Sexual assault is much closer to home than people care to admit. Feeling stripped of their dignity, sexual assault victims many times decide on anonymity. Through an exhibit of portraits, Alice Bailey, a Fifth-Year Aunspaugh Fellow in U.Va.’s McIntire Department of Art, is focused on putting a face on the healing process of survivors. “The colors are vibrant, these people are alive,” said Bailey, who will graduate from U.Va. on Sunday. Full story.

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Heather Welch has her enthusiasm and technology expertise down to a science. After graduating from U.Va. on Sunday, the new teacher hopes to pass on her love of science and rekindle an interest in the subject among American students. Welch is completing U.Va.’s five-year joint degree program with a major in astronomy physics from the College of Arts & Sciences and a master’s in teaching from U.Va.’s Curry School. Full story.

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As Aaron Miracle completes his journey at U.Va. on Sunday as a member of the Medical School’s Class of 2005, he will pursue his interest in the human side of medicine as a doctor working in the area of infectious disease. Childhood environment and a research trip to China to study the effects of culture on the spread of AIDS were decisive factors in Miracle’s career choice to work with people and use his anthropological perspective in conjunction with medicine and science. Full story.

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