As executive director of the African American Teaching Fellows program, Tamara Dias aims to increase the number of teachers of color in Charlottesville and Albemarle County schools.
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A William T. Grant Foundation award will support the development of Lora Henderson, an early-career researcher, and Jessika Bottiani, a researcher who is seeking to strengthen her skillset in providing equity- and culture-sensitive mentorship.
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Katie Kishore lost her husband, Kris, to cancer two weeks after their second daughter was born. Kishore is starting Kindness Cafe + Play to honor her husband and employ people like her daughter Kiran, who has Down syndrome.
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The new website is part of the school’s effort to explore the lives of its namesake and that of the associated Ruffner Hall, and will inform ongoing discussion around the future of the honorific namings.
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In June, the University of Virginia will host the International Symposium on Adapted Physical Activity, the first time since 1991 the conference has been hosted in the United States.
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UVA’s Curry School of Education and Human Development is leading a major initiative to increase racial, religious and ethnic inclusion in classrooms, thanks to a $1 million gift from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.