{From Inside UVA Online} As the fall semester came to a close, architecture professors William Sherman, Peter Waldman and Earl Mark sat together in the Naugahyde Lounge just inside the School of Architecture’s entryway. Sherman’s laptop rested on the table in front of them, about six feet away from a 52-inch TV monitor and a camera focused on the three. The professors were engaged in thoughtful conversation.

However, they were conversing not with one another but with 16 architecture, landscape architecture and architectural history students located more than 4,000 miles away. The group was participating in the school’s semester-long program in Venice, Italy.