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2025: A YEAR OF EXCELLENCE MADE POSSIBLE BY YOU!
AI REVEALS GHOST FORESTS FROM MAINE TO SOUTH CAROLINA
FACULTY RECEIVE DEAN'S AWARD FOR GRADUATE MENTORSHIP
FOUR SCHOLARS AMONG WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL RESEARCHERS
UVA Dean of Arts & Sciences Christa D. Acampora shares how your generosity made 2025 a year of transformation, enriching the undergraduate experience, advancing graduate excellence, and fueling research and creative activity that addresses society’s most pressing challenges.
Arts & Sciences honored three faculty members for exceptional guidance and support of graduate students. This standard of excellence in academic leadership advances the prestige of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, a key philanthropic priority that’s critical to UVA’s overall national ranking.
Congratulations to these faculty members named to the Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers List, which recognizes scholars whose work ranks in the top 1% worldwide. Philanthropic support for A&S allows critical research across diverse fields to continue in times when federal grant landscape remains uncertain.
Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence, A&S researchers are mapping the eerie spread of “ghost forests” along the Atlantic coast, uncovering how rising seas and climate change are transforming ecosystems. Donor support for graduate research like this enhances knowledge, harnessing AI positively to advance UVA’s research profile.
UVA Dean of Arts & Sciences Christa D. Acampora shares how your generosity made 2025 a year of transformation, enriching the undergraduate experience, advancing graduate excellence, and fueling research and creative activity that addresses society’s most pressing challenges.
Congratulations to these faculty members named to the Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers List, which recognizes scholars whose work ranks in the top 1% worldwide. Philanthropic support for A&S allows critical research across diverse fields to continue in times when federal grant landscape remains uncertain.
Arts & Sciences honored three faculty members for exceptional guidance and support of graduate students. This standard of excellence in academic leadership advances the prestige of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, a key philanthropic priority that’s critical to UVA’s overall national ranking.
You made it happen! When UVA wrapped up its Honor the Future Campaign, donors had raised over $6 billion. Gifts for Arts & Sciences totaled an unprecedented $790 million! See for yourself the huge impact donor philanthropy has on every aspect our academic mission.
Dean Acampora explains why the humanities remain vital as artificial intelligence reshapes our world. She believes the "liberal arts teach us what it means to be human." From ethical reasoning and empathy to cultural literacy and meaning-making, these disciplines provide the human edge needed to guide technology and prepare students for complex decisions.
Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence, A&S researchers are mapping the eerie spread of “ghost forests” along the Atlantic coast, uncovering how rising seas and climate change are transforming ecosystems. Donor support for graduate research like this enhances knowledge, harnessing AI positively to advance UVA’s research profile.
Marguerite Adzick credits UVA’s top-notch liberal arts education for helping her build a thriving athleisure brand. The invaluable critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills paved her path to successful entrepreneurship. The College Fund helps Arts & Sciences provide students with support for undergrad career-preparedness.