Past Events
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Black Alumni Weekend (BAW) is a biennial celebration at the University of Virginia that began in 1985 as an admission recruiting effort hosted by the Walter Ridley Scholarship Committee.
This year’s theme for Lighting of the Lawn is Full Power. The past few years have presented us with many challenges at UVA, yet through it all our community has remained strong.
Two days of new music, art, artist presentations, and installations.
In the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in police custody for “improper veiling” in September 2022, demonstrations in Iran have been vocal and widespread.
UVA LVG’s 30th annual Innovator of the Year event will take place on Feb. 16, from 3:30 to 6 p.m., at the Rotunda. It will include a talk from Breton and a reception afterward.
Join this discussion/speaking event on the future of big tech.
Join us for a conversation with introductions by UVA President Jim Ryan.
The UVA Department of Music will present a free chamber music concert in the Rotunda Dome Room that will feature UVA faculty along with faculty from the University of Pécs in Hungary.
Rare Book School sponsors a number of free, open-to-the-public evening lectures each year at the University of Virginia on a wide variety of bibliographical topics; please browse our list of past l
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“What is the greatest strength of our American democracy?"
Join us for the third-annual UVA Student Oratory Competition in the historical Rotunda Dome Room on UVA's Grounds.
Democracy360 brings together thought leaders, journalists, policymakers, scholars, activists, artists, and students of all ages to imagine how we can collectively shape a thriving democratic future
While freedom of speech is a core tenet of American democracy, it has long been the object of intense controversy.
Clouds drift in subtly modified patterns in these artworks by Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra and Bulthirrirri Wunuŋmurra, both Yolŋu artists from Arnhem Land at the top end of Australia’s Northern Terri
The current Israel–Hamas conflict, instigated by the ISIS-like Hamas attack in Israel on October 7, 2023, continues with ravaging impact in Gaza. The Middle East region is a tinderbox.
Photojournalists document the world around us. We see their images directly on our devices and televisions, capturing emotions and connecting us to stories at home and abroad.
Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, April 13, has been celebrated at the University of Virginia since the University’s first academic session. Locally, the celebration is known as Founder’s Day.
The University of Virginia East Asia Center will be hosting a panel with two speakers from the East-West Center in Washington, Satu Limaye and Nicholas Hamisevicz, who will be joining East Asia Cen