Natalie Russell

Feb 13, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Natalie Russell |Ellen Murphy |Kath Brown |Joe Burgis

Dating online has become the norm for most of us, with over 60 per cent of US couples meeting online in 2024, according to data from Stanford University. Going on the ‘apps’ has become so ingrained in our dating culture to the point where meet-cutes – a charming or amusing first encounter between future partners – sound practically mythological. If you meet a couple who reveal that they didn’t meet on Hinge or Tinder, it’s become rare and intriguing.

Jan 31, 2025 | karshinstitute.virginia.edu | Natalie Russell

A little more than 24 hours after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, six UVA music students gathered with their professors in a Bond House classroom for "Sound & Democracy,” a 5500-level course offered through the Karsh Institute of Democracy. Together, they analyzed the sounds—and silences—of the ceremony, examining how these auditory elements are part of the rituals and practices that both reflect and shape democratic culture.

Jan 8, 2025 | karshinstitute.virginia.edu | Natalie Russell

Local news is an essential building block of a vibrant democracy.   “The shuttering of local media outlets, underfunded newsrooms, and declining trust in information, more broadly, threaten the nation's democratic health,” said Karsh Institute Director of Programming Stefanie Georgakis Abbott.