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Student Experience
This Student Spent Her Summer Bringing Anime Films to Life for a Top Studio
Karen Zipor used the Television Academy Foundation’s internship program to explore the world of animation, working with the company Lex + Otis on their new 2-D anime show, “Ark.”
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Student Experience
Dear First-Years: Advice From 19 New Lawn Residents
19 Lawn residents from the Class of 2019 shared their best tips for incoming students. Some themes were similar: embrace failure and don’t miss Lighting of the Lawn.
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Olympian Weyant Eager to Launch UVA Career
Emma Weyant, whose journey to Grounds was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, will arrive at UVA this fall with an Olympic silver medal in hand – and more big dreams on her mind.
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$15.2 Million in Federal Emergency Funding Available to Students in Need This Fall
The American Rescue Plan funding focuses on students with the greatest financial need, including those who qualify for Pell Grants, and helps students who would otherwise have to borrow to cover health insurance costs.
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UVA Clinical Psychologist Offers 6 Tips for Parents of New College Students
Tim Davis advises parents to put down the phone, stop texting their kids and give them the space and permission to struggle and build their own new, supportive networks in college.
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New PBS Series Focuses on Disabled People Who Have Transformed America
Fourth-year student Alexi White worked on a pilot episode about Hollywood stuntwoman and race car driver Kitty O’Neil, known as “the fastest woman in the world.”
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Student Experience
Leaping Medical Education Barriers: Alumna Founds Alternative to Pricey Tutoring
After noticing flaws and educational barriers in MCAT prep courses, UVA alumna Simrat Jassal developed Premed Peers, a free- and reduced-cost program that gives students access to a vast array of tutoring, mentoring and MCAT resources.
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Hoo Are You? We Asked Students and Alumni to Share What Makes UVA, Well, UVA
UVA Today asked Instagram followers for stories that defined their UVA experience. Here are just a few of the responses that poured in, using the hashtag #HooWeAre.

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