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College Guides Blaze Trails to Higher Education

Matt KellySept. 4, 2007 — Twenty-four University of Virginia graduates will work as College Guides this school year, helping illuminate the path to a college education for high school students who may...

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Lucy Russell Named to Head Center for Undergraduate Excellence

Matt KellySept. 10, 2007 — Lucy S. Russell has been named director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Undergraduate Excellence.The center has a University-wide mission of expanding...

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Five U.Va. Students Receive First Arts Grants

Lucy RussellJune 4, 2009 — Five University of Virginia students are the first to receive grants from the University Undergraduate Award for Arts Projects program.The arts grants, which debuted this...

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U.Va. Undergrad Researchers Present Work to Packed House

Matt KellySeptember 9, 2009 — University of Virginia undergraduates presented research on modern music, fat stem cells and a social services project in Nicaragua – among many topics – to a full house...

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U.Va. Awards Eight Double-'Hoo Research Grants

Matt KellyApril 5, 2010 — The University of Virginia has awarded eight "Double-'Hoo" research awards, which fund pairings of undergraduate and graduate students who collaborate on research...

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Emily Corazon Nelson Expands the Definition of Art

Jane FordMay 13, 2010 — When Emily Corazon Nelson thinks about art, she considers the big picture – not a large-format canvas, but how art relates to the individual, and to society.A Distinguished...

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Research Award Winners Focus on U.Va.'s Lawn

Matt KellyMay 25, 2010 — Two University of Virginia students will spend the summer on the Lawn, each conducting separate research projects.Brian Cofrancesco, a rising fourth-year architectural history...

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Record Number of Graduate Students Win NSF Fellowships

Anne E. BromleyMay 25, 2010 — Fourteen University of Virginia graduate students will enjoy National Science Foundation fellowships beginning this fall – nearly three times the number of recipients...

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Undergraduate Research Awards Announced

Matt KellyApril 6, 2011 — Twenty-four University of Virginia undergraduates have received Harrison Undergraduate Research Awards for independent research this summer. Two other students have had their...

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U.Va. Awards Eight Double-'Hoo Research Grants

Matt KellyApril 28, 2011 — The University of Virginia has awarded eight "Double 'Hoo" research awards, which fund pairs of undergraduate and graduate students who collaborate on research projects.Each...

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University of Virginia Presents Seven Arts Awards

Matt KellyJune 1, 2011 — Seven University of Virginia students have received grants from the Undergraduate Award for Arts Projects program. The grants support projects of creative expression, such as...

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U.Va. Undergraduates Explore Research Options at Fair

Matt KellyNovember 4, 2011 —  The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Fair on Wednesday was a chance for University of Virginia departments and centers to interest students in their research, and for...

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46 U.Va. Undergraduates Receive Funding for Their Research

Matt KellyMarch 14, 2012 — Forty-six University of Virginia undergraduates have received funding to support their independent research this summer, including 44 who received 38 Harrison Undergraduate...

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U.Va. Awards Eight 'Double-'Hoo' Research Grants

Matt KellyApril 23, 2012 — The University of Virginia has awarded eight "Double-'Hoo" research awards, which fund pairings of undergraduate and graduate students who collaborate on research...

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University of Virginia Presents Eight Arts Awards

Matt KellyMay 3, 2012 — Nine University of Virginia students have received eight grants from the Undergraduate Award for Arts Projects program, which supports projects of creative expression, such as...

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Two U.Va. Students to Go Overseas with Boren Scholarships

Matt KellyMay 15, 2012 — Two University of Virginia students will study overseas next year with support from Boren Scholarships, which provide up to $20,000 to U.S. students to study abroad in areas of...

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Joseph Riley, a Chinese and Politics Double Major, Receives Rhodes Scholarship

Joseph Riley, a fourth-year student at the University of Virginia, has received a 2013 Rhodes Scholarship.The scholarships, valued at between $50,000 to $175,000, fully fund two or three years of study...

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Fourth-Year Double Major Hillary Hurd Named Marshall Scholar

Hillary Hurd, a fourth-year student at the University of Virginia, has been named a 2013 Marshall Scholar by the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission.Hurd, 21, will pursue a master’s degree in...

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U.Va. Student Ben Bissell Named 2013 Luce Scholarship Winner

Ben Bissell, a fourth-year student at the University of Virginia that one professor lauded as “one of the most advanced undergraduates I have ever met,” has received a 2013 Luce Foundation...

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U.Va. Announces 44 Harrison Undergraduate Research Awards

Matt KellyUndergraduate researchers will undertake a vast range of projects this summer. Among them, studying the writings of 18th-century political theorist Edmund Burke, engineering organic...

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