Students know Professor Mary Kate Cary from her ‘Election 2020’ and ‘Political Speechwriting’ courses, but she is now adding to her long list of UVa contributions as the founder of the upcoming oratory competition. In this interview, Professor Cary speaks to us about the Inaugural Oratory Competition coming to UVa in the spring of 2022. The Politics Department’s Inaugural Oratory Competition will be sponsored by the Jefferson Literary Debating Society, University Democrats, and the College Republicans.
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Over the past couple of years, disinformation and misinformation have become common vocabulary and a fiery policy topic in politics. Nina Jankowicz, a fellow at the Wilson Center and author of How To Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict, discussed her studies on democracy and technology, and how the government can combat disinformation and misinformation.
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