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.
A January Term Abroad Offers Students the Chance of a Lifetime on a Compact Timeline
Prof. Mark White brings students to Denmark to learn about sustainability during J-Term 2026.
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.
An Expanded Global Vision for UVA
UVA’s global engagement got off to a flying start in 2024 with a record number of 18 J-Term study abroad programs in multiple disciplines that took more than 380 students to every continent except Antarctica.
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.
Wahoos Retracing ‘Pingpong Diplomacy,’ 52 Years Later
With paddles in their carry-ons, a dozen UVA students are traveling throughout China for a second historic table tennis tour.