Student Advisory Council applications for first-year students are being accepted through Wednesday, November 10th, 2021.
Join Jessie Daniels and Aniko Bodroghkozy for a live recording of the podcast Democracy in Danger hosted by Siva Vaidhyanathan and Will Hitchcock. You’ll hear analysis on Sines v. Kessler — the lawsuit against the organizers of the August 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville.
Join the Democracy Initiative's Nau History and Principles of Democracy Lab for conversations about key events, places, texts, and thinkers that help us understand the history and principles of democracy.
Sometimes we need a reminder that there is humanity in every person – even those we disagree with politically. One Small Step is an opportunity to find community through open minds and open conversation.We invite you to record a One Small Step interview!
Join the UVA Democracy Inititative's Repair Lab on Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 12:00pm -1:00pm for a conversation with Dr. Julie Sze.
Student Advisory Council applications for first-year students are being accepted through Wednesday, November 10th, 2021.
Join Jessie Daniels and Aniko Bodroghkozy for a live recording of the podcast Democracy in Danger hosted by Siva Vaidhyanathan and Will Hitchcock. You’ll hear analysis on Sines v. Kessler — the lawsuit against the organizers of the August 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville.
Join the Democracy Initiative's Nau History and Principles of Democracy Lab for conversations about key events, places, texts, and thinkers that help us understand the history and principles of democracy.
Sometimes we need a reminder that there is humanity in every person – even those we disagree with politically. One Small Step is an opportunity to find community through open minds and open conversation.We invite you to record a One Small Step interview!
Join the UVA Democracy Inititative's Repair Lab on Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 12:00pm -1:00pm for a conversation with Dr. Julie Sze.
Learn more about UVA Democracy Iniative's partnership with StoryCorps One Small Step.
Siva Vaidhyanathan writes for The Guardian on recent leaks exposing Facebook and Instagram.
The Equity Center worked with Albemarle County’s Office of Equity and Inclusion to create an Equity Profile anaylizing various conditions across demographic groups and geographic areas that contribute to well-being.
Memory Project Director Jalane Schmidt comments on Charlottesville's confederate statues finally coming down for CNN.
Professor Daniel Gingerich and Post-Doctoral Researcher Jan Vogler analyze what the Black Death can tell us about the impact of modern pandemics.
The Religion, Race & Democracy Lab seeks story ideas from first-generation undergraduate students on how religion and race contribute to, challenge, and complicate democratic societies. Deadline: November 15.
The University of Virginia professors launching a research effort studying corruption and its global threats to democracy invited U.S businessman and vocal anti-corruption activist William Browder to share his story.
The reason Alejandro Gonzalez made the 40-minute drive Wednesday night from his Greene County home to the Southwood Community Center, south of Charlottesville, was simple: He dreams of seeing one of his three children go to a four-year college.
The University of Virginia’s Equity Center is stepping in the make the college application process a little easier.
U.S. forces reportedly came under artillery fire from Turkish troops heading into northern Syria last week — another sign of the sudden plunge in U.S. relations with Turkey.
The Democracy Initiative’s Corruption Lab for Ethics, Accountability, and the Rule of Law, or CLEAR, will hold a major event featuring Harvard professor and CNN analyst David Gergen and William Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005.
"When Twitter’s chief executive, Jack Dorsey, announced on Wednesday that Twitter would no longer host political advertisements, he scored points with those who lament the ways social media platforms have polluted political culture."
If you ask fourth-year University of Virginia student Misran Dolan what UVA’s Democracy Initiative means to him, he might point you to sporadic messages from his extended family.
Professors Deborah Hellman and Michael Gilbert are inaugural scholars in UVA’s Corruption Lab on Ethics, Accountability, and the Rule of Law, also known as CLEAR.
Dayna Bowen Matthew wants to get universities back to their original purpose, as she sees it, and the University of Virginia officially is on board.
