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Temi Akinola Akinola of Charlottesville, a 2020 global security and justice and French language and literature graduate, is an English teaching assistant in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. “I am particularly interested in education and its formation on peace-building and human rights,” she said. “I will be teaching English at an all-girls high school, completing tutoring college prep programs through the U.S Embassy and working with the National Council for Human Rights in [Ivory Coast].” She was supposed to start in October 2020, but that was moved to the beginning of February. “My stay has ...

Temi Akinola Akinola of Charlottesville, a 2020 global security and justice and French language and literature graduate, is an English teaching assistant in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. “I am particularly interested in education and its formation on peace-building and human rights,” she said. “I will be teaching English at an all-girls high school, completing tutoring college prep programs through the U.S Embassy and working with the National Council for Human Rights in [Ivory Coast].” She was supposed to start in October 2020, but that was moved to the beginning of February. “My stay has ...

ARTICLE DATEARTICLE AUTHOR AUTHOR EMAIL April 14, 2021 On Tuesday, the University of Virginia announced that its Miller Center for Public Affairs will serve as a base for a COVID Commission Planning Group, led by UVA professor Philip Zelikow, the former executive director of the 9/11 Commission. The planning group hopes to prepare the way for a potential National COVID Commission set up to help America and the world learn from this pandemic and safeguard against future threats. “This is perhaps the greatest crisis suffered by America, if not the world, since 1945,” said Zelikow...

ARTICLE DATEARTICLE AUTHOR AUTHOR EMAIL April 08, 2021 Nearly all educational leaders begin their career as classroom teachers. With years of training and practice under their belts, teachers making the leap to education leader – think principals, division-level administrators, and even superintendents – are faced with an ever-expanding array of challenges that span across classrooms and school divisions. But they also find themselves working within a larger policy context, at both the state and federal levels. Keeping current with new legislation and guidance requires ongoing p...

7 Apr 2021 An international team of researchers led by Wladek Minor, a University of Virginia School of Medicine professor, is warning that scientists must better prepare for the next pandemic - and has developed a plan to do just that. The proposed advanced information system (AIS) would aim to ensure conformity of data across disciplines. Image: An international team of researchers led by Wladek Minor, PhD, is warning that scientists must prepare now for the next pandemic - and has developed a plan to do so. Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Noting the "avalanche" of scientific...