Student Firefighter Spearheads 9/11 Memorial

Newcomb Hall is now home to a permanent 9/11 memorial, which includes a piece of steel from one of the World Trade Center towers destroyed by terrorists on

Stephen Colbert’s “Wahoowa”

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Satirist Stephen

A New Kind of Leader

Batten School takes hands-on approach to develop ‘challengers of the status quo’

The Batten School was created to develop 'challengers of the status quo.'

Women at War

Law students push Pentagon to allow female combat roles

When her husband was killed by British fire in a 1776 Revolutionary War battle, Margaret Corbin reputedly took his place behind a cannon and returned fire.

Required Reading

Ann Beattie Photo by Sigrid Estrada

Creative writing professor Ann Beattie recently published Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life, an exploration of the elusive first lady, Pat Nixon.<

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.

Letters to the Editor

Time Bomb

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’”).<

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

Our National Time Bomb

A guide to the U.S. fiscal outlook

U.Va. experts explain the debt and deficit and their possible consequences for America.

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

Cuccinelli: U.Va. may not bar concealed weapons

The Consequences of Dinner

How food shapes the U.S. economy and environment

Ever wonder how the food we eat gets to the supermarket?

Clearing the Air

University website details response to climate-change inquiries

Image by NASA

For nearly 18 months, University officials have been responding to requests for information from individuals and groups in a climate-change controversy that has found its way to

Who Are We Becoming?

Demographers interpret America’s changing population

Demographers at the Center for Public Service study America's changing population.

Balancing Priorities

Photo by Luca DiCecco

Although we are still feeling winter’s effects in Charlottesville, the spring semester is well under way. Students and teachers have returned to their classrooms