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The Institute for Ethics & Public Affairs (IEPA) exists to raise awareness and stimulate discussion of the ethical dimensions of matters of public concern, within both the ůůֱ²¥ campus community and the larger Hampton Roads community.
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Explore Gay Cultural Studies at ůůֱ²¥ University, offering queer studies courses and promoting academic research. Our program raises public awareness and examines gender theory, engaging the Hampton Roads LGBT community through education and dialogue.
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The Institute for the Humanities at ůůֱ²¥ University offers a Master of Arts degree in the Humanities. The program allows students to pursue individualized programs of study that incorporate classes from across the University.
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The Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding is an interdisciplinary academic program at ůůֱ²¥ University that fosters knowledge of Jewish history, thought, cultures, and languages through education, scholarship, and community outreach.
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The Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity (ISRE) promotes high quality teaching and rigorous policy-oriented research emphasizing interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches, as well as the methods of the traditional social sciences and humanities disciplines.
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ůůֱ²¥ Model United Nations Society promotes global, multicultural education and leadership experience through experiential learning, stressing student participation in simulation conferences and academic courses.
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The SSRC is a fully equipped social science research center with staff expertise in various forms of research methods and data collection including mail surveys, telephone surveys, household interviews, and focus groups; and most conventional forms of data analysis.