Topic: Alumni
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
When Mem Rocked
Built in 1924 as a World War I memorial, Memorial Gym served as a multipurpose arena, hosting everything from wrestling matches to social dances.
Spring 2015
Ordinary Genius
Twelve-year-old engineering student Henry Muhlbauer discusses his life on Grounds.
Spring 2015
Arts Briefs
News from the Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra and Charlottesville's newest comics and art shop.
Spring 2015
Bestsellers at the UVA Bookstore
See which titles are flying off the shelves at the UVA Bookstore
Spring 2015
The Faces of Ebola
Alumna and journalist Carielle Doe has been documenting the Ebola outbreak and its aftermath in Liberia.
Spring 2015
Connecting the Dots
Nelson Saiers wants to use his art—and math— to build awareness around issues he observed firsthand growing up in war-torn regions of the world.
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
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