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Clean Water and Energy
U.Va. alumna works for sustainable development
One early morning, in a small village of Potreritos, Nicaragua, I watched as the women and girls put on their flip-flops, picked up empty buckets and started their daily trek…
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…
Standing Guard
How U.Va. helps protect America
How U.Va. helps protect America by shaping the soldiers, law enforcement officers, policymakers and scientists of tomorrow.

A Summer at a Bolivian Orphanage
An alumna’s rejuvenating volunteer experience
Last summer, I visited an orphanage in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, called the Stansberry Children’s Home. The trip was full of unexpected coincidences and on the first day, I discovered surprising…

Education in Kenya
A trip to the slums of Nairobi inspires an educator
In July, Doug Granger (Educ ’06) visited Kenya with his wife and a couple of friends to take part in a mission conference through his church in Charlottesville. While in…

Sowing the Seeds of Peace
Diplomat Judith Raine Baroody (Grad ’85) brings together divided Cypriots
Diplomats in blue jeans, we gazed up anxiously at the September skies of Cyprus as we assembled chairs and sound equipment for the festival to bring together Greek- and Turkish…
Witness to Revolution
Surviving the April 2010 coup in Kyrgyzstan
Jia Tolentino (Col '09), member of the Peace Corps, survives the April 2010 coup in Kyrgystan
Putting Ideas Into Action
Jefferson Public Citizens program gives students springboard for projects
Jefferson Public Citizens helps students bring classroom learning to life
Trees on the Move
Russian boreal forests undergoing change in vegetation
Until recently, the northern part of the Great Russian forest—which is the size of the continental U.S.—was populated with larch trees, while the slightly warmer southern part was populated by…
News Briefs
Peace Corps U.Va. ranks second in the number of alumni entering the Peace Corps among medium-size colleges and universities. Currently, 71 graduates are volunteers in various posts around the world;…
Verbatim
“You look into the other person’s eyes and that phrase, ‘The windows into the soul,’ starts to have kind of a meaning.”—U.Va. anthropology professor Kath Weston, discussing her experience of…

Building a School in Ethiopia
After 40 years, alum achieves his dream of building a school
Forty years ago I arrived in Ethiopia to work with the Peace Corps as part of their Rural Development Program. Ethiopia was at that time, and unfortunately remains today, one…

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…
HIGHLIGHTS

Look Book
A brief history of fashion at U.Va.

A Funeral Procession for the Marquis
An alumna explores La Fayette’s connection to the University

Body Builder
Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form

175 Years of Engineering
A few of the U.Va. engineers whose projects have touched our daily lives.

The Simple Things Said It All
On being in the first class of women.

Scientific Six Pack
Improve your putting, earn more money, increase your odds of survival and other topics U.Va. researchers are exploring.

14 Reasons to Love Charlottesville in Winter

Life Lessons on the Green
David Cook’s golf novel adapted to the big screen

Costly Cartoons?
Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children

In the Age of Slavery
U.Va. examines role of enslaved laborers in tribute to bell-ringer Henry Martin

Stacked Up
Doubling the capacity of the Ivy Stacks.

Fighting Fire at the University
In 1828, the Board of Visitors created the University Fire Company.





