


Letters to the Editor

Planning Your “Bonus Years”
Wherever you are on your career path, you have the opportunity to begin planning for a “retirement career” that will become the ultimate goal and capstone of your work life.

Another Helping
A business plan for the University's leftovers

Jolly Good Fellow
Wooing top grad students

Happy Campers
Top 100 Camp could boost basketball program

Foul Ball?
Law professor Ted White sees trouble ahead for baseball

Running on Respect
UVA's Sorensen Institute wants to clean up politics
In an era in which mudslinging has become a science, UVA offers a voice in the wilderness, calling for civility.

Who to Watch this Spring

Coal Miners’ (Favorite) Son
Jones establishes scholarship fund for Southwest Virginians

Reigning Monarch
Boucek lands WNBA coaching job

R&D in Brief

Know Your Lines
Getting into character
Go behind the scenes of the drama department's production of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man, where students learn about collaboration and taking risks.

Heartfelt Gesture
Lacrosse alum’s loss is charity’s gain
A UVA grad and professional lacrosse player turns a losing season into a chance to do good.

Almost All Air
The remarkable properties of aerogels
UVA scientists led by Professor Pamela M. Norris research aerogels, solids that are 98 percent air.
R&D In Brief
Naming Evil
Professor Jennifer Geddes analyzes the use of the word "evil" in a forthcoming book.

Eight Straight … and Counting
Men’s swimming aims to keep ACC title streak alive

World Class
UVA trio helps U.S. rugby to fifth-place World Cup finish
Snap Judgments
Psychological test reveals hidden bias
The Implicit Association Test, developed by a team including UVA psychology professor Brian Nosek, shows the influence of unconscious attitudes on behavior.

Tight Quarters
A glimpse of student housing, 19th-century style
A brief look at rules and regulations concerning student life in 1847.

Dorm Chic
The abode away from home
Current students talk about the money and effort involved in making a dorm room a personalized space.

Reflections of a Survivor
Movie conjures warm—and wrenching—memories for Mary Jane Tolley
We Are Marshall, based on a 1960 plane crash that claimed the lives of Marshall University's football team, brings many emotions to the surface again for Mary Jane Tolley (Educ '66), whose husband, Rick Tolley (Educ '64), was the team's head football coach.

Homecoming
