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Since it opened last year, the StArt Gallery in Reynolda Village has become a center for students to showcase — and perhaps even sell — their paintings, prints, sculpture and photography.

Not getting enough sleep may lead to more problems than just a lack of energy. It also could lead to an increase in fat accumulating around vital organs, according to a study by researchers at the School of Medicine.

Professor Peter Siavelis, who used to live in Chile, is waiting to hear if former colleagues there are safe after a massive earthquake hit the country on Saturday. The University is not aware of any faculty or students who were in the country at the time of the earthquake.

Whether in Venice or Vietnam, Steve Duke, director of the Center for International Studies, advises students to go beyond being tourists to interact in significant ways with those who live in the country they are visiting. Making cultural connections is what makes study abroad the most meaningful, he says.