Over Seven Billion Served1

U.Va. professors explain the dynamics of the population boom and demographic transition

Spring 2012

Last October, the 7 billionth person on the planet was born. Professors explain the dynamics of the population boom and demographic transition.

A New Kind of Leader0

Batten School takes hands-on approach to develop ‘challengers of the status quo’

Spring 2012

The Batten School was created to develop 'challengers of the status quo.'

Wrapped in Mystery3

A guide to secret—and not-so-secret—student organizations at U.Va.

Spring 2012

A guide to U.Va.'s student societies.

Jefferson’s Secret Bible7

Spring 2012

In the twilight of his life, Jefferson began exploring his faith and deepening his understanding of the Bible and Christianity.

Standing Guard2

How U.Va. helps protect America

Winter 2011

How U.Va. helps protect America by shaping the soldiers, law enforcement officers, policymakers and scientists of tomorrow.

The Golden Age of the Rooming House Matrons3

Shaping student life, one boarder at a time

Winter 2011

If you were to walk into the Booker House on University Avenue across the street from the Rotunda, you would find yourself in an office. It’s a nice office with columns and intricate moldings, but an office nonetheless. It would be hard, while looking at the cubicles and the inboxes, to imagine a grand piano toward the back, a crackling fire in the fireplace and, harder still, the soaring voice of a world-famous opera singer. The opera singer was Miss Betty Burwell Booker. Before the Booker House was an office building, she ran it as a rooming house, offering...

Voices of a Class3

Admission essays from the Class of 2015

Winter 2011

Admission essays from the Class of 2015

Following the Flow1

U.Va. scientists and educators assess and improve water quality

Winter 2011

Suzanne Maben, gray-green waders hugging her legs, forges into the middle of Paine Run and, like a nurse monitoring a patient, records the vital signs of the stream. Rick Webb, senior scientist in the department of environmental sciences, and Suzanne Maben, senior lab specialist, track the water flow of Paine Run. The air is still and ripe with recent rain, and the sky is gray on this late-September day; the first blush of fall shows on the dogwoods and maples in the Shenandoah National Forest. As the water flows under the forest canopy, Paine Run seems transparent and pristine, the...