Marshall@UVAExperts

Lupe Fiasco on his new art project and looking at rap ‘in a deep academic way’ Rapper turned MIT professor is unveiling a project of ‘en plein air rapping’, which is about outdoors-inspired music

Caught up late on Professor
@lupefiasco.bsky.social 's exciting vision of places like MIT embracing hip-hop programs. UVA's own
@aydeethegreat.bsky.social (the first-ever tenured professor of hip-hop) currently runs such a hip-hip program. Rooting for Lupe.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

YouTube video by University of Virginia Teen Obsession with New Technology Isn't New

"Teens have always used new technologies in ways that have scared adults..." UVA's Nancy Deutsch debunks the common misconception that teen obsession with technology — and adults being scared — is new for this generation.

youtu.be/DR5MgsEe2kM?...

YouTube video by University of Virginia What can we learn from talking to democracy advocates in autocracies?

UVA's Steve Parks on what reporters can learn from democratic organizers on the ground in dictatorships and autocracies. #Myanmar #Syria #Venezuela #Ukrainewar #Zimbabwe #Democracy

www.youtube.com/shorts/ZGEer...

YouTube video by University of Virginia 3 things: Federal cuts and Virginia's economy

Joao Ferreira from UVA's @weldoncoopercenter.bsky.social can talk through how federal cuts could cascade across Virginia's economy.

www.youtube.com/shorts/CcDNL...

Rhymes with reason: UVa professor to present dissertation rap album in Rotunda UVa professor A.D. Carson's doctoral dissertation rap album "Owning My Masters" promises "the poems that people are scared to say out loud."

@aydeethegreat is the true first tenured professor of hip-hop, and also an acclaimed artist who just dropped a record.

"It feels as if you're traveling backward in time. What I realized was we were actually in the future."

dailyprogress.com/life-enterta...

aydeethegreat.com

Great write-up from @businessinsider.com on the human experience behind post-pandemic migration trends. Hamilton Lombard and UVA's Weldon Cooper are awesome experts for understanding the balancing act for both households and destination communities.

www.businessinsider.com/gen-x-moving...

For Alabamians with mental illness, incarceration can be life-threatening • Alabama Reflector Prisons and jails are poorly equipped to help people struggling with mental illness. That's led to tragedies.

Lauren Kois at UVA's ILPPP knows stories that need to be told.

“Every type of mental illness is disproportionately represented in people in jails than it is in the community."

alabamareflector.com/2025/02/03/f...

@alabamareflector.com

Virginia's Economic Forecast, Feb. 2025 | Cooper Center A quarterly economic forecast for the Commonwealth of Virginia, created by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

The team at UVA's Cooper Center just launched a quarterly economic forecast for Virginia, from 2024-2050. João Ferreira and colleagues can tackle a broad range of questions about Virginia's economy, including exposure to changes in government funding.

www.coopercenter.org/research/for...

We can see factory farm pollution all the way from space But communities of color face the worst ammonia pollution on the ground, a new study reveals.

"Research shows that not only can we see the air pollution generated by industrial swine facilities, but we can see that it’s disproportionately affecting communities of color — all the way from space."

-Notable work from UVA environmental science prof Sally Pusede

www.vox.com/future-perfe...

What Does a Fact-Check-Free Facebook Mean for Trump’s America? - Washingtonian "Facebook is preparing to run a very interesting social experiment here," says a University of Virginia expert.

Social media reporters, Just a reminder that comp sci professor Gabe Robins is an underrated expert.

"Facebook is preparing to run a very interesting social experiment here."

www.washingtonian.com/2025/01/22/w...