CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 3 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release:

Students in a course on "brain rot" forfeit their phones and write assignments longhand to explore whether Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" could remedy a modern malaise. (Photos by Lathan Goumas, University Communications; design by Meredith Michael Smith, University Communications)

Alice Berry

University News Associate Office of University Communications

aberry@virginia.edu 434-924-6861

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