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The University of Virginia Lifetime Learning program enriches the intellectual life of UVA’s alumni, parents, friends, and families through faculty lectures and online resources.

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Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball 2011 26.01.2016 1:06:19

Sabato, Larry, Professor and Director, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Center for Politics 10/15/2011

Renovating the Rotunda 26.01.2016 56:45

Lahendro, Jody, Supervisory Historic Preservation Architect, Facilities Management Department 6/6/2015

Camelot at 50: Rose Kennedy and the Creation of a Political Legend 26.01.2016 59:10

Perry, Barbara, Director, Institute for Presidential Studies; Co-Chair and Professor, Presidential Oral History Program, Miller Center October 19, 2013

The Economics of Beer and Wine: Sibling Industries 26.01.2016 56:33

Elzinga, Kenneth, Robert C. Taylor Professor, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences October 26, 2013

Wild Weather: Never a Dull Season in Virginia 26.01.2016 1:00:29

Stenger, Jerry, Director, AASC Designated State Office of Climatology November 30, 2013

Is Our Ocean in Crisis? A Perspective on the State of This Precious Resource 26.01.2016 1:05:25

Macko, Stephen, Professor, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences October 13, 2012

Is it Possible to Eradicate Alzheimer’s Disease in Our Lifetime? 26.01.2016 58:29

Bloom, George, Professor, School of Medicine, Cell Biology September 21, 2013

How Jefferson’s Misinterpretations Led to His Masterpiece – The Lawn 26.01.2016 58:54

Boucher, Bruce, Director, The Fralin Museum of Art 9/1/2012

Are We Alone?: Extraterrestrial Intelligence 26.01.2016 1:10:10

Murphy, Edward, Associate Professor, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences September 7, 2013

Our University: Things That Change and Things That Stay the Same 26.01.2016 53:32

Ken Elzinga, Robert C. Taylor Professor, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences September 3, 2011 After more than 40 years on the faculty at Mr. Jefferson’s University and having taught some 40,000 students, Kenneth Elzinga, Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics, will reflect on changes he has observed during his career at U.Va .—some of these changes he welcomes and on others, he wi...

Waking Up to Wisdom and Well-Being 26.01.2016 1:08:35

Fontaine, Dorothy, Dean, School of Nursing November 2, 2013

Jefferson’s University in the Early Years 26.01.2016 49:30

McInnis, Maurie, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost; Professor, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences August 30, 2014

UVA’s Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine Research 26.01.2016 1:05:16

Bloom, George Thisse, Bernard Thisse, Christine Professors, School of Medicine, Cell Biology September 6, 2014

41 at 25: Reassessing President George H. W. Bush 26.01.2016 55:38

Perry, Barbara, Director, Institute for Presidential Studies; Co-Chair and Professor, Presidential Oral History Program, Miller Center September 13, 2014

What to do About Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency? 26.01.2016 1:03:53

Hitz, Frederick, Professor, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, School of Law September 27, 2014

The Kennedy Half-Century 26.01.2016 1:10:55

Sabato, Larry, Professor and Director, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Center for Politics October 4, 2014

Hoos Heels – Alumni Perspectives Celebrating UVA and UNC 26.01.2016 59:32

October 24, 2014

My MOOC Journey: Insights Into the Brave New World of Online Education 26.01.2016 55:51

Lenox, Michael, Samuel Slover Professor, Darden School of Business October 25, 2014

Thomas Jefferson’s Plan for Mount Jefferson to Sustain his Academical Village 26.01.2016 57:25

November 22, 2014 The site of UVa’s Academical Village is well acknowledged, but virtually unrecognized is a second and separate land parcel to the west that Jefferson also acquired in creating his ‘Central College’. Simply labeled as ‘Mountains’ by Jefferson on his survey, this 153-acre parcel held the key to creating the Academical Village and sustaining it over time. U.Va.’s Landscape Architect...

Update on the Rotunda Renovations & Landscape Improvements in the Central Grounds 26.01.2016 1:00:26

Hughes, Mary Lahendro, Jody September 12, 2015 At just over the halfway point of a two year construction project, Jody Lahendro, Historic Preservation Architect, U.Va .’s Facilities Planning & Construction, will share highlights of the first fifteen months of renovation work. Some of the completed major building activities to be presented include a building monitoring system, underpinning Jeff...

Thinking Without Fear: The Science Behind Anxiety Reduction 26.01.2016 59:40

Teachman, Bethany, Professor, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences September 19, 2015 It’s not a heart attack; you’re just out of breath! How can we understand why an intelligent, normally rational person with a spider phobia has refused to go down to her basement for ten years, why a person with social phobia sees only the one scowling face in a room full of smiles, or why a person...

Why Leaders Fight 26.01.2016 1:03:56

Stam, Allan, Dean, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy October 17, 2015 In a rapidly changing world, it is easy to take the role of leaders for granted, seeing them as subject to the whims of fate. However, history has shown that individual leaders really do make a difference. Allan C. Stam, Dean of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, will discuss how transform...

Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball 2010 26.01.2016 1:16:59

Sabato, Larry, Professor and Director, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Center for Politics 10/16/2010

Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball 2009 26.01.2016 59:40

Sabato, Larry, Professor and Director, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Center for Politics 10/10/2010

Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball 2008 26.01.2016 1:06:44

Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball 2008 by UVA Lifetime Learning