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Longtime Comm School dean Zeithaml steps down

Longtime Comm School dean Zeithaml steps down

After 23 years at the helm, Carl P. Zeithaml will continue as a strategic management professor.

Fall 2019

UVA announces new Batten School dean

UVA announces new Batten School dean

Ian H. Solomon brings more than 20 years of experience at the local, national and international levels.

Summer 2019

Nursing Dean Steps Down

Nursing Dean Steps Down

Dean Dorrie Fontaine prepares to retire in July.

Spring 2019

The Class of the Classroom

The Class of the Classroom

At a University that raises teaching to an art form, we applaud some of the virtuosos.

Winter 2018

News Briefs

News Briefs

Catch up on some of the news from around the University.

Spring 2018

When Speech Meets Hate

When Speech Meets Hate

The First Amendment was a major player in the events of August 11/12. A UVA legal expert shows how, and also asks some whys.

Winter 2017

Negotiating for a Grade

Negotiating for a Grade

Professor Lucien Bass (Engr ’63, Darden ’65) teaches students the art of negotiation.

Winter 2017

Practical Magic

Practical Magic

The physics class, created by professor Louis Bloomfield in 1991, is a big hit with nonscience majors.

Fall 2017

Media Player

Media Player

Why I happily traded 7 million viewers for 20 undergraduates in a classroom. A report from our correspondent on the frontlines.

Fall 2017

Faulkner, Revisited

Faulkner, Revisited

A new exhibit, located in the main gallery of UVA’s Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library, marks the 60th anniversary of William Faulkner’s arrival on Grounds.

Summer 2017

News Briefs

News Briefs

Virginia’s Curry School of Education climbs in the rankings; a new student center opens on the Corner; and a Grammy Award-winning producer visits Grounds.

Summer 2017

Unquoting Jefferson

Unquoting Jefferson

At the University of Virginia, the postelection ignited a distinctly UVA form of protest: an outbreak of remarkably civil discourse about Thomas Jefferson.

Spring 2017

News Briefs

News Briefs

Julian Bond and Marcus Martin honored with named professorships; Tom Walls named director of the Sorensen Institute.

Spring 2017

National Treasure

National Treasure

UVA poet and National Book Award finalist Rita Dove shares stories of her family, writing career and teaching at UVA.

Winter 2016

Person to Person

Person to Person

The Mead Money program encourages faculty to form strong bonds with students outside the classroom by paying for their lunch.

Winter 2016

Hire Ed

Hire Ed

As up to 30 percent of UVA faculty prepare for retirement, the University prepares new hiring methods to fill the vacancies.

Winter 2016

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Many readers sent in feedback to the summer cover story “Modern Honor.” A selection of letter excerpts appear, along with a letter from the Editor on the Honor System piece.

Fall 2016

Good Science

Good Science

In a series of experiments in a lab on Grounds in 1977, pharmacology professor Alfred G. Gilman made a breakthrough that won him a Nobel Prize.

Summer 2016

Those Who Can, Teach

Those Who Can, Teach

Economics professor Ken Elzinga has taught more than 40,000 UVA students. But before he found his calling as a teacher, he considered another career path.

Spring 2016

Organized Time

Organized Time

Busy-ness seems to be an epidemic. We asked several UVA students, professionals and alumni how they manage their time. Here are their answers.

February 12, 2016

New and Noteworthy

New and Noteworthy

Six new books from UVA alumni and faculty.

Winter 2015

In the Name of God

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

News from Around Grounds

News from Around Grounds

The Rotunda gets new clocks, a longtime CBS correspondent returns to Grounds, UVA launches a new entrepreneurship, and more recent news from around Grounds.

Winter 2015

Ghost World

Ghost World

How UVA academics interpret the supernatural—spirits, visions, the undead and more—in their respective fields.

October 8, 2015

The Sounds of the City

The Sounds of the City

Architecture professor Karen Van Lengen launches a virtual library of New York City sounds.

Summer 2015