Charlottesville Then & Now

Charlottesville Then & Now

Interactive feature: Use a "slider" to compare scenes from the same spots in Charlottesville, nearly 100 years apart.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Make It Stick

    Make It Stick

    Physics professor Lou Bloomfield sets out to fix a wobbly table and discovers a substance that might do much more.

  • Ed Roseberry’s Charlottesville

    Ed Roseberry’s Charlottesville

    Look through a few of the thousands of photographs Ed "Flash" Roseberry has taken of Charlottesville since the 1940s.

  • War Stories

    War Stories

    Generations of alumni reflect on military life over the past century, sharing stories of world wars and major American operations in Asia and the Middle East.

  • Unearthing Slavery at the University of Virginia

    Unearthing Slavery at the University of Virginia

    Recent discoveries on Grounds raise questions about the history of slavery.

  • Charlottesville Then & Now

    Charlottesville Then & Now

    An interactive feature that compares scenes from the same spots in Charlottesville, nearly 100 years apart.

  • Rethinking the Way We Learn

    Rethinking the Way We Learn

    Professor Daniel Willingham knows why students don't like school— it's all in how the brain works.

  • What We Talk About When We Talk About Money

    What We Talk About When We Talk About Money

    Logan Sachon (Col '05) writes openly and honestly about finances, a subject once considered taboo, on the website The Billfold.

  • Blue Books

    Blue Books

    The agony and ecstasy of final exams (including excerpts from real blue book exams).

  • Top 5 Lists

    Top 5 Lists

    Want to know the top 5 hidden gems around Grounds? The all-time leading sports scorers? Top foods at the dining hall?

  • Holsinger’s Charlottesville

    Holsinger’s Charlottesville

    Rufus W. Holsinger photographed Charlottesville at the turn of the 20th century, capturing the Rotunda fire and much more.

IN YOUR WORDS

The Black Alumni Brood

by Taylor Harris
The Black Alumni Brood

The following was originally published on the McSweeney's website as part of the author's yearlong column, Big Mom on Campus: Raising Two Kids...

Q&A: “Obstacle Fit” Author Pete Williams (Col ‘91)

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Read an excerpt of Obstacle Fit. U.Va. Mag: Were you always physically active, even as a kid? PW: I played organized baseball and basketball,...

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Two Alumni Take to the Skies

Two Alumni Take to the Skies

In January 2013, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col Todd McDonald (Col ’91) and Capt. Evan Fillman (Engr ’08) deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. When they...

An Alumni Couple Goes for Gold

An Alumni Couple Goes for Gold

John and Shannon St. Clair John St. Clair (Col ’99) and Shannon St. Clair (Col ’99) met at the U.Va. bookstore in August 1995. “Out of 5000 freshmen, John was...

SOCIAL STREAM @UVA

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