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How women found their place at Mr. Jefferson’s University
Women talk about what it was like in those early years of coeducation.
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Not Without a Fight: The lawsuit that got UVA to coeducate
Before granting women full admission to the College, UVA needed a little persuading—in the form of a federal lawsuit.
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UVA Delays In-Person Start
Plans for a different kind of fall sharpen into focus as the semester approaches.
Fall 2020
A Special Coeducation Anniversary Issue. Plus: A racial equity team with a short deadline; the fraught business of sports branding; Faulkner’s time on Grounds.
Table of ContentsMore from Virginia Magazine
- The Class of the Classroom: At a University that raises teaching to an art form, we applaud some of the virtuosos.
- Decoding Honor: What 99 years of data say about the Honor System
- The season didn’t end. It stopped. Student athletes come to terms with all that seemed within their grasp
- Carr’s Hill reopens: A UVA landmark comes back to life following a rich history and a $14M renovation.
Highlights
Game, set, Mary Slaughter
How one woman became the ACC’s first female varsity athlete—on the men’s tennis team.
Education building renamed for Walter N. Ridley
The building will carry the name of the first African American to graduate from UVA.
New task force prioritizes racial equity, and speed
UVA’s president gave a new racial equity action team a bold charge and a tight deadline.
A Struggle for Equality: Women in the workplace at UVA
Before women came for college, they came for careers, often in support roles.
Meet the Class of 2021’s student organization leaders
From Honor chair to editor of the Cav Daily, these students are going out on top.
Not Without a Fight: The lawsuit that got UVA to coeducate
Before granting women full admission to the College, UVA needed a little persuading—in the form of a federal lawsuit.
It was about time: A timeline of women at UVA
Our timeline follows women’s 200-year journey for influence, an education and equality at UVA.Video
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Ryan, Magill discuss the COVID Crisis
Our interview with UVA’s president and provost—from a distance.
Making the Shots
Go behind the scenes with longtime UVA sports photographer Matt Riley, from a day of fun studio shoots to an exciting men’s basketball game at JPJ.Photo Gallery
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The camera sees what we can’t
Charlottesville photographer Andrew Shurtleff in late March made these dramatic photographs of Grounds under quarantine using infrared technology, which captures wavelengths of light outside the spectrum of what the human eye can see. The result is a high-contrast image with a nearly dreamlike look.
Mortarboard messages stand out from the crowds
During Final Exercises, graduates stream down the Lawn in an exuberant sea of color. Every piece of regalia carries meaning, but the most personalized messages of all adorn the simple black mortarboards. Each year, many UVA students transform their personal canvas into a declaration of nostalgia or humor, triumph or gratitude. Enjoy a few of our recent favorites.
Quotes
Read MoreI’m not seeing people’s faces and feeling like I need to be accountable to them.
Perri Nelson (Col ’22) about distance learning
