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Theater as You’ve Never Seen It Before

Theater as You’ve Never Seen It Before

Lisi Stoessel (Col '06, Grad ’08) makes all the world a stage

Set designer Lisi Stoessel (Col '06, Grad '08) creates fantastical places.

Can Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment Prevent Crime?

Can Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment Prevent Crime?

Why U.Va. students are teaching Russian literature at a juvenile correctional center

Why U.Va. students are teaching Russian literature at a juvenile correctional center

Editor Leaves Virginia Quarterly Review

Kudzu and Heavy Metal

Kudzu and Heavy Metal

The work of photographer Pamela Pecchio

Driving down I-81 with heavy metal on the stereo, Pamela Pecchio envisioned a new series of photographs

Rebuilding History … With Cardboard and Paint

Rebuilding History … With Cardboard and Paint

Student art exhibit draws inspiration from Brooks Hall Natural History Museum

Mammoth Undertaking: Students reimagine Brooks Hall menagerie.

Literary Hoo-O-Meter

Literary Hoo-O-Meter

The University of Virginia has bit parts and sometimes starring roles in popular fiction. Here we rate novels with our trusty Hoo-O-Meter.

Bestsellers at the U.Va. Bookstore: October through December 2011

Fiction/Poetry

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini The Litigators by John Grisham The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures by Caroline

New & Notable

New & Notable

Listen to six innovative albums by 15 must-hear alumni musicians.

Required Reading

Edward G. Lengel, editor in chief of the Papers of George Washington at U.Va., recently published Inventing George Washington: America’s Founder in Myth and Memory.

Punks and Players

New York Times 10 Best Books of 2011 list features two U.Va. debut novels

Writing a first novel is a gamble. Authors can spend years developing a story, typically with no guarantee it will ever get published, much less

Spirit of Adventure

Spirit of Adventure

Two documentaries portray challenging journeys and the importance of family

Two documentaries portray challenging journeys and the importance of family

How Does Hollywood Create a Buzz?

In entertainment, there are no fixed rules for success. “That’s the fun part of the industry,” says McIntire professor Natasha Foutz.

The Power of a Poet

Remembering Robert Frost’s 1960 visit to Grounds

When I was in my second year, poet Robert Frost came to the Grounds for the dedication of the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American

News Briefs

Rita Dove receives National Medal of Arts; Students receiving free electrionc texts; Recycling at Scott Stadium; Darden Dean Bruner named Dean of the Year; VQR; Rankings

Unleashing Their Inner Warriors

Sculptors use clay against adversaries

Studio art professor William Bennett’s January Term course hosted nearly a dozen U.Va. students who brought their own ideas of adversity into the classroom

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