Topic: Alumni
Charlottesville Women’s Four Miler
When Cali and Blaise Gaston were both diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2015, they underwent treatment at UVA and found extraordinary support in the Charlottesville Women's Four Miler race community.
Winter 2015
Presidential Treatment
After studying at perhaps the most architecturally famous school in America, a number of UVA graduates have gone on to work at presidential places and end up preserving more than just buildings.
Fall 2015
Imagination Without Limits
Alumna Fri Forjindam imagines the fantastic, then brings it to life at amusement parks.
Fall 2015
World Class
Former UVA women's soccer players Morgan Brian and Becky Sauerbrunn reunite with former coach Steve Swanson and bring home the World Cup.
Fall 2015
Difference Maker: Micaela Connery (Col class of ’09)
Alumna Micaela Connery had an idea in high school to offer a theater program open to kids of all abilities, including those with special needs.
Fall 2015
Look Closer
Annie Rorem (Batten class of ’13) conducts research on education and labor force participation with a particular interest in gender.
Fall 2015
Going the Distance
The 2014 Gallup-Purdue Index measures the long-term success of college graduates along three axes—and shows that UVA alumni come out ahead of their peers on each.
Fall 2015
You Deserve a Break Today!
Take a look into the past, with commentary on select ads provided by UVA history professor and BackStory co-host Brian Balogh.
August 14, 2015
Top 5 Schools by Percentage of Total Alumni
June 3, 2015
Top 5 States with the Most UVA Alumni
June 3, 2015
Arts in Brief
An award-winning filmmaker gives a master class on Grounds; an alumnus finds his niche in comedy.
Summer 2015
Black Alumni Weekend
Over the second weekend in april, more than 1,800 people—including nearly 1,200 alumni—attended Black Alumni Weekend on Grounds.
Summer 2015
“A Journalistic Failure”
An outline of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism report on the Rolling Stone article “A Rape on Campus.”
Summer 2015
Sleuthing Sudden Death
Eric Topol (Col class of ’75), director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, is helping untangle the mystery of sudden, unexplained death.
Summer 2015
Pass It On
The Virginia Alumni Mentoring program matches students who are interested in a certain profession with graduates who are established in that field.
Summer 2015
The Force Is with Her
New York Times best-selling author Christie Golden has written dozens of novels, many based on licensed properties, including Star Wars and Star Trek, and created fantasy fiction's first elven vampire.
Summer 2015
Difference Maker: Rob Marsh
Since leaving a career in the U.S. Army, Rob Marsh (Col class of '78) has devoted his life to serving as a country doctor in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.
Summer 2015
Crisis in the Congo
James Bell's (Arch class of '80) new book, Crisis in the Congo, takes place in a 20-month period between November 1959 and September 1961, when the Republic of Congo gained its independence from Belgium, a time of great upheaval and uncertainty.
April 7, 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
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
