Ken Elzinga, Robert C. Taylor Professor, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences September 3, 2011 After more than 40 years on the faculty at Mr. Jefferson’s University and having taught some 40,000 students, Kenneth Elzinga, Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics, will reflect on changes he has observed during his career at U.Va.—some of these changes he welcomes and on others, he will restrain his enthusiasm. Join us for this exciting perspective of the University of Virginia.

Fontaine, Dorothy, Dean, School of Nursing November 2, 2013

McInnis, Maurie, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost; Professor, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences August 30, 2014

Bloom, George Thisse, Bernard Thisse, Christine Professors, School of Medicine, Cell Biology September 6, 2014

Perry, Barbara, Director, Institute for Presidential Studies; Co-Chair and Professor, Presidential Oral History Program, Miller Center September 13, 2014

Hitz, Frederick, Professor, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, School of Law September 27, 2014

Sabato, Larry, Professor and Director, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Center for Politics October 4, 2014

October 24, 2014

Lenox, Michael, Samuel Slover Professor, Darden School of Business October 25, 2014

November 22, 2014 The site of UVa’s Academical Village is well acknowledged, but virtually unrecognized is a second and separate land parcel to the west that Jefferson also acquired in creating his ‘Central College’. Simply labeled as ‘Mountains’ by Jefferson on his survey, this 153-acre parcel held the key to creating the Academical Village and sustaining it over time. U.Va.’s Landscape Architecture Professor Nancy Takahashi will share the history of the hill later to be known as Mount Jefferson or Observatory Hill, and the sometimes contested utilization of its resources in fulfilling the teaching, research, and student life mission of the institution.

Hughes, Mary Lahendro, Jody September 12, 2015 At just over the halfway point of a two year construction project, Jody Lahendro, Historic Preservation Architect, U.Va.’s Facilities Planning & Construction, will share highlights of the first fifteen months of renovation work. Some of the completed major building activities to be presented include a building monitoring system, underpinning Jefferson’s Rotunda, constructing the underground mechanical room in the east courtyard, installing utilities, replacing the marble capitals at the porticos, and installation of infrastructure systems. Lahendro will also present new evidence uncovered this year that adds to our understanding of the Rotunda’s construction history. Mary Hughes, University Landscape Architect, Office of University Architect, will discuss the exciting new gardens that will be created at the Rotunda as the project concludes next year. The goal of the landscape re-design is to make the gardens and North Terrace more sustainable, functional and accessible for the University community as well as more visually appealing. Hughes will also discuss other new garden and landscape improvements around Grounds, including the newly opened New Cabell Hall courtyard.

Teachman, Bethany, Professor, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences September 19, 2015 It’s not a heart attack; you’re just out of breath! How can we understand why an intelligent, normally rational person with a spider phobia has refused to go down to her basement for ten years, why a person with social phobia sees only the one scowling face in a room full of smiles, or why a person with panic disorder is convinced that the 200th panic attack is the one that will bring on a heart attack? Each of these seemingly irrational beliefs and behaviors is likely fueled by some aspect of biased thinking, whereby anxious individuals interpret cues in a threatening way. Bethany Teachman, Professor and Director, Clinical Training, Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences will discuss how this biased thinking contributes to the onset and persistence of anxiety problems, and how you can change this thinking to relieve anxiety.

Stam, Allan, Dean, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy October 17, 2015 In a rapidly changing world, it is easy to take the role of leaders for granted, seeing them as subject to the whims of fate. However, history has shown that individual leaders really do make a difference. Allan C. Stam, Dean of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, will discuss how transformative leadership has served as a force multiplier and shaped world events. Stam is the co-author of the upcoming book, Why Leaders Fight, (Cambridge University Press) a major study of 2,400 world leaders and their decision to engage in armed conflicts.

Sabato, Larry, Professor and Director, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Center for Politics 10/16/2010

Sabato, Larry, Professor and Director, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Center for Politics 10/10/2010

Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball 2008 by UVA Lifetime Learning

Sabato, Larry, Professor and Director, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Center for Politics 10/31/2015