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Top 10 U.Va. Stories of 2009
From the men’s soccer team winning the NCAA championship to President John T. Casteen III announcing his retirement, 2009 was a year to remember. Here’s our look, with videos, at the year’s highlights.
Verbatim
For 20 years, our state has put essentially every other priority ahead of education. It has done this for so long that most people simply take it for granted now that the state can dodge this most basic of its obligations.
Holding Steady
Still No. 2 among publics
This year’s U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of America’s best colleges yielded a familiar outcome for the University.
Sports Shorts
A famous lacrosse player, a winning tennis duo, a golfer makes history and a third baseman earns a spot in an all-star game.
Academic Notes
A new study indicates that some cognitive skills peak at the age of 22, then begin a slow decline a few years later. Timothy Salthouse, a U.Va. professor of psychology,…
News Briefs
A proposal to create a multiple-sanction honor system was rejected by 70 percent of student voters in a February referendum. The proposal, put forth by Hoos Against Single Sanction, sought…
Best Bang for Your Buck
U.Va. named the top value among public universities
According to “Best Value Colleges for 2009” rankings released in January by the Princeton Review and USA Today, the University of Virginia offers the best education for the money among…
Holding Steady
Still ranked second
In the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, the University of Virginia’s standing remains the same as last year’s: second among national public universities and 23rd among all American colleges and universities.
News Briefs
The University of Virginia bestowed its highest external honors—the annual Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals—during Founder’s Day celebrations in April. The medals recognize the achievements of those who embrace endeavors that…
News Briefs
U.Va. remains the No. 2 public university in the 2008 edition of the U.S. News & World Report rankings and is tied for No. 23 among all 262 institutions in…
HIGHLIGHTS
The Mayor of Summertime
Bob Oakes (Col ’84) serves as mayor of Nags Head
Lending a hand
A first-hand account of an alumnus working for Kiva in Africa.
School of Rock
U.Va.'s Battle of the Bands face off. Hear music clips and watch a video.
Leap of Faith
Jenny D'Agostino (Com '03) takes plunge with ropes course
A Portrait of the South in Black and White
Paul Gaston recounts his role in the civil rights movement in Charlottesville.
Lane DeGregory (Col ’89) wins a Pulitzer Prize for her article about a feral child
U.Va. Profs that Provide a Brush with Celebrity
Famous
How celebrity and the media have changed over the past 300 years as told by the American History Guys from the radio show Backstory.
1976: Block Party
The dawn of Charlottesville's Downtown Mall.
