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Value Propositions
U.Va. at the top of recent rankings
The University's reputation as one of the best values among public institutions has received a slight uptick with the recent release of two lists measuring value.
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
How We Rank
U.Va.’s latest honors
No. 2 Public University
U.S. News & World Report
Top 10 Best College Campus ArchitectureArchitectural Digest
Best College TownsSouthern Living
DardenNo. 3

The State of the University
Q&A with President Teresa Sullivan
What's going on with the budget? What about tuition increases? Read a Q&A with President Sullivan.
News Briefs
IN THE RANKINGS
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
Sharing the Price Tag of Excellence
Commerce students to pay additional tuition
McIntire School of Commerce class
Since rankings for undergraduate business programs began six years ago, the McIntire School of Commerce has been ensconced in first or second place. Until
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
News Briefs
Bang for the Buck
The University retained its No. 3 ranking for the fifth time in six years in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s “100 Best Values in Public Colleges”
HIGHLIGHTS

Changes to the Honor System 2013

Top 5 Lists
Want to know the top 5 hidden gems around Grounds? The all-time leading sports scorers? Top foods at the dining hall?

Rethinking the Way We Learn
Professor Daniel Willingham knows why students don't like school— it's all in how the brain works.

Unearthing Slavery at the University of Virginia
Recent discoveries on Grounds raise questions about the history of slavery.

Against the Odds
Sean Doolittle's long, strange baseball journey

The Quality of Souls
Alumna Audrey Davidow Lapidus writes about how a rare genetic syndrome has shaped her son's life as well as her own.

Blue Books
The agony and ecstasy of final exams (including excerpts from real blue book exams).

What We Talk About When We Talk About Money
Logan Sachon (Col '05) writes openly and honestly about finances, a subject once considered taboo, on the website The Billfold.

The School of Athens
One of Raphael's most famous frescoes has enjoyed its own renaissance at the University.

War Stories
Generations of alumni reflect on military life over the past century, sharing stories of world wars and major American operations in Asia and the Middle East.

Make It Stick
Physics professor Lou Bloomfield sets out to fix a wobbly table and discovers a substance that might do much more.



