Diversity Matters
U.Va. Travels to Panama as part of New Panama Initiative
The initiative is an academic partnership to promote teaching and research collaboration between U.Va. and the Panamanian organization City of Knowledge. It represents a joint effort by the faculty in the Department of Environmental Sciences, the Environmental Thought and Practice program and the School of Medicine. April 1, 2008. Read More.
U.Va. Library Acquires Papers of Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond
One of the first African Americans to reach national prominence in politics, Bond is a former Georgia state legislator who began his political career as a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, known for its voter registration drives in the South. March 26, 2008. Read More.
Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Sheila C. Johnson will speak at the 2008 Valedictory Exercises
Sheila C. Johnson, a resident of Loudoun County, Va., is an entrepreneur whose accomplishments span the arenas of hospitality, sports, TV and film, and an impassioned philanthropist serving arts, education and humanitarian causes. February 12, 2008. Read More.
Freeman A. Hrabowski Addresses the Board's Special Committee on Planning
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, addressed the Board of Visitor's Special Committee on Planning on February 7. He focused on the issue of of African-Americans and other minority students majoring in mathematics, science and engineering who pursue graduate studies in science, technology and medicine. February 7, 2008.  Listen to the Audio.
Symposium on Race Looks at Health Care Disparities
"At The Crossroads: The Racial Implications of America's Health Care Crisis." The conference brought together physicians, scholars, students and concerned citizens from across the United States. October 2, 2007. Read More.
The Civil Rights South Tour Three Months Later 2008 Bond Tour
Julian Bond, professor of history at U.Va., led a bus tour of civil rights landmark sites last March. July 12, 2007. Read More.
Boyd Tinsley Addresses 2007 Valedictory Exercises
Boyd Tinsley, a Charlottesville native and acclaimed violinist with the Dave Matthews Band, addresses the 2007 Valedictory Exercises at the University of Virginia. May 19, 2007. Listen to the Audio.
U.Va. Slavery Apology: Is it Time To Seek Forgiveness?
For Thomas Farrell the answer is clear: The truth carries no statute of limitations (Originally featured in the Richmond Times Dispatch, May 2, 2007). Read More. (Microsoft Word, 32KB)
U.Va. Board Apologizes for Slavery
The University of Virginia's Board of Visitors marked founder Thomas Jefferson's birthday with an apology for the school's use of slave labor between 1819 and 1865. April 24, 2007. Read More.
Thomas F. Farrell II Delivers A Speech to the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
The speech Building Strength Through Diversity is available for download. (Microsoft Word, 52 KB)
President Casteen's Addresses the 2006 & 2007 American Council on Education Meeting
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