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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…
Life Lessons on the Green
David Cook’s golf novel adapted to the big screen
David Cook’s golf novel adapted to the big screen
For a Song
Two former U.Va. a cappella singers hit the big time
Two former U.Va. a cappella singers hit the big time
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…
Painting Away the Blues
Student wins prize with colorful art
Gloomy weather spurred Rebecca Lewis to undertake a project that is now a bright spot among her artistic endeavors.An acrylic painting of a path winding through the pavilion gardens earned…
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…
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…
How to Keep New Hires
Lilith Christiansen (Com ’95) explores why people stay at their jobs
Ever search for a new job ... on the job? According to Lilith Christiansen (Com ’95), management consultant, and co-author of the book Successful Onboarding, almost one third of new…
HIGHLIGHTS
Costly Cartoons?
Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children
Scientific Six Pack
Improve your putting, earn more money, increase your odds of survival and other topics U.Va. researchers are exploring.
Life Lessons on the Green
David Cook’s golf novel adapted to the big screen
14 Reasons to Love Charlottesville in Winter
A Funeral Procession for the Marquis
An alumna explores La Fayette’s connection to the University
In the Age of Slavery
U.Va. examines role of enslaved laborers in tribute to bell-ringer Henry Martin
Look Book
A brief history of fashion at U.Va.
Stacked Up
Doubling the capacity of the Ivy Stacks.
175 Years of Engineering
A few of the U.Va. engineers whose projects have touched our daily lives.
Fighting Fire at the University
In 1828, the Board of Visitors created the University Fire Company.
The Simple Things Said It All
On being in the first class of women.
Body Builder
Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form
