Arts & Culture
Meet the UVA Alum Author Behind the 2022 ‘Girl of the Year’
Wendy Wan-Long Shang, who earned undergraduate and law degrees at UVA, found her literary voice in writing about young Asian American girls struggling with cultural identity.

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