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Top 5 U.Va. Bookstore Purchases
According to Wayne Terwilliger, assistant director of the U.Va. Bookstore, students and alumni can’t get enough of the following:
Anything with a
Two-Way Street
10 places to get—and discuss—news about the University
In large ways and small, we’ve heard from you over the past year.
The Search for Life on Other Planets
A conversation with Professor Michael Skrutskie
Astronomy professor Michael Strutskie talks about a pretty powerful telescope.
Friday Night Apps
Enjoy a night out on the town using student- and alumni-designed apps
How alumni-developed iPhone and Android apps can make your next evening out even better
Queen of Tech
Alumna Jenna Wortham documents the growing influence of smartphones, apps and the Internet for the New York Times
Jenna Wortham, alumna and NYT technology writer, discusses social media and how it affects the way we live
Apps Grab Bag
From an app that makes weddings more fun to one that helps you navigate Grounds, members of the U.Va. community are adding to the grab bag of apps
Meet the Machines
Rare and astonishing equipment fuels science and medicine at U.Va.
Take a look at four cool machines that help U.Va. doctors, students and researchers expand the limits of their fields.
How Social Media Helped Change University History
How Facebook and Twitter affected events after Sullivan's resignation
R&D Briefs
Can you heat a home with computers? Do social safety net programs work? How long does it take high-fat foods to clog your arteries?
World’s Tallest Man Undergoes Gamma Knife Surgery at U.Va.
“His skeleton just can’t support him.” —Dr. Mary Lee Vance (Col ’72)
U.Va. endocrinologist Dr. Mary Lee Vance (Col ’72), who,
Bookmarked: The Art of the Matter
www.treatiseonpainting.org
A new U.Va. archive digitizes manuscripts related to da Vinci's Treatise on Painting.
The Academical Village, Version 2.0
OpenGrounds gives collaboration a new home
Graffiti would be out of place in the Rotunda's Dome Room, but OpenGrounds' Corner Building is a different structure altogether. When Thomas Jefferson designed the Academical
What’s Up, Doc?
The human body is a complex machine of about 10 trillion interconnected cells. Researchers at the U.Va. Health System are working with new technology to keep everything from our brains to our blood sugar in good shape.
HIGHLIGHTS
Holsinger’s Charlottesville
Rufus W. Holsinger photographed Charlottesville at the turn of the 20th century, capturing the Rotunda fire and much more.
Ed Roseberry’s Charlottesville
Look through a few of the thousands of photographs Ed "Flash" Roseberry has taken of Charlottesville since the 1940s.
Charlottesville Then & Now
An interactive feature that compares scenes from the same spots in Charlottesville, nearly 100 years apart.
Blue Books
The agony and ecstasy of final exams (including excerpts from real blue book exams).
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?
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.
Make It Stick
Physics professor Lou Bloomfield sets out to fix a wobbly table and discovers a substance that might do much more.
Unearthing Slavery at the University of Virginia
Recent discoveries on Grounds raise questions about the history of slavery.
Rethinking the Way We Learn
Professor Daniel Willingham knows why students don't like school— it's all in how the brain works.
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.
