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Are you as smart as U.Va.’s Jeopardy contestants?4
Mar 15, 2010
This is Jeopardy! It’s the TV quiz show that brings us together. Who among us hasn’t sat around a living room or a college dorm room and pitted our brains against the three contestants on the TV, seduced by an untiring interest in trivia and the idea that, perhaps, we’ll know the question that stumps the contestants on screen? How could you resist participating in the national debate: Does Alex Trebek look better with or without a mustache? Learn about U.Va. alumni and students who have been recent contestants and test your own trivia knowledge against their correct responses on…
Queen for a Day1
Mar 11, 2010
You may address Katherine Saer Duncan, a third-year majoring in American studies, as Queen Katherine. She reigned over New Orleans as the 2010 Mardi Gras Queen of Carnival.
15 Reasons to Love Charlottesville in Spring11
Mar 09, 2010
Top 10 U.Va. Stories of 20096
Jan 18, 2010
From the men’s soccer team winning the NCAA championship to President John T. Casteen III announcing his retirement, 2009 was a year to remember. Here’s our look, with videos, at the year’s highlights.
Spicy Literature2
Jan 18, 2010
Dave DeWitt (Col '66) has written nearly 40 books about chile peppers and spicy foods. What fuels his piquant obsession?
Rotunda: The Movie9
Jan 18, 2010
Sound artist and professor Judith Shatin’s office has a window with a view of the Rotunda—a great spot to watch University life unfold on the Lawn. In February 2006, she and filmmaker Robert Arnold mounted a camera on Old Cabell Hall to record the view so film audiences could share in Shatin’s coveted perspective. The camera captured almost half a million still images over one year. Meanwhile, Shatin collected sounds in and around the Rotunda to create an aural representation of the historic building. The result of this collaboration is a sound and video portrait of the Rotunda that juxtaposes…
Pioneer of Beer6
Dec 10, 2009
Tired of the same old brew, Charlie Papazian (Engr ’72) learned to brew his own beer, wrote a book about it and revolutionized American brewing.
London’s Calling10
Dec 10, 2009
On Dec. 7, the University of Virginia announced that Mike London would be its new football coach.
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Spicy Literature
Dave DeWitt (Col '66) has written nearly 40 books about chile peppers and spicy foods. What fuels his piquant obsession?
A Real Adventure in Modern Living
What was the University experience of the 1950s and 1960s like for a married veteran living on Copley Hill?
Ultra Dedicated
Meet two women who run 100 mile races across treacherous terrain and through bad weather; they run ultramarathons with apt names such as Hellgate.
1977: Ms. Rhodes Scholar
Catherine Burke Sweet (Col ’77), one of the first female Rhodes Scholars, went to England to study in the late '70s and she never moved back.
Working Vacation
How Alternative Spring Break changed the perspective of students who have participated in the program.
A Stitch in Time
Admire rare and beautiful items of clothing from the 1790s to the 1950s that are held in the Collection of Historic Dress.
Are you as smart as U.Va.’s Jeopardy contestants?
Pioneer of Beer
Tired of the same old brew, Charlie Papazian (Engr ’72) learned to brew his own beer, wrote a book about it and revolutionized American brewing.
All-Time Biggest Crowds at Home Football Games
The top five record-breaking crowds at Scott Stadium. Were you there?
Rekindling Desire
A new drug shows promise for women who lack sexual desire.
