Ernie Gates
Beyond Blackface
Recent political scandals prompted Corks & Curls to look for a new name. They also had us looking through our own back issues.
Summer 2019
Serpentine Timeline
Study up on the twists and turns of UVA's history, from the laying of the cornerstone to the inauguration of the ninth president.
Winter 2018
Pardon Our French
Founder’s Day, Paris 1919, the great party after the Great War, where they sang the “The Good Old Song” in what passed for French.
Fall 2018
Antiwar Stories
May Days 1970: The week that would change UVA forever, through the eyes of those who were there.
Spring 2018
Color Bind
Excavation uncovers a dilemma: Should the colonnade be the bright white of our time or the unpainted tan of Jefferson’s?
Spring 2018
Exactly what he didn’t want. Exactly what UVA needed.
Finding the University’s first president took 80 years—give-or-take, heeding Jefferson, or not.
Fall 2017
The First President
UVA’s first president introduced the modern era, but some of Edwin Alderman’s progressive notions were anything but.
Fall 2017
Enslaved Laborers Memorial Approved
The Freedom Ring memorial, a representation of the University’s relationship with slavery, is expected to be completed by the Bicentennial in 2019.
Fall 2017
Integrating from Behind the Scenes
A look at the quiet effectiveness of Paul Saunier, an administrator who helped desegregate UVA.
Summer 2017
Theatre of the Macabre
Jefferson’s Anatomical Theatre gave way to grave robbers, the student Cadaver Society and, eventually, the wrecking ball.
Spring 2017
The Nuances of Building a Better Congress
Batten professor Craig Volden’s Legislative Effectiveness Project rates members of Congress according to their success in turning their ideas into laws.
Summer 2016
In the Name of God
Jerry White and Peter Ochs see a world aflame with killing in the name of God, and they want to fight fire with fire—and with data.
Winter 2015