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Renovating the name, too

Renovating the name, too

Now that the humanities library has reopened after its $161 million renovation, one question remains: What will it be called?

Spring 2024

Let there be Lit

Let there be Lit

After four years and $161 million of construction, the library renovation is complete

Spring 2024

What was your favorite outdoor activity at UVA?

What was your favorite outdoor activity at UVA?

As temperatures start to rise across the country, we asked alumni to remember their favorite ways to spend time outside at UVA.

Spring 2024

Constitutional Crossfire

Constitutional Crossfire

Rosenberger was a victory for the equal access line, and one of a series of wins for religious speech and exercise in recent decades.

Spring 2024

From the Editor: It’s beautiful. What shall we call it?

From the Editor: It’s beautiful. What shall we call it?

What will the University call the renovated Alderman Library library? As of press time, we don’t know.

Spring 2024

Fruitful Find Within the Walls of Pavilion X

Fruitful Find Within the Walls of Pavilion X

A 2012 renovation reveals a 19th century recipe and other mysteries.

Winter 2023

What is your most enduring memory of Alderman Library?

What is your most enduring memory of Alderman Library?

As Alderman Library prepares to reopen after a complete renovation, UVA alumni look back at their time studying—or not studying—among the Stacks.

Winter 2023

Distant Replay

Distant Replay

The debate centered on issues that still resonate: the role of athletics at a university, the growing commercialization of college sports, and the balancing act involved in competing at the highest level without compromising academic standards

Winter 2023

Getting Inside Cavman's Head

Getting Inside Cavman’s Head

Beneath that macho exterior beat some very big hearts, surrounded in buckets of sweat

Fall 2023

Who was your favorite professor at UVA?

Who was your favorite professor at UVA?

With the start of a new academic year, we wanted to know about your favorite instructors—and what made them so special.

Fall 2023

Let there be Wi-Fi

Let there be Wi-Fi

How UVA tech leaders built a wireless infrastructure across Grounds

Fall 2023

5 books to transport you back to Grounds

5 books to transport you back to Grounds

Works of fiction set at UVA or in Charlottesville, from a classic detective story to a modern romantic comedy

Fall 2023

Vox Alumni: Meet Gen V

Vox Alumni: Meet Gen V

They attended college amid the tumult of our times, the triumphs and the tragedies, the basketball victory and the virus. Meet the rising generation of Virginia alumni.

Fall 2023

Karsh Institute Design Moves Forward

Karsh Institute Design Moves Forward

The Karsh Institute of Democracy's new home will be a four-story, 65,000-square-foot building designed to evoke images of the Rotunda.

Fall 2023

Opening Soon

Opening Soon

Here’s a look at what structures are popping up around Grounds.

Summer 2023

From the Grounds Up

From the Grounds Up

Construction crews are in high gear on Grounds, but the construction of UVA has been a centuries-long process. Here’s a look at the history of buildings across Grounds.

Summer 2023

Grounds Keepers

Grounds Keepers

Meet the gardeners, arborists and landscape architects working behind the scenes to maintain UVA’s sprawling Grounds

Summer 2023

Archi-texts: A book tour of Grounds

Archi-texts: A book tour of Grounds

Here are some books about UVA architecture by architects, historians and professors that show Thomas Jefferson’s vision and how it has continued to inform the architecture of Grounds.

Summer 2023

What do you miss most about your time at UVA?

What do you miss most about your time at UVA?

Spanning all generations, most submissions—including many here—spoke of the time spent with friends. Suffice it to say: You’re missed.

Summer 2023

New Honor Code restores expulsion

New Honor Code restores expulsion

Students overwhelmingly vote in multiple sanctions among 27 reforms

Summer 2023

Holland showed us—and the world—what UVA could be

Holland showed us—and the world—what UVA could be

Terry Holland, who coached UVA basketball for 16 years and later served as athletics director, was known for being fiercely competitive and demanding—but also flexible and adaptive.

Summer 2023

UVA traditions in the making

UVA traditions in the making

From Black Alumni Weekend to the Lighting of the Lawn, these events and activities have become community traditions in recent decades.

Spring 2023

What is the most spectacularly foolish thing you did on Grounds?

What is the most spectacularly foolish thing you did on Grounds?

From riding on chalkboards to kidnapping a kangaroo, alumni share stories of their less-than-stellar judgment calls.

Spring 2023

Through Roseberry’s lens

Through Roseberry’s lens

Remembering the legacy of photographer Ed Roseberry, who spent decades documenting life at UVA and in Charlottesville

Spring 2023