J-Term in the News
A&S Students Get an Early Start in J-Term 2026
The College of Arts & Sciences offered 36 January Term courses for students looking to do quick but deep dives into topics ranging from Ancient Egypt and Buddhism to polar environments and genetic and epigenetic research in behavior.
Photo Essay: From brain labs to Lego builds, UVA students navigate another J-term 2025
Peek at UVA’s intensive winter session, filled with hands-on learning and close faculty collaboration.
Aspiring Financiers’ Appalachian Bus Tour Finds Investments With an Impact
UVA January term 2025 students discovered opportunity in the poverty-stricken region.
January Term courses provide opportunities for hands-on and experiential learning
January, 16, 2025 - Notes from Newcomb Newsletter
Prozac Culture: How Did It Happen?
How did we get to a place where tens of millions of people, both adults and children, take psychiatric drugs?
Politics of Food: Lifting the Veil on the Daily Diet
Professor Paul Freedman’s January term course explores the nuance of public policy, food production and marketing and how America eats.
Drum Breaks, DJs and More: J-Term Students Produce Podcasts
Students in a January term podcasting class took on music theory, the value of the humanities and a student DJ for their projects.