Clearing the Air

University website details response to climate-change inquiries

For nearly 18 months, University officials have been responding to requests for information from individuals and groups in a climate-change controversy that has found its way to the Supreme Court…

The Inauguration of Teresa A. Sullivan

University officially welcomes its eighth president

When she took office on Aug. 1, 2010, Teresa A. Sullivan became the first woman to hold the University’s top job. But she said she wanted her inauguration to be…

Letters to the Editor

As a nursing grad in 1960, coming in with advanced standing to earn my B.S., many of my classes were in the humanities. I was married with a small child…

Sullivan Inaugurated as Eighth University President

Meet the Presidents

A new exhibit illuminates the leaders of the University

Illustrating the lives and times of the eight presidents of the University

Can Social Networking Spur a Revolution?

U.Va. expert says not to confuse people with their tools

Naming children after revolutionary heroes is nothing new, but one Egyptian father gave his daughter an unusual name at the height of the recent uprisings in the Middle East.Jamal Ibrahim…

Required Reading: John M. Owen IV

John M. Owen IV, associate professor of politics, recently published The Clash of Ideas in World Politics: Transnational Networks, States, and Regime Change 1510-2010. Is there a book that inspired…

We Are Stardust

Edward M. Murphy explains the ever-expanding field of astronomy

Astronomy professor Edward M. Murphy (Grad '93, '96) knows how the universe began. He also has a pretty good idea of how it will end.

Smoke Alarm

Nicotine use during pregnancy linked to psychiatric disorders in offspring

Smoking during pregnancy poses a host of risks to both mother and child. Less oxygen for the baby, more toxic chemicals in the bloodstream, potential lung damage—these and other concerns…

Would You Like Fries With That?

Fast-food options feed on perceptions of good deals and square meals

Burger, fries and a soda—they’re the all-American fast-food combo. When packaged with enticing names—happy meals, value meals, old-fashioned combos—they present options that appeal to the taste buds but can be…

News Briefs

The University retained its No. 3 ranking for the fifth time in six years in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s “100 Best Values in Public Colleges” list. The article highlighted U.Va.…

Recovery in Haiti

U.Va. architecture team wins housing award

Initiative reCOVER, a U.Va. School of Architecture program, won first prize in an international housing competition for “Breathe House,” a design that will help with the reconstruction of Haiti in…

Painting a Farewell

Celebrating the career of art professor Richard Crozier

An exhibition of paintings by Richard Crozier, who has taught drawing and painting courses at the McIntire Department of Art since 1974, was on display at U.Va.’s Ruffin Gallery in…

Impromptu Learning

Flash seminars catch on

You may have heard of a “flash mob”—a sudden assembly of people brought together by social media. A flash mob broke out at Clemons Library before winter exams a few…

Letters to the Editor

Quoting one of the University’s distinguished scientists, atmospheric physicist S. Fred Singer (professor emeritus of environmental sciences and founding director of the National Weather Satellite Service) in an article in…