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Oct

Come get your global interdisciplinary fix! Lightning presentations by grad student CGII grant recipients.
October 18, 2023 12:00pm
Hotel A, West Range at UVA
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Nov

Join us at the UVA Global Passport Drive for students, faculty, staff, and families! Passport officials from USPS will be on Grounds to accept passport and renewal applications and answer questions.
November 1, 2023 10:00am
Hotel A, West Range at UVA
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Nov

Interested in working abroad after graduation? Consider teaching abroad! Attend this panel to hear from experts who have taught outside of the U.S. and network with them.
November 2, 2023 5:00pm
Garrett Hall at Batten School
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Sep

Join the program director at this info session to learn more about the J-Term Australia program.
September 15, 2023 2:00pm
Wilson Hall, Room 238
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18

Sep

JSPS will be visiting UVA to hold an info session to discuss their exchange programs (Fellowship and Bilateral Program) to researchers and others who are considering studying abroad in Japan.
September 18, 2023 1:30pm
New Cabell Hall
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18

Sep

Join the program director at this info session to learn more about the J-Term Australia program.
September 18, 2023 5:00pm
Wilson Hall, Room 238
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Sep

Join the UVA in London: The Theatrical City (January Term) Program Directors to learn about the program and ask your questions.
September 19, 2023 5:00pm
Hotel A, West Range at UVA
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20

Sep

Undergraduates who are interested in participating in the 3-credit J-term during the first two weeks of January are invited to the information session!
September 20, 2023 12:00pm
New Cabell Hall
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Sep

September 20, 2023 5:00pm
Campbell Hall, Room 158
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Sep

Join the UVA in London: The Theatrical City (January Term) Program Directors to learn about the program and ask your questions.
September 22, 2023 12:00pm
Online Event
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27

Sep

Undergraduates who are interested in participating in the 3-credit J-term during the first two weeks of January, are invited to the information session!
September 27, 2023 5:00pm
UVA's Minor Hall, Room 110
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Owen is pictured on Safari at Akagera National Park in the Eastern Province of Rwanda where he, Dazhanae Houston, Kimberely Duru, and Shaina Twardus enjoyed a full day excursion where they saw lions, rhinos, giraffes, and more.
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Owen Selden is a third-year student majoring in the Human Biology Distinguished Majors Program and a 2023 Center for Global Health Equity University Scholar. He talked about the global health experiences at UVA and in Rwanda that have inspired him to pursue a future in public health.

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Susan Curl
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Susan Curl graduated with a degree in Spanish Language and Culture in 2007. Today Curl is an experienced translation professional with operations and business development experience in the U.S., Spain, and the Middle East. Curl Translations has grown exponentially and handles more than 60 language combinations, specializes in 12 different sectors, and works with clients in 15 countries. She looks back to her experience in UVA in Valencia program that started it all.

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Fernando Operé headshot
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Fernando Operé teaches colonial and 19th century Latin American literature and Spanish and Latin American poetry in UVA’s Spanish, Italian and Portuguese department. As founder and director of UVA’s Valencia program, he looks back as the program celebrates its 40th anniversary.

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Molly Joyce
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UVA Music PhD student Molly Joyce chats with us about her multimedia project "Left and Right: exploring myths of the left side through dance, music, and disability" and her plans for the future.

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Miriam Hossaini
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Miriam Hossaini is a 4th-year double majoring in Architecture and Global Studies on the Middle East and South Asian track. Raised in Richmond, Virginia, she wanted to reconnect with her Persian heritage from which she had been disconnected since her grandfather’s passing.

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Students Tyler Busch and Tichara Robertson with Professor Kwame Otu
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In July 2022, two third-year students traveled to Ghana with Professor Kwame Otu for a project called “Scenes of Toxicity.” 

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Apr

The Global Studies Program is proud to present the second annual Global Futures: A Global Studies Symposium.
April 25, 2023 2:00pm
Newcomb Hall Ballroom
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Gregory Perryman
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Gregory Perryman has been selected as a Fellow and will conduct a comparative study of social justice leadership in the United States, South Africa and Ireland.

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Hamna Shafiq
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Human Biology major Hamna Shafiq was fueled by her personal experiences to pursue studies in global health. Now a third-year, she is primed for medical school through her research in undernutrition in vulnerable global populations.

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Feb

Join us for a panel discussion and reception with past UVA Fulbright recipients on February 23, at 5:00 pm in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Auditorium.
February 23, 2023 5:00pm
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at UVA
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27

Apr

The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an opportunity for students to present what they have learned through their research experiences to a broad audience.
April 27, 2023 9:00am
Newcomb Hall Ballroom
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27

Mar

Humanities Week is an annual week of events and activities celebrating the humanities, and a student conceived and produced program of the Institute of the Humanities & Global Cultures (IHGC).
March 27, 2023 12:00am
University of Virginia: Multiple Locations
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Adrián Gutierrez at CERN
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International student and researcher Adrián Gutierrez speaks to UVA Global about muons, his journey to UVA, and his advice for international students.

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Students pose for a group shot with German archway in background
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A selection of photos from our 2023 J-Term Study Abroad programs.

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14

Feb

Join Iran experts to explore the deep and long tradition of women’s involvement in the struggle for democracy in Iran.
February 14, 2023 1:00pm
The Rotunda, UVA
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Third year Statistics and Economics major and new International Student Citizen Leaders fellow Adi Raghavan talks about his project of peer mentorship and his advice for new international students with ISCL Fellowship Co-Coordinator and International Student & Scholar Advisor Caren Freeman.

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School and university education concept. Vector flat people illustration. Multiethnic group of student. Book, earth globe, paper plane symbol on sky background.
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As classes wrap up this December, among them will be a series of courses in the Engagements curriculum that bring first-year students out of their worlds and into the global.

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people in protest, sign held by one of the persons in the picture reads: “I support the redskin struggle. We do not want the system of life of the ‘whites’ any longer” in Spanish
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UVA PhD Candidate Josué Godoy talks with UVA Global's Emily Mellen about his project on Indigenous activism in Colombia during the 1970s.

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Reese Hertel Guatemala 1
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Reese Hertel learned to appreciate nature while growing up in Charlottesville. Now, he seeks to bring his passion for the environmental global, interning in Guatemala and studying in Valencia to prepare himself for career as a Latin America-focused environmental engineer.

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Nov

Learn about the many ways you can gain a global experience both on grounds and abroad! Come get popsicles from La Flor Michoacana!
November 1, 2022 11:00am
Hotel A, West Range at UVA
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UVA Global Podcast Charles Bradley and Abigail Bradford graphic with headshots
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CGII grant recipients Charles Bradley and Abigail Bradford talk about their projects in Greece. Bradford will be researching "Aulos and Audience in the Ancient Greek Musicscape" while Bradley will be working on "Understanding Early Childhood Development in Emergencies: An Inhabited Institutionalist Analysis of Humanitarian Programming for Young Children and Caregivers."

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Trisha Gulati
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Trisha Gulati is one of the co-directors of international student affairs on UVA Student Council. When she is not attending classes, she likes to play Tennis and sing. Along with the Student Council, she is also actively engaged in the Thai Student Organization, International Relations Organization and Frank Batten Investment Fund.

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Oct

October 28, 2022 12:00am
Lawn at UVA

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Nov

Interested in working abroad after graduation?

November 1, 2022 5:30pm
Garrett Hall
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Alex Misbach Headshot
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Double-Hoo Alex Misbach takes us back to Shea House from the perspective of the Programs Facilitator and a Russian language instructor. His advice? Think critically in your language learning, take advantage of language immersion opportunities at UVA, and, if you can, go abroad and get out of your comfort zone!

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UVA Delegation to Germany at the German Chancellery with Claudia Roth (Green Party), the new Federal Commissioner for Culture
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In early March, a group comprising of UVA faculty, students and community members undertook a one-week trip to Germany, the roots of which were laid on the fateful day in 2017 when the far-right groups marched through Grounds and the city. By visiting the different cities in Germany, the group wanted to understand how the cities like Berlin and Weimar have engaged with histories of colonialism, the atrocities of holocaust and memorialized it and bring those lessons back to the UVA community.

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Jie Lu Headshot
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Jie Lu is a second-year student majoring in Commerce. But she is also a stellar table tennis player who just represented UVA in National Championships.

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Ren Capucao is a nurse, nurse historian, and PhD candidate and talks about his dissertation study "Pressed into Starched Whites: Nursing Identity in Filipino American History.

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Sara Feng image student with peace sign fingers, other students in background
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Fourth year international student Sara Feng introduces us to Shea House, a UVA’s on-grounds residential site for immersion in seven languages. She talks about her global experiences and why she became a Shea House language assistant.