Standing Guard

How U.Va. helps protect America by shaping the soldiers, law enforcement officers, policymakers and scientists of tomorrow.

The Golden Age of the Rooming House Matrons

If you were to walk into the Booker House on University Avenue across the street from the Rotunda, you would find yourself in an office. It’s a nice office...

Voices of a Class

Admission essays from the Class of 2015

Following the Flow

Suzanne Maben, gray-green waders hugging her legs, forges into the middle of Paine Run and, like a nurse monitoring a patient, records the vital signs of the stream. Rick Webb,...

Rotunda Guitar

U.Va. Mechatronics builds musical instruments

High-Tech Building for High-Tech Research

Rice HallAt the beginning of the fall semester, the new engineering building, Rice Hall, welcomed both graduate and undergraduate students to its classrooms and labs. It’s the new home...

News Briefs

Practice Facility Planned A new indoor practice field, designed to accommodate the football program and available to the rest of University’s teams, is on the way. “It’s a...

Costly Cartoons?

The cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants rules the roost as the most popular television show for children between the ages of 2 and 12. But the program’s undersea mayhem may come at a...

Stacked Up

Photo: Luca Dicecco A recent $5 million retrofit of Ivy Stacks has doubled the capacity of this 10,000-square-foot warehouse, which contains more than 750,000 valuable but rarely requested items from the University...

Bookmarked

Birthday wishes, event announcements, calls to action and marriage proposals. Beta Bridge displays them all. If you can’t walk up and down Rugby Road yourself, a new blog catalogs...

How We Rank

No. 2 Public University U.S. News & World Report Top 10 Best College Campus Architecture Architectural Digest Best College Towns Southern Living Darden No. 3 in Entrepreneurship Princeton Review No. 4 MBA program...

Verbatim

“At first, I thought it was a train—then I realized there was no train that would make that much noise.” —Charles Eckman (Engr ’13), after a 5.8 earthquake shook Central Virginia...

Meals on Wheels

Food trucks offering organic donuts, fresh dumplings, cheese steak sandwiches and more are providing students new alternatives for edibles. The six mobile kitchens spread their buffet each day around McIntire...

Two Degrees in Four Years

Catherine Winslow (Col ’12, Educ ’12) and Arthur Pelham-Webb (Col ’12, Com ’12) are current students completing bachelor’s and master’s degrees in four years. First-year students who arrive at U.Va. with 15...

Map of Happiness

Are Americans living the Jeffersonian ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? It turns out that some enjoy more longevity, freedom and fun than others. Kelly Johnston, a...

Flue Flaws

Students have always had to sacrifice some creature comforts for the honor of living on the Lawn, and this year a long-standing tradition was sacrificed as well in the interest...

Keep the Lid On

Photo by Cole GeddyThe roof of the University’s beloved but leaky Rotunda will need only repairs, not replacement. David Neuman, Architect for the University, told members of the Board...

Built to Last

Much has changed since 1836, when America needed engineers to build machinery for factories, bridges for roads and locks for canals, and the U.Va. Board of Visitors created a school...

The Game Plan

President Teresa Sullivan with John Simon, provost; Michael Strine, COO; and Milton Adams, vice provostPresident Teresa Sullivan recently outlined a number of goals for the University, one of which will...

Taking the Reins

John D. SimonJohn D. Simon Education: B.A. in chemistry, Williams College, 1979; Ph.D., Harvard, 1983 Faculty positions: Chemistry professor at University of California at San Diego, 1985, and Duke, 1998 (chair, 1999-2004) ...

175 Years of Engineering

The Mother of Invention Celebrating its 175th anniversary, the Engineering School has established a legacy of research that’s...

A Day in the Life

What is a “day in the life” like for two student-athletes while their sports are in season?

From a Dream to a Promise

Alecko EskandarianBy the time he finished his playing career at Virginia, Alecko Eskandarian was the king of college soccer. For...

‘Whirlwind’ Adjustment

Joanne BoyleJoanne Boyle has been on the job for only a few months, but she’s already logged many miles...

Getting Ready for the Next Level

Darion Atkins (first-year forward) “He’s probably the best athlete of the bunch in terms of his springiness and jumping...

Body Builder

Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form

Admission FAQs

As high school juniors and seniors prepare for standardized testing, many ponder the pros and cons of taking the...

Painting Away the Blues

Gloomy weather spurred Rebecca Lewis to undertake a project that is now a bright spot among her artistic endeavors.<...

Interaction is the Bee’s Knees

Photo by Christian Gromoll

When math professor Christian Gromoll takes students to visit his beehives this spring, learning about...

Drawing From Nature

Students carried five-gallon buckets that held their art supplies through the hardwood forest of the Appalachian Mountains. When they...

Life Lessons on the Green

David Cook (Educ ’82, Grad ’84) has become a best-selling author and a movie producer, but he is first...

For a Song

Two former U.Va. a cappella singers hit the big time

Bestsellers at the U.Va. Bookstore: July through September 2011

Fiction/Poetry A Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R.R. Martin The Help by Kathryn Stockett The...

New & Notable

“How do you keep going when you want to curl up into a ball and never leave your bedroom?...

Take a Ride on the Wild Side

Art doesn’t just hang on a wall. Art professor Bill Bennett—with help from members of the local...

Required Reading

Ann Beattie Photo by Sigrid Estrada

Creative writing professor Ann Beattie recently published Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a...

In Memoriam

Letters to the Editor

Time Bomb

I was delighted to find in the Fall 2011 issue the admirable account of the debt troubles caused...

Student Life: Look Book

A brief history of fashion at U.Va.

First Person: A Funeral Procession for the Marquis

An alumna explores La Fayette’s connection to the University

Short Course: The Secret Life of a Raindrop

A raindrop is never just a raindrop. Its value changes from friend to enemy, moneymaker to toxin.

Retrospect: Fighting Fire at the University

In 1828, the Board of Visitors created the University Fire Company.

President's Letter: Shaping the Future

Teresa A. Sullivan Photo by Luca DiCecco

One of the energizing aspects of daily life at U.Va. is...