Dept: University Digest
Student Firefighter Spearheads 9/11 Memorial0
Newcomb Hall is now home to a permanent 9/11 memorial, which includes a piece of steel from one of the World Trade Center towers destroyed by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001, and a U.S. flag donated by the family of Glenn Davis Kirwin (Col '82), a U.Va. alumnus who died in the attacks. Evan Davis, a fourth-year government major and president of the Student Association of Volunteer Firefighters, EMTs, and Rescue Technicians at U.Va., led the effort to obtain the steel. "I hope future generations will see this flag and steel and realize there were U.Va. alumni ... who...
ROTC Cadet Nabs Truman Scholarship0
The Truman Foundation looks for "agents of change," students in their third year of college who seek to improve public or government services. This year, Joseph Riley (Col '13) was selected as just such an agent. Riley, an Army ROTC cadet, and an Echols and Jefferson scholar, studies the role of energy resources in international relations and foreign policy, and hopes to attend graduate school following his post-U.Va. tour of duty. During his Truman Scholar recognition, U.Va. President Teresa Sullivan described Riley as a person who "will not only be safeguarding our country, but also leading it...
News Briefs0
Spring 2012
Rita Dove receives National Medal of Arts; Students receiving free electrionc texts; Recycling at Scott Stadium; Darden Dean Bruner named Dean of the Year; VQR; Rankings
Bridging the Gap0
Spring 2012
Long slated for repair, Charlottesville’s Belmont Bridge awaits its next incarnation. Eduardo Arroyo, the 2012 Robertson Visiting Professor at the School of Architecture, led a University effort to meet the design challenges posed by a vital piece of Charlottesville’s transportation infrastructure. Arroyo, who heads an acclaimed architecture firm in Madrid, assembled teams of 10 students and faculty advisers for a two-week workshop called “Belmont Vortex.” The teams competed for the winning design and prize money. A team of U.Va. students, advised by professors Daniel Bluestone and W.G. Clark, won the people&rsquo...
Unleashing Their Inner Warriors0
Spring 2012
Studio art professor William Bennett’s January Term course hosted nearly a dozen U.Va. students who brought their own ideas of adversity into the classroom and, for two weeks, battled to realize their visions in clay. Using the Third Century, B.C., Chinese terra cotta soldier as guide and class symbol, Bennett’s students crafted clay warriors in small scale, then collaborated on a life-size figure. The full-grown warrior can wear a number of interchangeable heads, crafted by the students. Sculptors were encouraged to consider their own narratives of struggle when creating their warriors. One...
Revisiting Monticello’s History0
Spring 2012
Thomas Jefferson’s Albemarle County plantation, Monticello, has been restored in recent decades to better reflect the history of the site and its inhabitants. Not only are the lives of Jefferson and his family members integral to the story of Monticello, but the lives of the enslaved people who worked there are equally important. In January, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History unveiled “Slavery at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty.” The exhibit follows the family lines of several of Jefferson’s slaves, as well as the...
Out of the Fire0
Spring 2012
Foreign affairs graduate Kimberly Dozier (Grad ’93) will join the ranks of news anchor Katie Couric (Col ’79) and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (Law ’83) as a recipient of the Distinguished Alumna Award, which has been presented by the U.Va. Women’s Center for 20 years. An Associated Press and CBS News journalist, Dozier spent more than three years reporting from Baghdad before a car bomb seriously injured her, and killed the other journalists working alongside her. After documenting her experience in a memoir, Breathing the Fire: Fighting to Report—and Survive—the War...
Speaking for the Trees0
Spring 2012
In November, the Board of Visitors voted to remove a number of prominent, mature magnolia trees so the leaky Rotunda roof could be fixed. Some students objected to the trees’ removal, and more than 2,200 signed petitions requesting that they be preserved. “The Board members were informed that the magnolias are at the end of their projected lifespan and were planted too close to the building,” said U.Va. President Teresa Sullivan in November. “Arborists—our own as well as outside experts—believe that the repair work on the Rotunda will only exacerbate...
HIGHLIGHTS

What Can the New Frog in Town Tell Us About Our Eyes?
A biology student explains a U.Va. professor's new experimental animal

A New Kind of Leader
The Batten School was created to develop 'challengers of the status quo.'

New & Notable
Listen to six innovative albums by 15 must-hear alumni musicians.

Wrapped in Mystery
A guide to U.Va.'s student societies.

Where We Study
When finals are approaching at U.Va., the air seems charged with anticipation as students take to the libraries and cafés en masse and energy drinks fly off the shelves.

Theater as You’ve Never Seen It Before
Set designer Lisi Stoessel (Col '06, Grad '08) creates fantastical places.

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.

Body Builder
Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form

Over Seven Billion Served
Last October, the 7 billionth person on the planet was born. Professors explain the dynamics of the population boom and demographic transition.

Eyes on the Olympics
U.Va. athletes play vital role in Team USA’s path to No. 1

Lady Gaga Recruits U.Va. Bullying Expert
Lady Gaga's lofty goal and a Foundation stacked with experts well-suited to help achieve it.

Spirit of Adventure
Two documentaries portray challenging journeys and the importance of family

1976: A Royal Visit
On July 10, Queen Elizabeth toured the Academical Village, where 18,000 people watched her stroll down the Lawn.

Can Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment Prevent Crime?
Why U.Va. students are teaching Russian literature at a juvenile correctional center

Jefferson’s Secret Bible
In the twilight of his life, Jefferson began exploring his faith and deepening his understanding of the Bible and Christianity.





