Dept: Short Course

Good Counsel

Good Counsel0

Fall 2010

Derick Williams was a biology undergraduate on his way to med school when he had an unnerving realization. “I didn’t really have a passion there,” he says. Luckily, around the same time he took a psychology course and fell in love with it. “I had no clue what counseling was,” he says. “I just fell in love with the idea of understanding and relating to and working with people.” He went on to gain seven years of experience as a counselor, working in a high school, a liberal arts college and, eventually, a mental health hospital where he concentrated on…

Saving Shots Is a Snap0

Summer 2010

Nothing, according to Bradley Daigle, is as potent as a picture. Nothing. Photographs, paintings, engravings and prints evoke in all of us strong emotions, from joy and delight to fear and loathing. “People are visually oriented. Pictures speak to us in a way that text just doesn’t. Photos especially. They are literally a ‘snapshot’ of a moment in time. They can be very powerful,” he says.Daigle should know. As the University’s director of digital curation services, he looks at a lot of pictures. He leads an 11-member team that organizes, scans and stores all sorts of rare and historical items.…

How to Win an Argument

How to Win an Argument0

Spring 2010

There are differences between arguing a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and persuading a bank teller you did deposit that check that is not showing up on your statement. Both of these cases present different challenges, but they are similar in one way: Winning matters a great deal. Few people are as practiced or eloquent on the topic of persuasion as U.Va. law professor Daniel Ortiz. After studying English and math at Yale and English drama at Oxford, he earned his law degree and, early in his career, clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell…

Saving Green

Saving Green0

Winter 2009

During the month of August, it cost $21,769.85 just to cool Newcomb Hall. The University is making eye-opening numbers like these available on its online “Building Dashboard,” which displays energy use in Newcomb Hall.

Music for the Silver Screen

Music for the Silver Screen0

Fall 2009

How a film score tells the emotional story of a movie. Plus playlists for your next event.

Speak Up

Speak Up0

Summer 2009

Public speaking doesn't have to be scary. Judith Reagan's class helps you overcome your fears.

Here and Now2

Spring 2009

Susan Stone believes that the quality of your life depends on where you focus your attention.

Look, Listen and Speak Up

Look, Listen and Speak Up0

Winter 2008

While health policy is a matter of national debate, making sure you get good health care sometimes requires little more than common sense—and speaking up.

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