Programs

"A Guide to Primary Resources for U.S. History" by the Virginia Center for Digital History and the Miller Center of Public Affairs is a Web site dedicated to helping secondary school teachers, particularly 11th grade history teachers in Virginia, find primary resources on the Web.

The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) has developed the African American Heritage Program as an educational and economic resource for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The initiative is designed to encourage tourism to African American heritage sites and organizations in Virginia, while increasing knowledge of the African-American experience.

"Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts" is an electronic, searchable archive of primary source materials at Virginia repositories that relate to the Afro- American experience.

The Albemarle Ensemble, a woodwind quintet made up principals from the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra, has been in residence at the University of Virginia since 1987. The group has performed throughout the eastern United States. They received a Virginia Arts Grant for educational programs and other grants for their recording and touring projects. The Ensemble appears on the CDs American Camerata Performs and Harlequinade, Wind Music by Walter Ross. High Performance Review magazine described their playing on their most recent recording as “splendid ... with spirit and understanding” and the Washington Post spoke of the Ensemble’s “ease, wit and spontaneity.”

All America Reads (AAR) is an ongoing nationwide project designed to encourage reading and discussion. The project selects a novel and provides numerous lesson plans and resources for educators and students.

"America in the 1930s" offers a substantial collection of film, print, audio media from the Depression-era U.S., as well as an archive of art objects, achitecture, and design from this historical period.

The American Studies Program at UVa maintains an online collection of more than 70 classic texts, maps, and other media important to the study of American society and culture. Resources on the Web site have been amplified, extended, or enriched through links to other materials.

The Capitol Project is an exploration of the National Capitol as an American icon, the cathedral of our national faith, the map of our public memory, and the monument to our official culture. The Web site offers a virtual tour of the Capitol and provides access to a variety of related Web- based resources.

In cooperation with local doctors, the UVa Health System offers free cancer screenings to the general public each year. Skin cancer screening takes place in May, and prostate cancer screening is offered in September. The "Every Woman's Life" program provides free breast and cervical cancer screening to women who qualify based on income and age.

Held each Columbus Day Weekend, ArborFest is the Arboretum’s fall festival and plant sale. Hours are 9 to 4:30 both Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine.