Dept: Features

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...
HIGHLIGHTS

Eyes on the Olympics
U.Va. athletes play vital role in Team USA’s path to No. 1

1976: A Royal Visit
On July 10, Queen Elizabeth toured the Academical Village, where 18,000 people watched her stroll down the Lawn.

Body Builder
Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form

Theater as You’ve Never Seen It Before
Set designer Lisi Stoessel (Col '06, Grad '08) creates fantastical places.

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

A New Kind of Leader
The Batten School was created to develop 'challengers of the status quo.'

Lady Gaga Recruits U.Va. Bullying Expert
Lady Gaga's lofty goal and a Foundation stacked with experts well-suited to help achieve it.

What Can the New Frog in Town Tell Us About Our Eyes?
A biology student explains a U.Va. professor's new experimental animal

Wrapped in Mystery
A guide to U.Va.'s student societies.

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

What’s Up, Doc?
The human body is a complex machine of about 10 trillion interconnected cells. Researchers at the U.Va. Health System are working with new technology to keep everything from our brains to our blood sugar in good shape.

New & Notable
Listen to six innovative albums by 15 must-hear alumni musicians.

Spirit of Adventure
Two documentaries portray challenging journeys and the importance of family

Where We Study
When finals are approaching at U.Va., the air seems charged with anticipation as students take to the libraries and cafés en masse and energy drinks fly off the shelves.

Can Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment Prevent Crime?
Why U.Va. students are teaching Russian literature at a juvenile correctional center





