J-Term in the News
Aspiring Financiers’ Appalachian Bus Tour Finds Investments With an Impact
UVA January term 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.