UVA Arts & Sciences

09/15/2026

The University of Virginia's Nau Civil War Center will launch 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆, a new digital history project, on Thursday, Sept. 17. Built around the John L. Nau III Civil War History Collection, which Nau donated to UVA in 2019, the site features searchable transcriptions of 13,500 letters and diaries from the Civil War era, along with 4,200 original biographies and a series of interactive maps.

Learn more about 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆 below.

09/14/2026

What is your big question?

That is the central theme of the exhibition currently on display in the Z Society Reading Room at Shannon Library, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Engagements Program. This interactive, multisensory exhibition, which was curated by Gillet Rosenblith and Wendy Ligon Smith, launched last Thursday with an opening reception featuring remarks from Rosenblith, Dean Christa Acampora and Fotini Kondyli, director of the Engagements Program.
 
“The theme of this anniversary, “What Is Your Big Question?”, is a fitting way to carry that work forward,” said Dean Acampora. “It reminds us that the Engagements are part of UVA’s long tradition of inquiry and intellectual community.”

09/11/2026

09/10/2026

UVA's Department of Astronomy has welcomed a new leader with a passion for exploring some of the universe's biggest mysteries. In this Q&A, astronomy professor and former NASA scientist Jason Glenn discusses supermassive black holes, planet formation, the proposed NASA PRIMA space observatory and his vision for making UVA one of the nation’s leading astronomy programs.

Read the full story below.

09/08/2026

AI4VA: Learn how a few Arts & Sciences students spent their summers partnering with Virginia employers to implement AI-powered strategies in their business operations through UVA Online Education and Digital Innovation.

09/05/2026

A view from South Lawn on a Saturday morning in September

09/04/2026

With his new album, "After the Fire," associate professor of hip hop A.D. Carson explores what it means to be a human performer at a time when AI and other technological tools can rival the creations of live artists.

Read the full Q&A with A.D. Carson below.

09/03/2026

"To be clear, we are AI optimists. We believe AI tools will complement human ingenuity and expand what we can know and build, but our infrastructure for vetting and certifying discoveries was built for human throughput, and that is now the binding constraint. That is what holds innovation back."

UVA Commonwealth Professor of Mathematics Ken Ono co-authored an article in TIME, "What Happens When the World is Run on Code No One Understands?"

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Mathematical verification must be a national mission in the AI era, write Patrick Shafto, Ken Ono, and Scott Duke Kominers.

08/31/2026

Meet Emilee Hackney, a staff member in the UVA English Department who found herself on the New York Times bestseller list.

Last month, Hackney’s memoir, 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙐𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣: 𝘼𝙣 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙧, debuted at #12 on the New York Times combined print & e-book nonfiction bestseller list. In its third week, 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙐𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 climbed to ninth on the print and e-book nonfiction bestseller list and 11th on the hardcover nonfiction best sellers list.

Swipe to read a Q&A with Emilee Hackney!

08/31/2026

First week ✅

Go Hoos!