Classes of 2020, 2021 to walk the Lawn in May
Final Exercises return to the Lawn—with some caveats.
Groovin’ on Grounds
Alumni share their favorite college-year bands
When we asked alumni about their favorite college-year bands, the answers ran the gamut. Here’s a selection.
Pep Banned
The pep band’s 30 years of scrambling on the edge
For 30 years, UVA’s scrambling Pep Band managed to stay one punchline ahead of the authorities.
The rise and fall of a J-School at UVA
Amid the fervor of the Great War, UVA rid itself of a journalism school, and the pacifist it rode in on.
A legacy on the court
1981 men's basketball team reflects 40 years on
Forty years ago, UVA’s basketball team rose to No. 1 for the first time, paving the way for the top-ranking teams of recent years.
Businesses grapple with new normal on the Corner
Shops on the Corner do their best to keep doing business amid the challenges of Covid.
The Stacks come crashing down
‘Hitting the Alderman Stacks’ used to be just a figure of speech. Here's a look inside the beginning of the 3-year renovation.
Emmet-Ivy corridor takes shape
Plans for the key connection between Central and North Grounds are moving forward.
How UVA is getting through fall
College life returns. Sort of.
BOV Blesses Racial Equity Plan
More diversity, less Confederacy
UVA’s board votes for more diversity, less Confederacy and new context for a Jefferson statue.
Game, set, Mary Slaughter
The ACC’s first woman varsity athlete played men’s tennis here
How one woman became the ACC’s first female varsity athlete—on the men’s tennis team.
It was about time: A timeline of women at UVA
A 200-year journey for influence, an education and equality
Our timeline follows women’s 200-year journey for influence, an education and equality at UVA.
How women found their place at Mr. Jefferson’s University
Women talk about what it was like in those early years of coeducation.
Not Without a Fight: The lawsuit that got UVA to coeducate
Before granting women full admission to the College, UVA needed a little persuading—in the form of a federal lawsuit.
New biography highlights Faulkner at UVA
Students treasured the writer’s time on Grounds—and so did he.
A Struggle for Equality: Women in the workplace at UVA
Before women came for college, they came for careers, often in support roles.
Meet the Class of 2021’s student organization leaders
From Honor chair to editor of the Cav Daily, these students are going out on top.
Education building renamed for Walter N. Ridley
The building will carry the name of the first African American to graduate from UVA.
UVA Delays In-Person Start
Added caution will keep undergrads away from dorms, classrooms for at least a couple weeks
Plans for a different kind of fall sharpen into focus as the semester approaches.
Where Were You When … ?
Alumni recall the exact moment history intersected with their time on Grounds
Across six decades, alumni recall the exact moment history intersected with their time on Grounds.
The surreal semester and what comes after
UVA confronts the coronavirus
From the spring quarantine to the fall quandary, how UVA is confronting the coronavirus.
The camera sees what we can’t
High-contrast infrared images by Charlottesville photographer Andrew Shurtleff show Grounds in a nearly dreamlike state.
Testing Grounds for indie greatness
The chaos and experimentation that prepped the stars of Pavement and Silver Jews for success
The story behind the mediocre band that prepped the stars of Pavement and Silver Jews for success.
UVA sets aggressive sustainability goals, even as it expands
University commits to shrinking its carbon footprint while expanding its physical one.
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.
