Community-Engaged Scholarship

Researchers at the University of Virginia’s Center for Community Partnerships have released The State of Gun Violence in Charlottesville & Albemarle. This data-driven report combines local statistics with community perspectives to illuminate the complex realities of gun violence…

The UVA Center for Community Partnerships and the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab into their 2025 Voices of Democracy Student Writing Contest.

In 2023, the Center was awarded an Institutional Challenge Grant to develop a research-practice partnership (RPP) with Albemarle County Public Schools, aiming to reduce barriers to college and career readiness for youth of color and youth from low-income backgrounds in the local…

UVA’s Center for Community Partnerships and Digital Technology for Democracy Lab are sponsoring a writing contest for middle and high school students in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

Community-engaged teaching at the University of Virginia is driving real community impact, fostering strong connections between students at UVA and across the Charlottesville and Albemarle County region. Through partnerships with the Center for Community Partnerships’ Starr Hill…

This manual outlines the structures and practices of the Starr Hill Pathways research project. Members of this project include staff at The Center for Community Partnerships at UVA, university faculty and students, K-12 education partners, and community-based organizations.

The Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement is an elective classification administered by the Carnegie Foundation that recognizes institutions that have made extraordinary commitments to their public purpose. Institutions of higher education like ours can apply every…