Academic Notes

Brain Drain? A new study indicates that some cognitive skills peak at the age of 22,...

Monticello Sights and Sounds

With the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center now fully open for business, a visit to Monticello has become an even richer experience.

News Briefs

Single Sanction Affirmed A proposal to create a multiple-sanction honor system was rejected by 70 percent...

Honors

Former U.S. Senator John Warner (Law ’53) was made honorary Knight Commander by Queen Elizabeth II on March 17.

Bennett Begins

Tony Bennett leaves Washington State University to become the new basketball coach at UVA.

Vers Libre

Inaugural poet Elizabeth Alexander visits the University.

Dr. Nurse

In the process of achieving a milestone in nursing education, Amy Drake Boitnott (Nurs ’09)...

Money Matters

The University took action this spring on two financial fronts, one to support building projects...

Bookmarked: Hitting the Streets

Want to take a drive through Grounds but can’t make it back to...

Hungry for Answers

The statistics are staggering. Nearly a third of all children in developing countries suffer from...

Free Speech? Over There

The annual muzzle awards took a bipartisan bent this year.

The Depressing Side of Romance

Unlucky in love? Finding romance may be even harder if you take antidepressants. While it...

Design. Build. Test. Repeat.

All biomedical engineering students have to choose a “real-world” problem when they enter...

It’s Raining Guggenheims

On April 8, five UVA professors were honored with Guggenheim fellowships, awarded to those who have...

Portraiture in Spray Paint

James Dean Erickson (Col ’08) only paints people he knows. He paints them so large that their faces take up whole walls, their irises half a foot wide.

By the Numbers

1,022 Number of career points scored by Mamadi Diane, making him the 42nd player in UVA...

Sports Shorts

Rookie Sensation Sylven Landesberg (Col ’12), a first-year guard on the men’s basketball...

New Uniform, Familiar Role

Angela Hucles made history at the University of Virginia, and she’s still making history as a professional.

In a League of His Own

For his efforts over the years, Wilson has been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, along with former Bills defensive end Bruce Smith. Wilson’s contributions ranged from lending the Oakland Raiders $400,000 in 1962 to being a key voice in negotiations to avoid a players’ strike in 1977.

The Need for Speed

John Sinders owns Khaleji Motorsport, which competes in the branch of auto racing that features cars like Porsche and Ferrari, and gets behind the wheel himself.

Putting the Bat on the Ball

Outfielder John Barr (Col ’11) watches a ball during UVA’s game with Towson.

Giving Us The Good Stuff

Singer-songwriter Schuyler Fisk's (Col '06) debut album climbed to No. 1 on the iTunes folk charts.

Inside the Word

Audio excerpts from the Virginia Festival of the Book, including novelists John Grisham, Mary Doria Russell and poet Debra Nystrom.

Bestsellers at the UVA Bookstore: January through March 2009

Fiction/Poetry The Associate by John Grisham Praise Song for the Day by Elizabeth Alexander ...

New & Notable: The Thomas Jefferson Edition

Jefferson: A Monticello Sampler Rick Britton Mariner Companies What was the Big Bone Lick Expedition?...

Required Reading: Deborah Johnson

Deborah Johnson teaches applied ethics in the Department of Science, Technology and Society in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UVA. She co-edited Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future.

The Shape of Art to Come

Bruce Boucher on Thomas Jefferson and the future of the University's art museum.

July 4th: The Fourth of July Paradox

The Fourth of July is a bittersweet anniversary at the University. It marks both great achievement and sorrow; it is the birthday of a nation, but the death day of Founding Fathers.

Accessibility in Tough Times

Speak Up

Public speaking doesn't have to be scary. Judith Reagan's class helps you overcome your fears.

Scenes from an Inauguration

On the morning of the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, I woke up next to Abraham Lincoln...

Admission FAQs

SATs and UVA

Find the “Hidden Jobs”

Networking, research pays off in hard times

Black Alumni Weekend

More than 1,200 members of the University community—alumni, faculty, students and friends—gathered in April for Black Alumni Weekend, making it the largest turnout in the event’s history.

Different Skills, Common Goal

Teamwork yielding results in cancer research

Landlocked? No Problem, Dude

There is little chance that six-foot swells would ever break in the Dell pond, but members of the Surf Club would be the first to catch them if they do.

Letters to the Editor