Letters to the Editor

It goes without saying that many of us alumni were devastated by the news that a young female student at our university was allegedly killed by someone who was also…

Summer Reading

Books to read at the beach

Books to read at the beach by U.Va. faculty and alumni.

U.Va. Profs that Provide a Brush with Celebrity

Going to class can be a red carpet event

Required Reading

Saving Shots Is a Snap

Proper storage and backup give long life to photographs

R&D Briefs

News Briefs

Memory

Researchers explore how we remember, what we remember and why we forget

Researchers explore how we remember, what we remember and why we forget.

A Portrait of the South in Black and White

Memoir illuminates Charlottesville and the University during the civil rights movement

Paul Gaston recounts his role in the civil rights movement in Charlottesville.

The Builder

John Casteen retires after two decades as U.Va. President

After a stint as dean of admission and a lengthy run as president, John Casteen has helped create a University that's much different than the one he first came to as a student.

So Long, Old Friends

A final message from President Casteen

If my memory is correct, my first report to alumni, students’ families, and staff and faculty must have gone out in mid-fall 1990. In those days, I sent letters that…

Casteen to be 2010 commencement speaker

A Stitch in Time

Former professor’s vision inspires designers from Culbreth to Broadway

Admire rare and beautiful items of clothing from the 1790s to the 1950s that are held in the Collection of Historic Dress.

New & Notable

Required Reading: Jennifer Burns