A plaque on the north exterior wall of the Rotunda was dedicated in memory of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun S.M. Khan (Col ’00) during a ceremony on May 2. Khan, the University’s lone alumnus to die in the Iraq War, was killed in 2004 after stopping a taxi loaded with explosives.
Congratulations to Robert Hott (Col ’10) who correctly answered that this is Bodo’s Bagels on the UVA Corner.
Congratulations to Peter Ohlms (Engr ’04) who won a $25 gift card to the UVA Bookstore for correctly answering that this is the awning of Mincer’s on the Corner.
Congratulations to Nate Rathjen (Engr ’16) who won a $25 gift card to the UVA Bookstore for correctly answering that this is the University Chapel.
Congratulations to Kares Vanderpuye (Col ’16) who won a $25 gift card to the UVA Bookstore for correctly answering that this is the main hall of Alderman Library.
Congratulations to George Garmany (Col ’69, Med ’74) who won a $25 gift card to the UVA Bookstore for correctly answering that this is a detail of the pediment frieze on Old Cabell Hall. It features Truth, appearing above a Greek inscription from John 8:23, which translates to “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Artist: George Julian Zolnay ca. 1898.
Source: http://music.virginia.edu/facilities. Photographed 11/9/2016.
Congratulations to John Kett (Col ’92, Arch ’98) who won a $25 gift card to the UVA Bookstore for correctly answering that this is at the White Spot on the UVA Corner.
The Rotunda at sunset, by Andrew Shea (Arch ’17)
Congratulations to Diana Pappas (Law ’87) who won a $25 gift card to the UVA Bookstore for correctly answering that this is Pavilion II.
When all goes well, life at UVA in the summer is quiet. But that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening. Here’s a snapshot of some of what happened on Grounds this summer.
UVA’s first president introduced the modern era, but some of Edwin Alderman’s progressive notions were anything but.
The Freedom Ring memorial, a representation of the University’s relationship with slavery, is expected to be completed by the Bicentennial in 2019.
The physics class, created by professor Louis Bloomfield in 1991, is a big hit with nonscience majors.