News & Notes

Third-year Jefferson Scholar shares his recent experiences in Rwanda and what sparked his interest in global health

This summer, Owen Selden spent time in Rwanda conducting research at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali.

September 19, 2023

Jefferson Scholar alumnus has created an innovative way to teach youth in Mississippi

Vilas Annavarapu, co-founder of Riverside Collective, gives youth opportunities to take part in a worker-owned business.

September 6, 2023

Foundation announces speaker for its 2023 Shadwell Speaker Series

New York Times bestselling author Georgia Hunter will talk about her book We Were the Lucky Ones

August 22, 2023

Postdoctoral student supported by the Foundation was a key participant in 13th Annual Law and Religion Roundtable

Alyssa Penick, a postdoctoral fellow in the Foundation's Center for the Study of the Age of Jefferson, participates in roundtable event.

July 27, 2023

Foundation announces new director of its Graduate Fellowship Program

Jamala Massenburg will join the JSF team in September 2023

July 26, 2023

Foundation selects 35 graduate students to receive Jefferson and National Fellowships this fall

June 6, 2023

Foundation launches new lecture series in honor of retired history professor Brian Balogh

Inaugural speaker Beverly Gage delivers a talk on her Pulitzer Prize-winning book about former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.

June 6, 2023

Walentas Scholars Program continues to expand as it enters its second year

June 1, 2023

Foundation has announced the names of 57 high school seniors selected to join the Jefferson and Walentas Scholars’ Class of 2027

May 24, 2023

Jefferson Scholar alumnus Xiao Wang to join faculty at UVA's School of Law

May 23, 2023