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U.Va. Proves Fertile Ground for Teach for America Recruiting
August 5, 2011 — Teach for America's 2011 class of instructors includes 66 graduates from the University of Virginia – ranking U.Va. among the top 10 sources in the country.

Health Fair Brings U.Va. to the Community
Aug. 4, 2011 — Nearly 90 volunteers from the University of Virginia, Martha Jefferson Hospital and other community agencies braved a hot and humid day to provide health screenings and information Saturday at the fourth Charlottesville Community Health Fair.

Heritage Theatre Festival Wraps Up Season with Musical Valentine, 'She Loves Me'
July 25, 2011 — The 2011 Heritage Theatre Festival seals its season with a kiss with the finale, "She Loves Me," being performed July 28-30 and Aug. 3 and 6 with a matinee performance on Aug. 6.

Volunteers Prepare for Free Medical Clinic in Southwest Virginia
July 19, 2011 — Early Friday morning, hundreds of people will line up in the parking lot of the Virginia-Kentucky Fairgrounds in Wise County, anxious to see a doctor or dentist as soon as possible.

Community Health Fair Offers Free Health Screenings
July 19, 2011 — The Charlottesville Community Health Fair will offer free health screenings and other information on July 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Booker T. Washington Park on Preston Avenue in Charlottesville. The event is presented in conjunction with the 22nd Annual African-American Cultural Arts Festival.

U.Va. Performance Sculpture 'Byron's Telescope' Coming to Water St. Parking Lot July 22 and 23.
July 15, 2011 — The University of Virginia summer sculpture class and the University's sculpture community will offer "voyages of transformation" in "Byron's Telescope: A Performance Machine of the Rites of Passage, Involving Terror, Beauty, Death and Resurrection."

U.Va. Performance Gives Glimpse Into the Lives of Tibetan Monks
July 15, 2011 — Monks of Drepung Gomang Monastic College in southern India will give a free cultural performance on July 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the University of Virginia's McKim Hall Auditorium.

Theatre Festival to Present Hitchcock-Meets-Hilarity Comedy 'The 39 Steps'
July 14, 2011 — On Thursday, Heritage Theatre Festival will open "The 39 Steps," a whodunit that offers a playful nod to some of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's most classic films while weaving its own roller-coaster mystery, complete with wild chases, narrow escapes, femme fatales and much more.

'The Dancer and the Dance: Prints, Drawings and Photographs' Opens July 29 at the U.Va. Art Museum
July 15, 2011 — In honor of the upcoming residency of renowned choreographer Bill T. Jones in November, the University of Virginia Art Museum will present an exhibition of images of dance, drawn from its own and private collections.

U.Va. Robotics Camp Introduces Local Middle Schoolers to Engineering
July 11, 2011 — Area middle school students are becoming systems engineers this week. The youths are programming robots to navigate a mock urban environment and create art as part of fifth annual Systems Robotics Design Camp at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. More than 20 students are attending the camp, which concludes July 15.

Heritage Theatre Festival to Present High-Flying French Farce 'Boeing-Boeing'
July 7, 2011 — The Heritage Theatre Festival will open "Boeing-Boeing," the comedic French tale of what happens when a high-flying, swinging 1960s architect tries to juggle a trio of flight attendant lovers, on July 14 in the Culbreth Theatre.

U.Va.'s Miller Center Will Help Put States' Laws Online for Easy Public Use
July 7, 2011 — A routine traffic stop got Waldo Jaquith thinking: Just what does Virginia law say about showing your driver's license to a police officer?

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