What happens to our fear of missing out when many in-person activities are off limits? Darden School of Business professor Lalin Anik found that virtual FOMO is hurting focus, sleep, motivation and more in quarantine.
UVA alumna Mercedes Herrero used her lessons as a comparative literature major at UVA in her robust career as a Broadway performer. Now she’s back to share them with students.
These reading suggestions from faculty and administrators offer readers an opportunity to better understand the roots of racism and move forward on equity issues and dismantling racist systems.
Based on service they did in the Charlottesville community prior to leaving Grounds, students in a religious studies course created their own Passover Haggadahs – the text that Jewish people use to orchestrate the ritual of Passover.
Kiki Petrosino explores her connections as a UVA alumna to her ancestral roots in Virginia, and teaches students that archival research can lead to poetry connecting with the humanity of people in the past.
Sanford Williams wrote a powerful essay about George Floyd’s death; his daughter Nia wrote an equally powerful song. They discuss the sadness and anger their family of five – all Hoos – has experienced, and their hope that honesty will finally spur change.