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In the Age of Slavery
U.Va. examines role of enslaved laborers in tribute to bell ringer Henry Martin
U.Va. examines role of enslaved laborers in tribute to bell-ringer Henry Martin
Shaping the Future
One of the energizing aspects of daily life at U.Va. is the constant exposure to astonishing research, scholarship and other creative activities. Our faculty members are working at the leading…
Drawing From Nature
Mountain Lake Biological Station inspires art
Students carried five-gallon buckets that held their art supplies through the hardwood forest of the Appalachian Mountains. When they found something to draw, they turned the buckets over and used…
Take a Ride on the Wild Side
U.Va. sculptors build interactive art
Art doesn’t just hang on a wall. Art professor Bill Bennett—with help from members of the local sculpture community, including Edward Miller and Joseph Schepps—transformed an old hay wagon into…
Required Reading
Creative writing professor Ann Beattie recently published Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life, an exploration of the elusive first lady, Pat Nixon.You’ve been repeatedly credited—despite your protests—with being a…
Interaction is the Bee’s Knees
When math professor Christian Gromoll takes students to visit his beehives this spring, learning about colony behavior will be only part of the equation. Discovering more about each other—part of…
Built to Last
The Engineering School celebrates 175th anniversary
Much has changed since 1836, when America needed engineers to build machinery for factories, bridges for roads and locks for canals, and the U.Va. Board of Visitors created a school…
The Game Plan
Goals include greater efficiency, growth
President Teresa Sullivan recently outlined a number of goals for the University, one of which will be “to get money aligned with the mission.” “It’s not to create winners and…
Taking the Reins
New provost completes President Sullivan's leadership team
Education: B.A. in chemistry, Williams College, 1979; Ph.D., Harvard, 1983Faculty positions: Chemistry professor at University of California at San Diego, 1985, and Duke, 1998 (chair, 1999-2004)Administrative background: Vice provost for…
Letters to the Editor
I was delighted to find in the Fall 2011 issue the admirable account of the debt troubles caused by Uncle Sam’s fiscal recklessness (“Our National ‘Time Bomb’”).Were the article published…
Following the Flow
U.Va. scientists and educators assess and improve water quality
Suzanne Maben, gray-green waders hugging her legs, forges into the middle of Paine Run and, like a nurse monitoring a patient, records the vital signs of the stream. The air…
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14 Reasons to Love Charlottesville in Winter
In the Age of Slavery
U.Va. examines role of enslaved laborers in tribute to bell-ringer Henry Martin
175 Years of Engineering
A few of the U.Va. engineers whose projects have touched our daily lives.
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
Stacked Up
Doubling the capacity of the Ivy Stacks.
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
Look Book
A brief history of fashion at U.Va.
Fighting Fire at the University
In 1828, the Board of Visitors created the University Fire Company.
Costly Cartoons?
Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children
The Simple Things Said It All
On being in the first class of women.
