“The secret to getting smarter is really not a big secret: Engage in intellectual activities. Read the newspaper, watch informative documentaries, find well-written books that make intellectual content engaging. Perhaps most important: Watch less television. It’s rarely enriching and it’s an enormous time-sink.”
—U.Va. cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham in a USA Today interview about his new book, Why Don’t Students Like School?
An alumna explores La Fayette’s connection to the University
Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children
On being in the first class of women.
A few of the U.Va. engineers whose projects have touched our daily lives.
Improve your putting, earn more money, increase your odds of survival and other topics U.Va. researchers are exploring.
A brief history of fashion at U.Va.
Doubling the capacity of the Ivy Stacks.
Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form
U.Va. examines role of enslaved laborers in tribute to bell-ringer Henry Martin
In 1828, the Board of Visitors created the University Fire Company.
David Cook’s golf novel adapted to the big screen
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Published by the U.Va. Alumni Association
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