“At the Scholars’ Lab, I learned about digital humanities, an area that was completely new to me,” he said. “In my final weeks of the program, I have started to create a digital component for my research. I see so many possibilities in this area.”

The Leadership Alliance Mellon Initiative (LAMI), dedicated to increasing the number of minority students pursuing graduate degrees, recently brought six summer fellows to U.Va. to learn about research. As part of the program the LAMI fellows learned about technology resources and the digital humanities in the Library’s Scholars’ Lab.

Summer Program Opens Door to Graduate Studies for Minority Students (UVA Today)