1982: The Rise and Fall of Easters

The University’s Easters celebrations began innocently enough in the late 19th century as formal dances, held Monday through Saturday of the week following Easter Sunday. In those early days of…

Balancing Priorities

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 and laboratories, while those of us…

Mind’s Eye

Nir Avissar’s photography documents military life in Israel

Nir Avissar’s photography documents military life in Israel

Coming Together

Bonds forged by tragedy help lacrosse team move forward

Bonds forged by tragedy help lacrosse team move forward

Play Time

Students take love of games to new level

Students take love of games to new level

Recovery in Haiti

U.Va. architecture team wins housing award

Initiative reCOVER, a U.Va. School of Architecture program, won first prize in an international housing competition for “Breathe House,” a design that will help with the reconstruction of Haiti in…

Protecting the Innocent

Law students’ work vital to murder case

A dozen students in a U.Va. law clinic got involved with drugs last fall, but they did it to clear the name of a client sentenced to die.The students, all…

Impromptu Learning

Flash seminars catch on

You may have heard of a “flash mob”—a sudden assembly of people brought together by social media. A flash mob broke out at Clemons Library before winter exams a few…

Have Smarts, Will Travel

Students win Rhodes and Fulbright-Hays scholarships

In November, Nelson, a political and social thought major, became the 47th student from the University to become a Rhodes Scholar. The Rhodes Scholarships are awarded to 32 American students…

Adjusting the Prescription

The School of Medicine overhauls its century-old educational approach

The School of Medicine overhauls its century-old educational approach

Top Stories of 2010

Marked by record-breaking weather, devastating tragedy, and a change in leadership, 2010 was a watershed year for U.Va.

The “Rugby Road” Song Controversy

Some claim the song “promotes violence, excessive drinking and vulgar language.” What do you think?

Laura Nelson receives Rhodes scholarship

Welcome to Virginia

In her first months on the job as president of U.Va., Teresa Sullivan is proving that she's up for the challenge.

A Culture of Caring

In August, when I became the University’s eighth president, I joined a community whose culture and traditions are unique among American universities. Part of what attracted me to the job…