21 New Books by UVA Faculty and Alumni for the End of ’21
From Civil War history to young adult novels, this selection of new books by University of Virginia faculty and alumni covers a range of topics and should appeal to a variety of readers.
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Faculty Spotlight: Writing Can Return Some of What the Pandemic Has Taken Away
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Charlotte Matthews worked to give her students one thing: space to tell their stories.
NASA Spacecraft Heads For the Jupiter Trojan Asteroids, with Rita Dove’s Poetry Aboard
An unmanned NASA spacecraft named Lucy is making the first space mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids and includes a plaque imprinted with words of wisdom – including poetry from University of Virginia professor Rita Dove.
Watch Me’: How An Alumna’s New Play Sprouted From a Popular Media Studies Class
With a father hailing from a family of actors, Caky Winsett was exposed to the theater at a very young age. Yet she never had any interest in becoming an actor herself. However, as Winsett grew older, she realized that she had a love for all of the other elements of theater. That love then turned into a full-on passion at the University of Virginia.
Kapnick Visiting Writer Rabih Alameddine Brings International Perspective to Grounds
Author Rabih Alameddine has spent time “floating” between professions and continents since college. Concentrating on writing since his mid-30s, he is doing what he feels he is supposed to be doing, Alameddine said recently in an email.
Arts Education in a Post-Pandemic World
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, University of Virginia faculty scrambled to find ways to deliver a traditional college education online. But as faculty in UVA’s College of Arts & Sciences worked to educate their students despite the obstacles presented by COVID-19, they found themselves creating the foundation for changes to the practice of art education – changes that may make it just a little better than it was before.
16 New Books by UVA Authors to Consider Reading This Summer
From memoir to mystery, from work advice to analysis of the 2020 elections, University of Virginia faculty members and alumni have published, or soon will publish, books that appeal to a wide range of tastes and topics.
No More Stereotypes: Student Artists ‘(re)present’ UVA Students Today
The Women’s Center (renamed in 2017, thanks to the generous support of Maxine Platzer Lynn, a 1951 alumna of what is now the School of Education and Human Development) was created to offer more resources and programs to women at UVA and in the community – especially students, of course – and to foster leadership and work on gender justice. Today, its programs include mentoring and outreach to boys and young men, as well as to girls and young women.
Poet Hajjar Baban Receives Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Hajjar Baban’s experience as an immigrant to America exists in all aspects of her work, she says, from “the words that I may obsess over to images that become motifs.” Baban – who received a bachelor’s degree in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2020 and is currently a Master of Fine Arts student in the University of Virginia’s Creative Writing Program in poetry – was awarded the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a merit-based award to support graduate study for immigrants and children of immigrants. Founded by Hungarian immigrants Daisy M. Soros and her late husband Paul Soros, the fellowship program honors the contributions of continuing generations of immigrants in the United States.
Double Take: Life Lessons from a 4-Year-Old, a Beloved Single Dad, and 1970s Tumult
This year’s Double Take speakers were, in order of appearance, former Cavalier football player and member of the Class of 2020 Charles Snowden, UVA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer J.J. Davis, first-year student Taylor Curro, community member Paul C. Harris Sr., his son and ’13, ‘16 ‘double Hoo’ Paul C. Harris Jr., UVA Hospital Cafeterias sous chef Eryne Zerihun and Joel Gardner, a ‘70, ‘74 ‘double Hoo.’
A New Home for the Arts at UVA: $50 Million Gift Sets Stage for Performing Arts Center
UVA President Jim Ryan announced at a Board of Visitors meeting a $50 million lead gift from Tessa Ader for the building of a performing arts center at the University.