Robert C. Vaughan III, who headed the foundation for 43 years before retiring in 2017, died Wednesday.
The trust’s annual grants will back projects spanning from the social sciences to the hard sciences, plus support veteran students, temporarily recreate Jefferson’s original vision for the Rotunda Dome Room and enhance the arts community.
In the wake of New York City’s cancellation of its $773 million school turnaround program, UVA expert Coby Meyers discusses the hurdles and potential pitfalls school systems face in reforming failing schools.
The University’s Memorial to Enslaved Laborers is on a firmer footing after Thursday.
President Jim Ryan said the wage increase is a first step in addressing top local issues identified by the UVA-Community Working Group.
Reeves, appointed in 2010 to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, has ruled in cases of equality and civil rights.
National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle is a famed oceanographer who has led more than 100 expeditions, logged 7,000-plus hours underwater and spearheaded efforts to preserve marine habitats around the world.
The world-renowned Japanese architects, who have collaborated on major projects from Tokyo to Paris and Milan, have been named the 2019 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalists in Architecture.