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14 Reasons to Love Charlottesville in Winter
175 Years of Engineering
A few of the U.Va. engineers whose projects have touched our daily lives.
Body Builder
Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form
Life Lessons on the Green
David Cook’s golf novel adapted to the big screen
In the Age of Slavery
U.Va. examines role of enslaved laborers in tribute to bell-ringer Henry Martin
The Simple Things Said It All
On being in the first class of women.
Look Book
A brief history of fashion at U.Va.
Costly Cartoons?
Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children
Scientific Six Pack
Improve your putting, earn more money, increase your odds of survival and other topics U.Va. researchers are exploring.
A Funeral Procession for the Marquis
An alumna explores La Fayette’s connection to the University
Fighting Fire at the University
In 1828, the Board of Visitors created the University Fire Company.
Stacked Up
Doubling the capacity of the Ivy Stacks.
IN YOUR WORDS »
Remembrances from War Years
by Mary-Boynton Goodloe Gordon Hargraves Davis (Educ '47)
I entered Mary Washington College in 1941, but shortly thereafter was the attack on Pearl Harbor. After two years there, I did not want to go back to Mary Washington.…
Commerce in China
by Robert Daley (Com ’92)
I’m a proud McIntire alum who now has more than 18 years of business experience, but I’ve always been something of a closet engineer. That’s why one of the most…
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Experiences make us happier than [material] things [because] experiences are more likely to be shared with other people, and other people are our greatest source of happiness.
— U.Va. psychology professor Timothy Wilson, co-author of a study that suggests people are often happier when spending money on experiences rather than material thingsMORE QUOTES »
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