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The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his Academical Village , a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
History of the University of Virginia: The Lengthening Shadow of One Man. New York: Macmillan. Dabney, Virginius (1981). Mr. Jefferson's University: A History. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. ISBN 0-8139-0904-X. [permanent dead link ] Patton, John S. (1906). Jefferson, Cabell, and the University of Virginia. New York: Neale ...
On the night of November 13, 2022, a mass shooting took place at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which three people were killed and two others were injured. [1] [2] Four of the victims, including the three who died, were members of the UVA football team. [3]
Father of the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson was the first and only President of the United States to found an institution of higher learning. On January 18, 1800, Thomas Jefferson, then the Vice President of the United States, alluded to plans for a new college in a letter written to British scientist Joseph Priestley: "We wish to establish in the upper country of Virginia, and more ...
The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law) is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia.. Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 as part of his "academical village", and now a UNESCO World Heritage site, each class in the three-year J.D. programme contains approximately 300 students.
Charlottesville hosts multiple orchestral groups including the Blue Ridge Chamber Orchestra, [69] Youth Orchestras of Central Virginia, [70] and the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia. [71] The Charlottesville area was the home of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
The University of Virginia Health System is an academic health care center associated with the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.The health system includes a medical center (with main hospital, children's hospital, and clinic network), school of medicine, school of nursing, and health sciences library.
The University of Virginia School of Medicine (UVA SoM) is the graduate medical school of the University of Virginia. The school's facilities are on the University of Virginia grounds adjacent to Academical Village in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, UVA SoM is the tenth oldest medical school in the United States.