Topic: Academics
Laying the Cornerstone
President Sullivan discusses how the Cornerstone Plan has begun to come alive at the University.
Summer 2015
Follow That Book!
How does a book get from the Ivy Stacks to you? Follow a book along its journey.
May 14, 2015
Secrets of the Spring Skies
In many cultures, from the Navajo to the Australian aborigines to the Aztec, stars not only represented glittering mythological stories, they also signaled the appropriate time to sow and to harvest, to celebrate or hunt.
April 13, 2015
Galactic Bones
Catherine Zucker (Col '15) conducts research that is helping to reveal the Milky Way’s “skeleton.”
April 13, 2015
Keeping UVA Safe
Making UVA safe will require partnership among faculty and staff, students, parents, police and community business leaders—as well as alumni.
Winter 2014
Room of Errors
The "room of errors" is a new training tool a UVA nursing professor uses to get everyone from interns to nurses to therapists thinking more about reducing medical errors.
Spring 2015
Sexual Assault and UVA
This timeline tracks national and legal developments related to sexual assaults on college campuses, recaps UVA’s responses to the Rolling Stone article and highlights what’s specifically being done at the University to help ensure student safety—both in recent years and going forward.
Spring 2015
Weird Is Wonderful
Darden professor Martin Davidson discusses "weirdness" and explains how weird people may be our greatest resource.
Spring 2015
A World of Change
To find out exactly how a changing climate affects us, UVA professors have undertaken studies that span the globe—from Virginia to the Arctic and beyond.
Spring 2015
Ordinary Genius
Twelve-year-old engineering student Henry Muhlbauer discusses his life on Grounds.
Spring 2015
UVA’s Leadership DNA
In the spirit of springtime revival, says Teresa Sullivan, we are moving forward in the new semester with great optimism about what we can accomplish together.
Spring 2015
Sadness Like Moonshine
Why has Breece D'J Pancake’s work seen a revival in recent years? Professor John Casey offers up a simple reason: “The stories are just so damn good.”
Spring 2015
News Briefs
Spring 2015
Two Thumbs Up
Connor Woodle was born without thumbs. A procedure performed by Dr. Bobby Chhabra at the UVA Hand Center changed his life.
Spring 2015
Difference Maker: Lauranett Lee
Alumna searches for references to enslaved people to add them to “Unknown No Longer,” a public database of enslaved Virginians who appear in inventories, bills of sale, wills and other records.
Spring 2015
The Case for Compassionate Policing
UVA law professor Josh Bowers advocates for a shift in the ways police officers see people and people see police officers. We are all human, he says, and entitled to dignified treatment.
Spring 2015
The Shocking Truth
UVA psychology professor Timothy D. Wilson conducted a study that found that people would rather be shocked than be alone with their thoughts.
February 24, 2015
Love Among the Equations
Two UVA economics professors find proof of love (or, quantifiable evidence of caring) in their research.
February 20, 2015
Telling Stories, Digitally
Bethany Nowviskie, director of digital research & scholarship at the UVA library and director of the Scholars' Lab, discusses digital storytelling and what the online age has meant for the humanities.
January 19, 2015
Podcast People
Alumna Lulu Miller (Grad '13) and Alix Spiegel have created a new National Public Radio show with a focus on how invisible forces influence human behavior.
January 19, 2015
The Facts of the Matter
More than 25 years after publishing Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, E.D. Hirsch is seeing the teaching philosophies he's championed for becoming a basis for curriculum changes across America.
Winter 2014
Smart Money
Professor Richard Netemeyer talks about the how and why of financial education, and offers a few tips to help with everyday financial matters.
Winter 2014
Better, Stronger, Faster
UVA’s SPEED Clinic uses high-tech wizardry to help weekend warriors develop a better gait.
Winter 2014
Book Traces
UVA English professor Andrew Stauffer is on a national mission to encourage readers to take a closer look at what's scribbled in the margins of books.
Winter 2014