July 2007

Letters et cetera
Readers respond to past issues of Arts & Sciences magazine.

Honors for Arts & Sciences

South Lawn construction begins

Up close and personal
A new seminar program fills a gap in the undergraduate experience.

Cross-continental collaboration
U.Va. exports physics curriculum to Vietnam.

Annual Fund helps graduate students complete their dissertations.
Arts & Sciences Annual Fund helps graduate students complete their dissertations.

Leaving Homer
With renewal under way in the College, Ayers moves on to the University of Richmond.

Chaco
Pulling together clues to an ancient civilization

Making their mark
Graduate students contribute teaching and research to the Chaco Digital Initiative.

Beyond Jamestown
Archaeologist digs for clues to Monacan life in Central Virginia through Colonial times.

In the cards
Virginia’s native people maintained their identity with a game.

This land is my land
Historian explores the legal battles over property rights of native people.

Coming home
Four A&S grads help provide housing in Katrina-ravaged Louisiana.

Photographic memories
Natalie Kaufman documents the damage Hurricane Rita left behind in Louisiana and raises money for its victims.

Infrared vision
Mike Skrutskie’s instruments give telescopes special powers.