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University of Virginia, Virginia Patch AM: a 3 min readGreetings University of Virginia! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Could a UVA-built robot shape the future of moon bases?
- How a UVA student manager helped bring home a national title
Today's riddle: Whatz the difference between Dubai...and Abu Dhabi? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: A t-storm in the afternoon, with a high of 97 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Cooler with a few showers, temps: high: 69, low: 54.
- Friday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, with a high of 61 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 80-pound lunar robot built by students targets future Artemis missions (interestingengineering.com) — University of Virginia engineering students are building an 80‑pound lunar-mining robot they hope will shine in NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge at Kennedy Space Center. Their design, tested on a campus sand court, could one day help protect Artemis launch pads, fuel depots, and even future moon habitats using locally mined regolith. 
• Driscoll goes national (duxburyclipper.com) — A University of Virginia student team manager with Duxbury roots just helped the Cavaliers men’s tennis program capture another Division I national championship. Catherine Driscoll’s behind-the-scenes work with UVA’s culture-focused squad shows how students can stay deeply involved in high-level college sports without being on the court themselves.
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University of Virginia's Small Business Expo →
Central Grounds Garage, 400 Emmet St S, Charlottesville
12:00 pm
Wednesday June 10
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Other local events
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Together Tales
Gordon Avenue Library, 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville
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Memorial Day
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Reading Rangers: The Green Glass Sea
Gordon Avenue Library, 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville
4:30 pm -
Writing About Your Life: A Panel Discussion with WriteNow
Gordon Avenue Library, 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville
6:00 pm
Saturday May 23
Monday May 25
Tuesday May 26
Wednesday May 27
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🗓 Events Nearby
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STEM Explorers: Makers, Motion, & Big Ideas
Gordon Avenue Library, 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville
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Statewide Restoration of Rights Strategy Committee Meeting
Virginia Organizing Zoom
6:00 pm -
Norfolk Chapter Meeting
Virginia Organizing VA
6:30 pm -
Wednesday Evening Book Group
Northside Library 705 West Rio Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901
7:00 pm -
CHS GRADUATION
Charlottesville High John Paul Jones Arena, 295 Massie Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903
7:00 pm -
Brown Baggers Book Club
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, 201 East Market Street, Charlottesville
12:00 pm -
Startup Series
Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, 225 East Main Street, Charlottesville
12:00 pm
Wednesday May 20
Thursday May 21
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🗞 Nearby News
Charlottesville
- Women United awards $60,000 in grants to Charlottesville-area nonprofits (29news.com)
- ACPD arrests Palmyra man in Hydraulic Rd break-in (cvillerightnow.com)
- Suspect break-in closes daycare facility on Monday (cvillerightnow.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: In Dubai, the people don't watch the 'Flintstone's'. But people in Abu Dhabi Do! (Thank you Jerri E. for sending it in!)
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