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Books, films, and a reading challenge for Women’s History Month
1 week ago
Our list of recommendations includes a mysterious novel on grief, a biography of Thomas Jefferson's daughter, and a documentary about trailblazing athletes.
Call for proposals for UVA instructors and for visiting researchers to Special Collections
1 week ago
The Library welcomes applications to four programs with application deadlines in March — two for UVA-affiliated instructors and researchers, two for non-UVA researchers who are seeking to pursue study in Special Collections.
‘Free to Be’: New art installation in Shannon investigates our shared Charlottesville landscape
1 week ago
UVA art professor Maria Villanueva’s collages of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the area’s urban spaces are presented on giant scrolls and welcome viewers to find their own favorite place in the visual narrative.
After managing UVA’s biggest Library challenges, Dean turns final page
2 weeks ago
University Librarian John Unsworth, who oversaw a four-year renovation to the main UVA library and a two-year pandemic that shut down the libraries and all of Grounds, has announced he will retire at the end of the academic year.
The colors are brilliant, and the poisons are real
3 weeks ago
In nature, bright colors are often indicative of danger — poisonous spiders and insects (and their imitators) often adorn themselves with electric coloring as a warning to potential predators. Turns out, some books inadvertently do the same. Read more about the Poison Book Project, and efforts at UVA Library to find and identify these unique volumes.
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