Calendar of Events

Have you ever heard that ancient Greeks killed disabled infants at birth? This story shows up in academic scholarship, textbooks, even popular media and memes. In this talk, I discuss where this idea comes from—focusing on ancient passages in Plutarch, Plato, and Aristotle—and assess what this evidence tells us about the realities of ancient life. I then present literary,...

Free, registration required

In the 1970s, the Lora Robins Gallery received multiple donations of ancient and medieval coins.  These donations predominantly contained coins of the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic Caliphates, and the Crusader States.  The coin collection totals more than 15,000 pieces, of which only a fraction of have previously been on display or available to the University community.  With the...

Join the Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures for "Teaching Language and Culture Beyond the Classroom" a lecture by Shu-Chen Chen, associate professor at The University of Virginia. This will be a hybrid in-person and Zoom presentation. For more information contact Michael Marsh-Soloway.

The line from the human to the machine is often not visible. The energy and movement that drives communication does not start as a tangible connection but rather as an intangible force, an impulse, a spark of intention. It travels through pathways, transmitting signals and commands that shape our interactions with technology. This unseen thread weaves a tapestry of non-verbal understanding, where...

The line from the human to the machine is often not visible. The energy and movement that drives communication does not start as a tangible connection but rather as an intangible force, an impulse, a spark of intention. It travels through pathways, transmitting signals and commands that shape our interactions with technology. This unseen thread weaves a tapestry of non-verbal understanding, where...

Adult $60/40/20 | Non-UR Student/Youth $10 | UR Credited Student - Free | UR Employee $20

Family friendly event featuring student and community performances of traditional Japanese, West African, Brazilian, and Indonesian musics.

“The Archaeology of Democracy: Recent Excavations in the Agora of Athens”

Ben Konigsberg presents "A Cross-Taxa Comparison of Avian Telomere Dynamics, Age, and Lifespan" and Adi Narayanan presents "Surveying the Neural Cellular Landscape in Wild and Laboratory Rats: Neuronal and Glial Profiles." This is part of the Biology Seminar Series. Cookies will be served!