Ten Reasons to Love 2011 at U.Va.
Starsia and London received national and conference coaching awards for their seasons. In the course of leading the Cavaliers to the national title with a 9-7 victory over Maryland, Starsia…
High-Tech Building for High-Tech Research
Rice Hall is new home for computer sciences
At the beginning of the fall semester, the new engineering building, Rice Hall, welcomed both graduate and undergraduate students to its classrooms and labs. It’s the new home of the…
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…
Admission FAQs
ACT or SAT?
As high school juniors and seniors prepare for standardized testing, many ponder the pros and cons of taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test or the American College Testing Assessment. Either test…
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…
HIGHLIGHTS
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.
Stacked Up
Doubling the capacity of the Ivy Stacks.
Body Builder
Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form
Fighting Fire at the University
In 1828, the Board of Visitors created the University Fire Company.
Costly Cartoons?
Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children
14 Reasons to Love Charlottesville in Winter
175 Years of Engineering
A few of the U.Va. engineers whose projects have touched our daily lives.
Life Lessons on the Green
David Cook’s golf novel adapted to the big screen
The Simple Things Said It All
On being in the first class of women.
Look Book
A brief history of fashion at U.Va.
In the Age of Slavery
U.Va. examines role of enslaved laborers in tribute to bell-ringer Henry Martin
