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The Legend of UVA’s First Olympic Medal
A tale of performance-enhancing good manners, how nice guy James Rector had his 100 meters dashed.
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UVA Sports Comes Back a Winner in Year of COVID
After a season shortened by COVID-19, UVA sports came back to claim multiple national championships and extend the post-season to Tokyo.
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Dean of Students Allen Groves leaves legacy of enthusiasm, compassion
After touching the lives of tens of thousands of students over more than a decade, Groves left in June for a new adventure.
Fall 2021
National Champs in men’s lax, women’s swim and more, so much more; plus, an Olympic tale of honor, unless it’s a lie.
Table of ContentsMore from Virginia Magazine
- Game Show ’Hoos: Pressing their luck and testing their knowledge, clever Cavs take a spin on Wheel, Jeopardy!
- A Higher Law: One McIntire professor’s lessons extend beyond the classroom
- Born and Bread: Wahoo’s acclaimed NOLA restaurant has a slice of Charlottesville
- Making Old Dorms New Again: The spaces that defined us first-year are getting redefined.
Highlights
On-Camera Admissions
In video interview, new enrollment chief talks standardized testing, alumni children and treating applicants as people first.
When Student Activist Sabato Dug in for Clemons
The grassroots campaign that convinced the General Assembly to fund a badly-needed new library.
’Hoos in Tokyo
Here’s a look at our most recent Olympians: current and former UVA athletes and coaches who competed in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games.
UVA Sports Comes Back a Winner in Year of COVID
After a season shortened by COVID-19, UVA sports came back to claim multiple national championships and extend the post-season to Tokyo.
Dean of Students Allen Groves leaves legacy of enthusiasm, compassion
After touching the lives of tens of thousands of students over more than a decade, Groves left in June for a new adventure.
Masked and vaxed, UVA opens for fall
With some restrictions in place, students return to Grounds.
UVA Takes Down a Statue, Takes Up Free Speech
A series of Board-approved actions seeks to reclaim the historic landscape and the higher ground on civil discourse.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 Stacks come crashing down
‘Hitting the Alderman Stacks’ used to be just a figure of speech. Here's a look inside the beginning of the 3-year renovation.
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.
Quotes
Read MoreWe had a tight bond. We all recognized we were in it together.
Charles “Buddy” Yancey (Engr ’64) about the first Black students at UVA
