Topic: Faculty
It’s Not Easy Being Dean
The role comes with a giant set of responsibilities. Here’s a look at some of UVA’s famous (and infamous) deans of the past.
Winter 2022
Hadley’s New Handle: Dean of Students
Student Affairs Vice President Robyn S. Hadley has merged the dean’s office with her own, giving her a new compound title and an expanded set of responsibilities.
Winter 2022
UVA welcomes two new deans to Grounds
With plans to confront climate change and boost community engagement, two Virginia natives are leading UVA schools.
Winter 2022
After four decades of helping students achieve, Apprey to retire
Dean Maurice Apprey leaves a legacy at the Office of African American Affairs and the medical school.
Summer/Fall 2022
When Student Activist Sabato Dug in for Clemons
The grassroots campaign that convinced the General Assembly to fund a badly-needed new library.
Fall 2021
Making the most of a COVID situation
In a hard year, some UVA notables found comfort and escape in books, music, movies and the woods. Here are the good things that have helped them through.
Spring 2021
Comm School welcomes new dean
Nicole Thorne Jenkins comes to UVA from the University of Kentucky.
Fall 2020
Beloved professor Henry Abraham dies at 98
The Supreme Court scholar lived a full life with a “perpetual twinkle in his eye.”
Summer 2020
One professor put UVA in the race for the A-bomb, or at least he tried
In the race for the A-bomb, Jesse Beams, UVA’s resident centrifuge expert, may have promised more than he could deliver.
Spring 2020
Center for Politics appoints first resident scholars
A columnist and a former congresswoman will bring varying perspectives to the center.
Spring 2020
Poets Dove, Dargan take home big honors
Rita Dove and one of her former students demonstrate the dominance of the Creative Writing program.
Winter 2019
Longtime Comm School dean Zeithaml steps down
After 23 years at the helm, Carl P. Zeithaml will continue as a strategic management professor.
Fall 2019
UVA announces new Batten School dean
Ian H. Solomon brings more than 20 years of experience at the local, national and international levels.
Summer 2019
The Class of the Classroom
At a University that raises teaching to an art form, we applaud some of the virtuosos.
Winter 2018
When Speech Meets Hate
The First Amendment was a major player in the events of August 11/12. A UVA legal expert shows how, and also asks some whys.
Winter 2017
Negotiating for a Grade
Professor Lucien Bass (Engr ’63, Darden ’65) teaches students the art of negotiation.
Winter 2017
Practical Magic
The physics class, created by professor Louis Bloomfield in 1991, is a big hit with nonscience majors.
Fall 2017
Media Player
Why I happily traded 7 million viewers for 20 undergraduates in a classroom. A report from our correspondent on the frontlines.
Fall 2017
Faulkner, Revisited
A new exhibit, located in the main gallery of UVA’s Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library, marks the 60th anniversary of William Faulkner’s arrival on Grounds.
Summer 2017
News Briefs
Virginia’s Curry School of Education climbs in the rankings; a new student center opens on the Corner; and a Grammy Award-winning producer visits Grounds.
Summer 2017
Unquoting Jefferson
At the University of Virginia, the postelection ignited a distinctly UVA form of protest: an outbreak of remarkably civil discourse about Thomas Jefferson.
Spring 2017
News Briefs
Julian Bond and Marcus Martin honored with named professorships; Tom Walls named director of the Sorensen Institute.
Spring 2017
National Treasure
UVA poet and National Book Award finalist Rita Dove shares stories of her family, writing career and teaching at UVA.
Winter 2016