Topic: Academics
Most Checked Out Classic Movies from Clemons Library
April 22, 2009
In Pursuit of Happiness
How would you reply if a psychologist asked how satisfied you were with your life? A trio of UVA professors delve into what makes us happy.
Spring 2009
Into the Wild
A passion for the outdoors inspires the lives of many alumni. Some explore it, some guide others through it, some teach about it and others work to protect it.
Spring 2009
Shedding Light on a Shadowy Figure
Who was Edgar Allan Poe? An upcoming exhibition explores the author’s life and dispels many of the lurid myths about the American man of letters educated at UVA.
Spring 2009
Remembering Two University Icons
Spring 2009
Poet Laureate of the Twilight
Charles Wright has been extolled as one of the best poets of his generation, a quintessential Southerner and a philosopher-poet.
Spring 2009
Deciphering Our Lady of the Lily
Spring 2009
Here and Now
Susan Stone believes that the quality of your life depends on where you focus your attention.
Spring 2009
December 2008 E-newsletter: University News
December 16, 2008
Material World
December 16, 2008
Fuel for Thought
Winter 2008
Breaking the Law and Battling Demons
Winter 2008
Miniature Literature
The Miniature Book Society defines a miniature book as any book less than three inches on each side. Historically, such tiny books served a purpose.
Winter 2008
Elephant Speak
The Dec. 26, 2004, earthquake resulted in a human death toll of a quarter million people, but few animals perished. Drawing on his pioneering research about elephant behavior, Michael Garstang, an emeritus professor of environmental sciences at UVA, is on the hunt to find out why.
Winter 2008
The Power of Normal
All UVA students are heavy drinkers, right? Wrong. The National Social Norms Institute at UVA addresses common misperceptions.
Winter 2008
News Briefs
Winter 2008
Bookmarked: A Sampler of UVA Blogs
Winter 2008
1825–1939: The Anatomical Theatre
Thomas Jefferson designed the Anatomical Theatre in 1825.
Fall 2008
Tomorrow Takes Shape
President Casteen discusses new deans and other administrators joining the University in 2008.
Fall 2008
Required Reading: Marcia Day Childress
Fall 2008
A Long Paper Trail
A 40-year effort by UVA to acquire the papers of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer finally met with success in June.
Fall 2008
R&D In Brief
Hillary Bart-Smith works on an autonomous undersea vehicle based on manta rays, Laura Galloway analyzes the maternal effect in plants and more.
Fall 2008
Post-Combat Care
UVA plastic surgeon Adam Katz finds new applications for a fat grafting procedure.
Fall 2008
The Power of Rice
In villages throughout India, huge piles of rice husks—a byproduct of rice milling—sit slowly rotting. Proving the old adage that one man’s trash is another’s treasure, two Darden students have started a business that uses these discarded but plentiful rice husks as fuel for two generators that are providing power to about 10,000 rural Indians.
Fall 2008