The outreach is just one of many the Jefferson Trust has helped create over the years. The trust’s flash-funding grant cycle is currently taking place.
Jacob Shapero, an economics major and a graduate student in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, said he loves to teach – and has learned to “embrace the suck” of difficult assignments.
UVA engineering professor Nicola Bezzo outmaneuvered the pandemic to build a better competition.
The usual number of about 1,000 students taking January Term classes this year has topped 7,000.
The applicant pool jumped 38% in the second year of UVA’s early decision cycle, which is binding. Students took to social media, using the hashtag #UVA25 to celebrate.
UVA also ranked the highest among Virginia schools, based on survey responses from 20,000 students enrolled at 55 colleges.
Alhassan, a first-generation college student and 2020 graduate, looks back on her time at UVA after coming to Grounds when she was only 16. She hopes to become an orthopedic surgeon.
Jenna Wichterman, a 2019 graduate, will take her interests in international relations and conflict resolution to study in China as a Schwarzman Scholar.