Topic: Academics
Serious Cinema
At the Virginia Film Festival, the main star is the art of filmmaking itself.
Fall 2013
Solar Solutions Take the Prize
UVA engineering team wins international competition with solar-powered wheelchair.
Fall 2013
Better Than Space Camp
Environmental sciences grad student Adrianna Foster spends her summer break at NASA.
Fall 2013
And That’s the Way It Was
Professor Bruce Williams examines the decline of broadcast news.
Fall 2013
Flight of the Cicadas
Professor Haibo Dong studies the flight dynamics of an ancient bug to gain insight on robotic flyers.
July 17, 2013
Medicine for the Soul
Photo Essay: Chaplains provide another dimension of care at the UVA Hospital.
Summer 2013
Required Reading
Professor Rosalyn Berne discusses her new science fiction novel, "Waiting in the Silence."
Summer 2013
Lean on Me
The Young Women Leaders Program, which pairs middle school girls with college women mentors, goes global.
Summer 2013
R&D Briefs
Researchers at UVA test out a handheld ultrasound device, a scalpel-free brain surgery method and a cancer-fighting protein.
Summer 2013
Changing the World, One Project at a Time
President Sullivan discusses some of the exciting research projects undergraduate students will take on this summer.
Summer 2013
Born Digital
What if an author donates a collection of work on a floppy disk? Or a hard drive that only runs Frogger and WordPerfect?
Summer 2013
Top 5 Majors
April 12, 2013
Memories of the University During the 1950s
March 22, 2013
Remaking the University
Spring 2013
Rethinking the Way We Learn
Professor Daniel Willingham knows why students don't like school— it's all in how the brain works.
Spring 2013
Required Reading
Christopher Sprigman discusses "The Knockoff Economy" and what he reads for inspiration.
Spring 2013
The Quality of Souls
Alumna Audrey Davidow Lapidus writes about how a rare genetic syndrome has shaped her son's life as well as her own.
Spring 2013
Make It Stick
Physics professor Lou Bloomfield sets out to fix a wobbly table and discovers a substance that might do much more.
Spring 2013
Bookmarked: Notes from Under Grounds
A new blog from Special Collections highlights some of the library's 16 million objects.
Spring 2013
Head of the Class
Hilary Hurd (Col class of '13) and Joseph Riley (Col class of '13) have received two of the nation's highest academic honors.
Spring 2013
Understanding the SACSCOC Warning
In December, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges placed UVA on warning for one year. Here is an explanation of what that means for the University.
Spring 2013
Value Propositions
The University's reputation as one of the best values among public institutions has received a slight uptick with the recent release of two lists measuring value.
Spring 2013
Making Sense Out of Cents
Alumnus John Howard shares some of the lessons he learned about life and money while at the University.
December 10, 2012