News

2011 Happy Hour

December 8, 2011

Under the Club’s new leadership, this pre-holiday event gave us an opportunity to meet our fellow alumni in the City of Light. We had a wonderful evening atLe Mesturet meeting new friends and reconnecting with those we have not seen in sometime. We look forward to many more U.Va. events in 2012!

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U.Va. Professor Provides Insight into Victor Hugo's Views on Things That Matter

November 12, 2009

Victor Hugo's ideas had a huge impact on his time, and that impact continues today, according to "Victor Hugo on Things That Matter," a new book from University of Virginia professor Marva Barnett, who teaches in the Department of French. Read more.
 

The UVaClub of Paris held its Annual Meeting and Cocktail on Thursday, April 24, 2008. All alumni were invited to attend to share their thoughts on what programs the club sponsors over the coming year and enjoy some Wahoo cheer.  

French Academy Awards Grand Prize to U.Va.’s Trinh Thuan

September 11, 2007

The French Academy has awarded its prestigious Gran Prix Moron to Trinh Thuan, U.Va. professor of astronomy, for his most recent book for a general readership, "The Ways of Light: Physics and Metaphysics of Light and Darkness," published in March by the French publisher, Editions Fayard. The book likely will eventually be published in English. Read more.

Jefferson Dedication

July 4, 2006 -- All across the United States, communities, families and friends will celebrate America's independence on the Fourth of July. More than 3,000 miles away in Paris, there will be another celebration: the unveiling and dedication of a statue of one of America's Founding Fathers and author of the Declaration of Independence-Thomas Jefferson.

The event is the culmination of an almost 10-year effort by University of Virginia alumni in Paris, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation and Guy Wildenstein, an art collector and dealer based in New York and Paris. The statue is a gift to the city of Paris from the Florence Gould Foundation, which supports French/American exchange and friendship, and Alec and Guy Wildenstein in memory of their father Daniel Wildenstein, on the occasion of the 180th anniversary of Jefferson's death. To read more please visit http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2006/20060703TJStatue.html. Click the image to view the slideshow.