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Rethinking the Way We Learn
Professor Daniel Willingham knows why students don't like school— it's all in how the brain works.
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?
Against the Odds
Sean Doolittle's long, strange baseball journey
Blue Books
The agony and ecstasy of final exams (including excerpts from real blue book exams).
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.
The School of Athens
One of Raphael's most famous frescoes has enjoyed its own renaissance at the University.
Make It Stick
Physics professor Lou Bloomfield sets out to fix a wobbly table and discovers a substance that might do much more.
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.
Changes to the Honor System 2013
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
Recent discoveries on Grounds raise questions about the history of slavery.
Lou Bloomfield: The Invention of Vistik
Favorite Wahoo Apps
Graffiti on Grounds: Beyond the Canvas
IN YOUR WORDS
The Black Alumni Brood
by Taylor Harris
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
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
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...
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