News in brief: Provost names newest class of Shannon Fellows

The University of Virginia’s Office of the Provost named 15 faculty members as Shannon Mid-Career Fellows over the summer, marking the third group of outstanding mid-career faculty that has received this recognition.

The three-year fellowship is designed to assist faculty members as they build their careers at UVA. 

Here are the newest fellows:

  • C.L. Bohannon, School of Architecture
  • Andrew Kahrl, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
  • Emily Ogden, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 
  • Oludamini Ogunnaike, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 
  • Xin Cynthia Tong, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 
  • Huiyuan Zhu, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 
  • Natalia Palacios, School of Education and Human Development
  • Haibo Dong, School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Jon Ihlefeld, School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Jingjing Li, McIntire School of Commerce
  • Jennifer Mason Lobo, School of Medicine
  • Emily McGowan, School of Medicine
  • Shayna Showalter, School of Medicine
  • Chongzhi Zang, School of Medicine
  • Aditya Bamzai, School of Law

“I am delighted to have the opportunity to get to know this outstanding group of scholars throughout their fellowship,” Maïté Brandt-Pearce, vice provost for faculty affairs, said. “The Shannon Fellows program strengthens UVA’s interdisciplinary community, giving these scholars the support they need to keep advancing their work.”

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