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Class of 2022: Colombian Student Champions Justice by Applying Data Science

Data Science graduate student Karolina Naranjo-Velasco is working on a project in Colombia focused on land restitution. 

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Source: UVA Today (Emma Candelier) 

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Finals Weekend Speakers: Ralph Sampson, Claudrena Harold, Dr. Taison Bell

This year's finals weekend speakers will be Ralph Sampson, History professor Claudrena Harold, and Dr. Taison Bell.

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Source: UVA Today (Anne Bromley) 

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Faculty Spotlight: Personal Odyssey Made Him View Disability Differently

UVA English and American Sign Language Professor debuts his new book, “Elusive Kinship” this week. Learn more about Krentz's journey. 

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Source: UVA Today (Whitelaw Reid) 

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$5 Million NSF Grant to Address Climate Inequities Through Data and Narratives

A grant from the NSF’s new Coasts and People program will fund a project identifying intersections between climate change and climate equity.

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Source: UVA Today (Lucie Rutherford)

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Graduating Student Tiffany Mickel ’22 Blazes Trail as First Black Virginia Law Review Editor-in-Chief

Tiffany Mickel '22 became the Virginia Law Review’s first Black editor-in-chief last year.

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Source: UVA School of Law (Mary Wood)

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UVA Adds Dove Portrait and Bus Stop Marker to Honor Recent History

Poet Rita Dove and “the Black Bus Stop” are the latest subjects of UVA's recent initiative to commemorate important people, places and events. 

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Source: UVA Today (Anne Bromley)