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An Evening with Katie Couric (virtual)

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Due to the popularity of our sold out in-person event, held on the Grounds of the University of Virginia, we are pleased to offer a livestream option for Friday evening's event with Katie Couric.

Join us via livestream for a conversation between President Jim Ryan and UVA alumna Katie Couric (CLAS ’79) as they discuss Katie’s life and career including her media company, Katie Couric Media, her book, Going There, and her breast cancer advocacy. Following the conversation, Katie will take questions from the audience.

The livestream link will be shared in your registration confirmation email.

Free and Open to All

About Katie
Katie Couric (@katiecouric) is an award-winning journalist and #1 New York Times best-selling author of her memoir, Going There, which was published in October 2021. She is also a co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) which has raised more than $700 million for cancer research.

Couric was the first woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast, serving as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 2006 to 2011 following 15-years as co-anchor of NBC’s Today show.

In 2017, she founded Katie Couric Media (KCM), which has developed a number of media projects, including a daily newsletter, “Wake-Up Call”, a podcast, “Next Question”, digital video series and several documentaries. You can find it all at katiecouric.com.

 
For questions regarding this event, please contact Trecia Gunnoe, LifetimeLearningUVA@virginia.edu.