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Thursday, August 17, 2017


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Administration

UVa Employee Suffers a Stroke After Campus Clash With White Supremacists

By Jack Stripling and Nell Gluckman

If Tyler Magill's condition is linked to the violence at a Friday march, it could raise further questions about the university's approach to securing its campus.

Civil Disobedience

Professors Rally Around a Student Who Became the Public Face of a Confederate Statue’s Fall

By Clara Turnage

Faculty members at North Carolina Central University worry about the safety of the student, who was widely seen in videos tying a rope around a statue that was felled at a rally. They say they’ll do whatever they can to help her.

Reckoning With History

For UVa, Racist Rally Dredges Up Uncomfortable Legacies

By Steve Kolowich

President Trump tried redirecting a national conversation about white supremacists to a debate over a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va. That memorial has connections to UVa.

The Ticker

U. of Florida Denies White Supremacist Richard Spencer's Request for Event Space

Florida's president, W. Kent Fuchs, denounced Mr. Spencer's rhetoric as "repugnant" but stressed that the university's action was based on the likelihood of violence, not the speaker's words or ideas.

Faculty

For One Astronomer, a Solar Eclipse Illuminates Progress for Women in the Field

By Paul Basken

In the 19th century, as an eclipse neared, the U.S. government refused to send female scientists to get a closer look. Times have changed, but the discipline still struggles with harassment and sexism.


Views


Commentary

As UVa's Leaders Equivocate, Professors Shine an Ethical Light

By James F. Keenan

Faculty members in Charlottesville have begun setting a moral agenda while demanding moral clarity from their president. Academics everywhere should take note.

Vitae

‘Don’t Take Our Failures Personally’

By Nicole Matos

And other advice for professors from developmental-writing students.

Lingua Franca

Take a Gander

Allan Metcalf salutes the residents of the great state of Michigan — who have heard the jokes for many years.


Job Opportunities


Managing Associate, Art & Science Group
Maryland, United States

Interdisciplinary Fellows at Yale: Scholars, Artists, Religious Leaders, Yale Institute of Sacred Music
Connecticut, United States

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor (HCRC Chair in Affordable Housing Economics, Policy and Planning), Department of Urban & Regional Planning and the University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization
Hawaii, United States

Professor, Contemporary India, Princeton University
New Jersey, United States

Associate or Full Professor of Arabic, The University of Texas at Austin Department of Middle Eastern Studies
Texas, United States

Tools & Resources


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