Topic: Academics
North of Eden
Old vs. new, UVA past vs. UVA future: North Grounds gives a nod to Jeffersonian design, but at a distance.
Summer 2017
Next Chapter
The quiet spaces inside UVA’s 14 libraries take on new relevance in the digital age.
Summer 2017
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
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
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
Sensors & Sensibility
At what point do wearable health sensors dehumanize patients? Learn about the abilities and limitations of these advanced detection methods through the eyes of science and sociology.
Spring 2017
Health System Pushes into Northern Virginia
The $112 million partnership with Inova health systems will introduce a medical school campus in Fairfax County that features a state-of-the-art human genomics program.
Spring 2017
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
The Mead Money program encourages faculty to form strong bonds with students outside the classroom by paying for their lunch.
Winter 2016
An immune system molecule makes you more social. Wait, what?
Current UVA Medical School research on mice may lead to a greater understanding of how immune cells affect the brain.
Winter 2016
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
UVA in the Rankings
See where UVA ranks among the top colleges and universities in the country, according to US News & World Report, Business Insider, Princeton Review and The Economist.
Winter 2016
Jordan Hall Renamed for Alumna Pinn
Dr. Vivian Pinn was the only female and minority member in the UVA School of Medicine’s Class of 1967.
Winter 2016
Fixer of Books
Eliza Gilligan’s job is to keep the University’s vast treasure trove of scholarly materials “usable, movable, durable [and] functional” for future students and researchers.
Fall 2016
The Defense Rests
James Hingeley, UVA Law School alum, retired this August after 25 years in public service. Here’s why he turned aside from his many opportunities at major NYC law firms.
Fall 2016
What Can Voles Tell Us About Ourselves?
Behavioral epigenetics is the study of how emotional trauma can affect the genes passed down to the next generation, and the study of prairie voles can shed some light on this phenomenon in humans.
Fall 2016
Change of Course
Next year’s entering class will be piloting the new curriculum design, the first major change at UVA in over 40 years. Here’s the breakdown of what to expect.
Fall 2016
UVA Establishes Brain Institute
The University is taking another step toward a better understanding of the brain through its newest initiative: the UVA Brain Institute. Here’s what they hope to accomplish through cross-Grounds collaboration in the field of neuroscience.
Fall 2016
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
Putting Heads Together
The newly-formed UVA Brain Institute aims to develop more effective treatments for brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, autism, epilepsy and traumatic brain injury.
Fall 2016
Time Capsule
Over the last 100 years, UVA engineering students have traded drafting tables and wood shops for modeling software, 3-D printers and flight simulators. See what the future holds for engineering on Grounds.
Summer 2016
Law Stars
UVA Law’s fingerprints are all over true-crime sensations Serial and Making a Murderer.
Summer 2016
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
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
Studio Space
Take a look inside the A-School’s changing, bustling collaborative workspace, where students spend many hours eating, breathing and (sometimes) sleeping architecture.
Spring 2016