Topic: Academics
For the Record
Winter 2012
Comforting the Sick
Rev. Mildred M. Best has recently been appointed to director of the chaplaincy department at UVA Medical Center. The promotion means really one thing to her: Hard work pays off.
Winter 2012
Over the River and Through the Woods
Students and faculty plan a Thanksgiving dinner using only ingredients from within 100 miles of Charlottesville.
November 16, 2012
Monster Mash
UVA students construct life-sized moving monsters with the help of Hollywood special-effects artists.
October 16, 2012
Along Came A Spider
A UVA doctor is testing a safer antivenom for black widow spider bites.
October 16, 2012
Personal Perspectives
A collection of op-eds from those involved in the leadership crisis and from those who closely observed it
Fall 2012
Letters to the Editor
Fall 2012
Fresh Ideas
Graduate students teach, assist faculty and conduct research, but often their achievements go unsung. Meet three UVA grad students and learn about their discoveries.
Fall 2012
In Pictures
Fall 2012
Dollars and Cents
Fall 2012
Extreme Science
Scientists think they have finally discovered the elusive Higgs boson, which may be the biggest breakthrough since the theory of relativity.
August 21, 2012
Signs of the Time
Fall 2012
What You Said
A synopsis of the nearly 6,500 alumni comments we received in response to Sullivan's resignation.
July 17, 2012
Do You Know Your Columns?
Summer 2012
Taking Stock of Summer
Summer 2012
The Marriage Crisis
UVA researchers explore the ways that marriage has changed and look toward the future of the institution.
Summer 2012
The Evolution of Depression
A UVA psychiatrist believes that depression is a biological adaption and must have an upside.
Summer 2012
Life During Wartime
New blog documents the Civil War in letters, day by day, exactly 150 years later.
Summer 2012
Borges in Charlottesville
How the work of a Latin-American literary giant found a home at UVA.
Summer 2012
Late Architecture Professor’s Deep Roots
Summer 2012
Brain Power
Summer 2012
Can Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment Prevent Crime?
Why UVA students are teaching Russian literature at a juvenile correctional center
May 15, 2012
Lady Gaga Recruits UVA Bullying Expert
Lady Gaga's lofty goal and a Foundation stacked with experts well-suited to help achieve it.
May 15, 2012
What Can the New Frog in Town Tell Us About Our Eyes?
A biology student explains a UVA professor's new experimental animal
May 15, 2012