Alumni Hall — Statements and resources on the Charlottesville violence

Statements from the University community and additional resources on the violence in Charlottesville on August 11–12. Read more »

Presidential History

As the Board of Visitors searches for the University’s ninth president, take a look back at the first eight—the challenges they faced and their lasting imprints.
Integrating from Behind the Scenes

A look at the quiet effectiveness of Paul Saunier, an administrator who helped desegregate UVA.
Summer on Grounds

When all goes well, life at UVA in the summer is quiet. But that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening. Here’s a snapshot of some of what happened on Grounds this summer.

Summer 2017

Boxing at UVA; North Grounds; Integrating from Behind the Scenes; Libraries in the Digital Age—and more!

Highlights

Lights Out

No UVA team before or since has had consecutive undefeated seasons. Boxing went four years without a loss. Then it went away.

Top of Her ‘Game’

Q&A with ‘Game of Thrones’ exec Janet Graham Borba (Col ’79).

Summer on Grounds

When all goes well, life at UVA in the summer is quiet. But that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening. Here’s a snapshot of some of what happened on Grounds this summer.

How well do you know Grounds?

Think you know UVA’s Grounds? Take our 15-photo quiz to prove it!

Memories of a football weekend, in black and white

Writer Ray Passacantando (Col ’57) looks back on the “total bust” of a weekend in 1953 that centered around the racial divide on Grounds.

Integrating from Behind the Scenes

A look at the quiet effectiveness of Paul Saunier, an administrator who helped desegregate UVA.

Next Chapter

The quiet spaces inside UVA’s 14 libraries take on new relevance in the digital age.

Politics, by Any Other Name

Coy Barefoot (Grad '97) recounts how the University had to overcome determined opposition to come into existence.

Video

Fixer of Books

Eliza Gilligan’s job is to keep the University’s vast treasure trove of scholarly materials “usable, movable, durable [and] functional” for future students and researchers.

Videography by Jon Combs

Radio Music Society

Students in UVA’s Radio Music Society arrange pop songs for string quartets. From arrangement to final performance, see one group interpret Major Lazer’s “Be Together.”