Miniature Literature
The Small Library's big collection of little books
The Miniature Book Society defines a miniature book as any book less than three inches on each side. Historically, such tiny books served a purpose.
News Briefs
Ruffin Ready
Just a few days before the start of the fall semester, Ruffin Hall, the new home of the McIntire Department of Art’s studio art program,...
Picture This
The Virginia Magazine Photo Contest
The contest sought photographs that captured the spirit of the University. Pictures from alumni, faculty and students rolled in, and the judges have picked the best of the bunch.
Winning Palette
Student's eye for color earns prize
Alli McKee (Col '09) wins the Alumni Association's 2009 art prize.
Q&A
Literary Tribute: Rita Dove
In September, the Library of Virginia honored Dove—whose distinctions range from receiving a Pulitzer Prize to being the former Poet Laureate of Virginia and the United States—with a lifetime achievement award.
Surviving the Odds
In a new film, Tim Cauley (Col ’87) shares his struggle with a life-threatening disease
With each little ritual of college life that Tim Cauley performed, he was defying the odds. Cauley has cystic fibrosis, and when he was a UVA undergraduate the average life expectancy for someone with his disease was about 14 years.
New & Notable
Nine new books from alumni and faculty.
Required Reading: Marcia Day Childress
Marcia Day Childress is an associate professor of medical education and director of programs in humanities for the UVA School of Medicine’s Center for Biomedical Ethics and...
Comic Wizard
Adam Beranek's breakout graphic novel
He points out the stigma attached to comic books—that it’s for geeky kids with Coke-bottle glasses and pocket protectors—is out the window.
A Long Paper Trail
UVA Library acquires the papers of poet Anne Spencer
A 40-year effort by UVA to acquire the papers of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer finally met with success in June.
Q&A
Ronald T. Wilcox
Darden professor and former economist for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Ronald T. Wilcox examines the causes and consequences of America’s aversion to saving
The University and the Civil War
New book offers a fictional account grounded in fact
Nick Taylor’s debut novel, The Disagreement, is set at the University’s Medical School during the tumult of the Civil War.
The Tibetan Connection
The University's unique relationship with an ancient culture
The people and culture of Tibet have been a part of the UVA community for decades, and a new center provides a fresh link to an area of growing international focus.
1957: Faulkner Among the “Snobs”
After Faulkner arrived on Grounds, his "observations on ‘Virginia snobs’ caused somewhat of a sensation," wrote Virginius Dabney in Mr. Jefferson’s University. "He liked the state, he said, ‘because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs.’"
New & Notable
Nine new books from alumni and faculty.
