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What Defines Us?
Alumni share views of the student experience at U.Va.
Alumni share views of the student experience at U.Va. What defines your experience?
Back on Track
New facility will provide needed improvements
Virginia’s track and field program has received a boost from a former Cavalier volleyball player. Amy Mitchell Griffin (Col ’98) pledged $5 million toward the construction of a planned $14…
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…
At the Ends of the Earth
How high school science teacher Katey Shirey (Col ’04, Grad ’07) ended up in Antarctica
High school teacher Katey Shirey (Col '04, Grad '07) travels to Antarctica to study the fabric of the universe.
Remembrances from War Years
An alumna who studied engineering shares a few memories
An alumna who studied engineering shares a few memories
Military Family
Alumna shares her experience starting a family on a far-flung military base
For three of my four years at U.Va., I dated my future husband, Greg, who was then a midshipman at the Naval Academy. Despite this distance and military obligations—which often…
The Way We Were: The ’20s and ’30s at U.Va.
A conversation with Constance Page Daniel
This strange woman—she was quite rich—came by my father’s office one day, and said she had an interest in sending Southern women to Northern schools, just to let them see…
All Things to All Boys
New novel explores fallout of girl’s disappearance
Hannah Pittard’s (Grad ‘07) novel The Fates Will Find Their Way begins with a mystery: 16-year-old Nora Lindell is missing. There are no concrete clues about her whereabouts, just glimmers…
Bookmarked
Celebrating the Women of the University: 40 Years of Full Coeducation, a Century of Accomplishments
You made history, now you can write it. Celebrate the legacy of women at the University with a collaborative online history. Which professor most influenced you? How did your years…
Women at the University of Virginia
How women fundamentally changed what once was known as a "Gentleman's University"
Tending the Vines
An alumni couple’s adventures in viniculture
An alumna's perspective: As the seasons change so does the labor of caring for vines and making wine.
Adjusting the Prescription
The School of Medicine overhauls its century-old educational approach
The School of Medicine overhauls its century-old educational approach
HIGHLIGHTS
Body Builder
Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form
Stacked Up
Doubling the capacity of the Ivy Stacks.
The Simple Things Said It All
On being in the first class of women.
Costly Cartoons?
Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children
Look Book
A brief history of fashion at U.Va.
Life Lessons on the Green
David Cook’s golf novel adapted to the big screen
Fighting Fire at the University
In 1828, the Board of Visitors created the University Fire Company.
A Funeral Procession for the Marquis
An alumna explores La Fayette’s connection to the University
Scientific Six Pack
Improve your putting, earn more money, increase your odds of survival and other topics U.Va. researchers are exploring.
175 Years of Engineering
A few of the U.Va. engineers whose projects have touched our daily lives.
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
