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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.

175 Years of Engineering
A few of the U.Va. engineers whose projects have touched our daily lives.

Costly Cartoons?
Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children

Body Builder
Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form

Look Book
A brief history of fashion at U.Va.

Stacked Up
Doubling the capacity of the Ivy Stacks.

14 Reasons to Love Charlottesville in Winter

Scientific Six Pack
Improve your putting, earn more money, increase your odds of survival and other topics U.Va. researchers are exploring.

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.
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The Simple Things Said It All
by Betty Shotton (Col ’74)

When I arrived at the University of Virginia in the fall of 1970, I was naively unaware of the challenges I would face as part of the first class of…
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.…
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