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?

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The Quality of Souls

    The Quality of Souls

    Alumna Audrey Davidow Lapidus writes about how a rare genetic syndrome has shaped her son's life as well as her own.

  • 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.

  • Changes to the Honor System 2013

    Changes to the Honor System 2013

  • Against the Odds

    Against the Odds

    Sean Doolittle's long, strange baseball journey

  • Blue Books

    Blue Books

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

  • 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.

  • The School of Athens

    The School of Athens

    One of Raphael's most famous frescoes has enjoyed its own renaissance at the University.

  • 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.

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

People are expecting a high level of fulfillment in marriages, and it's difficult to sustain that day in and day out. That has increased the fragility of marriage in the U.S.

 — W. Bradford Wilcox (Col '92), director of the National Marriage Project at U.Va., speaking about recent trends in marriageMORE QUOTES »