January Term

Prozac Culture: How Did It Happen?

sab4w — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:37:00 +0000

Prozac Culture: How Did It Happen? sab4w Wed, 02/21/2024 - 12:37

Tens of millions of Americans, adults and children, have a prescription for one or more psychiatric drugs. Something like one in six adult women, for instance, takes an antidepressant.

News Date

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 12:00

Photo Essay: Printmaking, Storytelling, Art (and Lego Bricks!) Highlight J-Term Slate

sab4w — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:36:37 +0000

Photo Essay: Printmaking, Storytelling, Art (and Lego Bricks!) Highlight J-Term Slate sab4w Fri, 02/02/2024 - 12:36

Check out these images from UVA Today photographers, who spent the early part of January Term exploring some of the intriguing courses on the schedule.

News Date

Fri, 01/13/2023 - 12:00

University to send students to China in ping-pong diplomacy J-Term program

sab4w — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:34:49 +0000

University to send students to China in ping-pong diplomacy J-Term program sab4w Fri, 02/02/2024 - 12:34

The University will send 12 University students to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing this January for a table tennis and diplomacy course during the January Term period. The class, titled “Game Change: Bridging the U.S.-China Divide Through Sport,” will focus on historical tensions between the two countries, the current challenges facing relations today and will provide students with the opportunity to engage with Chinese students through table tennis competitions.

News Date

Mon, 12/18/2023 - 12:00

Study abroad J-term courses to explore consulting, sustainability and architecture

sab4w — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:31:25 +0000

Study abroad J-term courses to explore consulting, sustainability and architecture sab4w Fri, 02/02/2024 - 12:31

Study Abroad January Term courses — of which there are 19 — will take place over the coming weeks, stretching across five continents. The courses, which students had to apply to take, will cover a range of topics, from technology consulting to modern architecture and sustainability.

News Date

Fri, 12/29/2023 - 12:00

Wahoos Retracing ‘Pingpong Diplomacy,’ 52 Years Later

sab4w — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:28:18 +0000

Wahoos Retracing ‘Pingpong Diplomacy,’ 52 Years Later sab4w Fri, 02/02/2024 - 12:28

With paddles in their carry-ons, a dozen UVA students are traveling throughout China for a second historic table tennis tour.

News Date

Tue, 01/02/2024 - 12:00

US Civil Rights Tour

rnm4n — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:21:16 +0000

US Civil Rights Tour rnm4n Wed, 09/06/2023 - 10:21

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AAS 3671: HISTORY AND MEMORY OF THE US CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: A SOUTHERN CIVIL RIGHTS TOUR

Application deadline extended to Friday, October 20th

January Term 2025

rnm4n — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:47:50 +0000

January Term 2025 rnm4n Wed, 10/12/2022 - 12:47

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Drum Breaks, DJs and More: J-Term Students Produce Podcasts

btu2u — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:15:16 +0000

Drum Breaks, DJs and More: J-Term Students Produce Podcasts btu2u Tue, 01/25/2022 - 08:15

Students in a January term podcasting class took on music theory, the value of the humanities and a student DJ for their projects.

News Date

Thu, 01/11/2024 - 12:00

An Expanded Global Vision for UVA

btu2u — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:12:06 +0000

An Expanded Global Vision for UVA btu2u Tue, 01/25/2022 - 08:12

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.

News Date

Thu, 01/11/2024 - 12:00

Politics of Food: Lifting the Veil on the Daily Diet

cacs_admin — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:09:16 +0000

Politics of Food: Lifting the Veil on the Daily Diet cacs_admin Thu, 05/24/2018 - 11:09

Professor Paul Freedman’s January term course explores the nuance of public policy, food production and marketing and how America eats.

News Date

Fri, 01/12/2024 - 12:00