Topic: Academics
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
Galactic Bones
Catherine Zucker (Col class of '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
Arts Briefs
News from the Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra and Charlottesville's newest comics and art shop.
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