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Astronomy Undergraduate Takes Research to New Heights

Media Studies Alumna Sticks to the Facts

When she was a second-year student at UVA, Jenna Dagenhart (Media Studies ’13) attended a career panel through the College where Wyatt Andrews (Government and Foreign Affairs ’74), then a national correspondent for CBS News, spoke about his career as a reporter. 

Undergraduate Artist Takes Her Work Across the Pond

Fourth-year student Corrinne James first drew attention for her artwork in preschool. James’ teacher called her mother, but not to rave about a prodigy’s creative skill—rather, to express her worry over James’ obsession with drawing the same girl stick figure, over and over.  

Through endowed professorships, Arts & Sciences welcomes top academics

More than 25 new faculty members joined the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences this academic year. They are part of an ambitious campaign to bring more than 200 new faculty members to the College by the year 2020 as a generation of esteemed professors begins to retire in increasing numbers. Several of those new faculty members are national leaders in their fields, and were recruited to the University with endowed professorships.