Topic: Faculty
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 class of ’63, Darden class of ’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
Person to Person
The Mead Money program encourages faculty to form strong bonds with students outside the classroom by paying for their lunch.
Winter 2016
Hire Ed
As up to 30 percent of UVA faculty prepare for retirement, the University prepares new hiring methods to fill the vacancies.
Winter 2016
Letters to the Editor
Many readers sent in feedback to the summer cover story “Modern Honor.” A selection of letter excerpts appear, along with a letter from the Editor on the Honor System piece.
Fall 2016
Good Science
In a series of experiments in a lab on Grounds in 1977, pharmacology professor Alfred G. Gilman made a breakthrough that won him a Nobel Prize.
Summer 2016
Those Who Can, Teach
Economics professor Ken Elzinga has taught more than 40,000 UVA students. But before he found his calling as a teacher, he considered another career path.
Spring 2016
Organized Time
Busy-ness seems to be an epidemic. We asked several UVA students, professionals and alumni how they manage their time. Here are their answers.
February 12, 2016
In the Name of God
Jerry White and Peter Ochs see a world aflame with killing in the name of God, and they want to fight fire with fire—and with data.
Winter 2015
News from Around Grounds
The Rotunda gets new clocks, a longtime CBS correspondent returns to Grounds, UVA launches a new entrepreneurship, and more recent news from around Grounds.
Winter 2015
Ghost World
How UVA academics interpret the supernatural—spirits, visions, the undead and more—in their respective fields.
October 8, 2015
Fight or Flight
By analyzing dozens of bits of biographical data for 2,500 world leaders, Batten School Dean Allan C. Stam seeks to understand what makes leaders open to risk.
Fall 2015
The Sounds of the City
Architecture professor Karen Van Lengen launches a virtual library of New York City sounds.
Summer 2015
The Pioneer
Bernard Mayes had a long list of achievements before he even came to UVA But on Grounds, he is perhaps best remembered as a Cambridge gentleman in a tweed jacket who broke down barriers for gay students and colleagues alike.
Summer 2015
Stories Evil Tells
Professor Alon Confino offers his thoughts on how humans use stories to explain our history and justify our motivations for doing things—the good things and especially the bad ones.
Summer 2015
