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Weaving Joy

Selorm Fefeti ’11 is fusing fashion and cultural preservation with his New York/Ghana-made clothing brand.

By Cara Nixon

The Sound of History

How Anesu Ndoro ’21 is amplifying the music of the Ndau people.

By Bennett Campbell Ferguson

A Musical Rescue Mission

All around the world, heritage music is endangered. Zack Youcha ’21 is helping communities save theirs.

By Cara Nixon

Found in Translation

��AV’s Language Scholar Program turns 40.

By Bennett Campbell Ferguson

March 12, 2025

Finding the Words

In 2024, Aidan Mokalla ’25 traveled to Tajikistan to study Persian as part of the Critical Language Scholarship program.

October 11, 2024

Prof. Kris Anderson [psychology] journeyed to Barcelona as part of ��AV’s faculty research exchange. Her visit to a residential treatment facility there taught her about the universality of the struggle to overcome addiction.

February 17, 2023

Two ��AV Faculty Earn Fulbright Scholar Awards for 2022-23

Profs. Jamie Pommersheim [math] and Tom Landvatter [GLAM] each received grants to conduct research abroad.

February 8, 2023

The Blue Sky Falls; the White Sun Sets

The Burn Your Draft podcast talks Taiwanese politics with Seamus Boyle ’22.

January 3, 2023

Maxwell J.D. VanLandschoot '22 Named Schwarzman Scholar

The economics major will embark on one year of graduate study at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He’s the first ��AVie to receive the honor.

April 15, 2022

Doug’s Fir and Alan’s Organic Imprint

Profs. Doug Fix [history] and Alan Shusterman [chemistry] plant trees on the occasion of their retirement

October 6, 2021

Forever DeYoung

Paul DeYoung, director of international programs, retires after 43 years of service to ��AV.

April 19, 2021

Senior Wins Davis Award for Traffic Sign Project

Nebiyat Esubalew ’21 will put up road safety signs outside schools in Ethiopia.

March 30, 2021

Power and Ice

Watson Fellow Alisa Chen ’21 will examine the dynamics of power and privilege in ice hockey.

December 4, 2020

Professor Hailed for Book On Dance and Politics

Prof. Victoria Fortuna wins award for “exceptionally deep” study of dance and political violence.