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A new fellowship launched by International Students and Scholars Program and Contemplative Sciences Center hopes to encourage and enable...
Benjamin Hill is a fourth-year student studying Global Development Studies and Religious Studies. Outside of his studies, the Filipino-American born and raised in Northern Virginia loves reading, comics, growing plants, and singing. The 2021 Center for Global Health Equity Scholar says to keep an open mind and take advantage of the opportunities at UVA.
Benjamin Hill is a fourth-year student studying Global Development Studies and Religious Studies. Outside of his studies, the Filipino-American born and raised in Northern Virginia loves reading, comics, growing plants, and singing. The 2021 Center for Global Health Equity Scholar says to keep an open mind and take advantage of the opportunities at UVA.
Last week, Vice Provost for Global Affairs Ambassador Steve Mull and Dean of Students Julie Caruccio sent a message to Russian students.
This message is going out to students whom our records indicate are from Russia.
Last week, Vice Provost for Global Affairs Ambassador Steve Mull and Dean of Students Julie Caruccio sent a message to Ukrainian students.
This message is going out to students whom our records indicate are from Ukraine.
Schools, centers and faculty at the University of Virginia are arranging a variety of educational opportunities for students, faculty, staff and members of the broader community seeking to better understand the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
The Carter G. Woodson Institute offers pre and post doctoral fellowships for scholars of African & African-American Studies
Speaking at the University of Virginia on Wednesday, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said democracy is very fragile and must be nourished just like the friendship between Australia and the United States.
“We have a lot to learn from the Turnbulls’ leadership in Australia,” Ryan said. “While serving as prime minister of Australia and Lord Mayor of Sydney, they each promoted a vision of inclusiveness and justice for all. At the same time, they pushed for smart industrial and trade policy, environmental sustainability, and human rights.”
The East Asian Studies study abroad page contains information about programs in Chinese Language Studies and Japanese Studies, including UVA-in-Shanghai, as well as links to language study programs in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan.
A new study by Lucy Bassett, Tashmina Rahman find that teachers and headteachers have a conventional perspective, often viewing Primary Pre Education predominantly as a place to provide basic education to children rather than an opportunity for holistic development in the early years. About half of the teachers and headteachers responded that the focus in PPE is largely on academic learning. This mindset diverges from the literatures that show that young children learn best when they pursue their own interests, interact with their peers and surroundings, and engage in playful learning.
Five UVA students received Gilman Scholarships this year which provides funding for overseas research. One student received the Gilman-McCain Scholarship.
Vice Provost Steve Mull talks about current accommodations for international students, upcoming challenges and plans for resuming other forms of international study when it is safe to do so.
A University of Virginia engineering professor says relatively poor construction techniques and unpreparedness appear to be playing a role in the loss of life from a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck in Morocco on Friday.
Mithra Dhinakaran, of Fairfax, who graduated from the University of Virginia in May, has been named a Schwarzman Scholar, allowing her to study in China. The Schwarzman Scholars, a graduate fellowship program, has 150 participants from 43 countries who will participate in a one-year, fully funded master’s degree program in global affairs at Schwarzman College, part of Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Two global studies students - Abeba Amenshowa, majoring in global development studies and foreign affairs and Leigh Mante, majoring in global public health and mathematical statistics have been awarded the Payne Fellowship and will pursue foreign service careers in USAID.
Two global studies students - Abeba Amenshowa, majoring in global development studies and foreign affairs and Leigh Mante, majoring in global public health and mathematical statistics have been awarded the Payne Fellowship and will pursue foreign service careers in USAID.
Even though University of Virginia’s China Office Director Justin O’Jack had never before played table tennis, he knew that this invitation to a ping-pong match could not be missed. The match was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United States table tennis team’s visit to China in April 1971.
The tour, which came to be known as “ping-pong diplomacy” by the American press, was seen as an important step toward thawing relations between China and the United States.
ianGrasso, from Clarence, New York, who graduated from the University of Virginia in three years in 2023 as a double major in human biology and French, is currently pursuing a master’s degree in public health at UVA’s School of Medicine. He plans to study at Oxford in the fall 2024 for a doctorate in clinical medicine. One of 32 Americans selected for the program, GianGrasso is the 56th Rhodes Scholar for UVA, the top Rhodes producing public university in the country.
