Topic: Academics
To Catch a Thief
In the 1990s, Gilbert Bland Jr. stole rare maps from libraries across the country. This is the story of how a UVA investigator brought him to justice.
Spring 2016
Resident Life
For physicians in training at UVA’s School of Medicine, no two days are the same. Over many years and thousands of cases, they learn to be ready for anything.
Spring 2016
The Pause
A UVA trauma nurse discusses the origins and importance of “The Pause,” a ritual practice that honors both a patient’s life and medical workers’ efforts to save it.
Spring 2016
Human Computer
Caroyl Beddow Gooch's careful calculations of astronomical measurements helped McCormick Observatory become one of the world's top observatories in the mid-20th century.
Winter 2015
Building on a Foundation
President Sullivan discusses how the Cornerstone Plan creates a solid foundation for UVA's future.
Winter 2015
Objects May Be Closer than They Appear
Beauty is not the only thing in the eye of the beholder. Height. Distance. Effort. Cognitive psychologist Dennis Proffitt studies how we see the world around us.
Winter 2015
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
Print Shop
UVA has two of the most precise bioprinters in the nation. What can they do? How do they do it?
Winter 2015
The Engines
The men and women profiled here act as role models to co-workers and students. They're dedicated — no matter what. And each has worked behind the scenes for decades to help make UVA a safer, stronger place.
Winter 2015
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
How UVA academics interpret the supernatural—spirits, visions, the undead and more—in their respective fields.
October 8, 2015
Fight or Flight
By analyzing dozens of bits of biographical data for 2,500 world leaders, Batten School Dean Allan C. Stam seeks to understand what makes leaders open to risk.
Fall 2015
Tibetan Medicine Under the Microscope
Doctors at the UVA Medical Center are taking a closer look at whether traditional Tibetan healing techniques can help patient outcomes—and stand up to scientific scrutiny.
Fall 2015
Potential Breakthrough for Alzheimer’s and Autism
Neuroscientists at the University of Virginia have made one of the biggest scientific discoveries of 2015: The brain is connected to the immune system.
Fall 2015
UVA’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Wins Big
Each year, as part of the Law School’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, some of the best third-year students prepare and submit requests to the court to review lower-court rulings.
Fall 2015
Top 5 Schools by Percentage of Total Alumni
June 3, 2015
The Sounds of the City
Architecture professor Karen Van Lengen launches a virtual library of New York City sounds.
Summer 2015
More than a Museum
Through its various university and community programs, the Fralin Museum of Art curates a spirit of collaboration.
Summer 2015
The Pioneer
Bernard Mayes had a long list of achievements before he even came to UVA But on Grounds, he is perhaps best remembered as a Cambridge gentleman in a tweed jacket who broke down barriers for gay students and colleagues alike.
Summer 2015
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