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Finals 2012

Videos from 2012's Final Exercises at the University of Virginia. Join in the festivities with the Class of 2012. Val Ackerman speaks at Valedictory Exercises and Katie Couric speaks at Final Exercises.

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BackStory with the American History Guys

BackStory is a brand-new public radio program that brings historical perspective to the events happening around us today. On each show, renowned U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Peter Onuf, and Brian Balogh tear a topic from the headlines and plumb its historical depths. Over the course of the hour, they are joined by fellow historians, people in the news, and callers interested in exploring the roots of what's going on today. Together, they drill down to colonial times and earlier, revealing the connections (and disconnections) between past and present. With its passionate, intelligent, and irreverent approach, BackStory is fun and essential listening no matter who you are.

MLK Community Celebration 2012

Short Takes from the Grounds

Explorations in Black Leadership

Professor Julian Bond interviews leaders in the black community. By concentrating on leadership in equal measure to the remembered past of peoples' lives, the conversations implicitly connect the ways in which historical circumstances create the conditions for the future.

UVA Today

UVA Today is Channel 19 Charlottesville Newsplex's programming that explores the people and events making headlines at the University of Virginia.

UVA Haiti Working Group

The Haiti Working Group brings together UVA faculty, students, programs, and associations interested in generating a critical dialogue about Haitian history, politics, and culture in order to contribute to the post-earthquake rebuilding of Haiti for the Haitian people. For more information contact: yari {at}virginia.edu

Media, Democracy & Diversity Conference

This interdisciplinary, pan-University conference will examine the impact of media on issues of identity, inclusion, and citizenship. We hope to create an intellectual space where students, faculty, staff, and members of the local community can come together and engage these issues - both during the sessions and online.

Finals 2011

MLK Community Celebration 2011

AccessUVa

AccessUVA is the University's financial aid program designed to keep a higher education affordable for all admitted students regardless of economic circumstance. The story of AccessUVA is best told by the young women and men who have benefited from the program.