Semester in Review: National issues come to Charlottesville
Students of the University have taken steps to ensure recent issues in the national spotlight garner attention on Grounds.
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Students of the University have taken steps to ensure recent issues in the national spotlight garner attention on Grounds.
As a part of International Education Week, the Provost's office sponsored a Passport Drive in Newcomb Ballroom Tuesday, and it will return for a second day Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is the second year the event has been featured on Grounds.
University doctoral candidate Elizabeth Leet has received Phi Beta Kappa Society’s 2014 Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship in French Studies. The Fellowship comes in the form of a $20,000 stipend that may be used for the study of Greek history, archaeology, language and literature, or French language and literature. The award is exclusively for unmarried women aged 25-35.
Politics Prof. Larry Sabato’s latest book, “The Kennedy Half Century” is now available as an extended, paperback version. A New York Times Best Seller and an inspiration for a 2014 Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary, the book will be accompanied by a new version of the online class available on iTunes U and Coursera.
The newly-established Minority Health International Research Training program will afford underrepresented students additional opportunities in cutting-edge global health research. A five-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities helped launch the program.
University Law Prof. Douglas Laycock appeared before the Supreme Court Tuesday to argue the religious liberties case Holt v. Hobbs. Laycock argued on behalf of petitioner Gregory Holt, a prisoner who was denied what he believed to be a Constitutional right to grow a beard as part of his religious beliefs.
Charlottesville and Albemarle County hosted a voter registration drive on the Downtown Mall Tuesday in honor of National Voter Registration Day.