Topic: Student Life
Engineering Scholarship Expected to Expand Diversity
A new scholarship program hopes to attract more underrepresented groups to the E-school.
Winter 2017
College Curriculum Pilot Underway
A pilot program for a dramatically different undergraduate curriculum gets favorable early reviews.
Winter 2017
Uncompromising
President Teresa A. Sullivan reflects on UVA's student-athletes and discusses the future of UVA sports.
Winter 2017
A League of His Own
Former Virginia basketball star Roger Mason (Arch class of ’03) is teaming with Ice Cube in a new venture.
Fall 2017
Squash Goes Varsity
UVA becomes the first ACC school to offer squash at the varsity level.
Fall 2017
Sports Awards Roundup
Former basketball star Malcolm Brogdon (Col class of ’15, Batten class of ’16), former lacrosse standout Doug Knight (Col class of ’97) and current UVA women’s rowing coach Kevin Sauer all received accolades.
Fall 2017
N.C. Stater Dives in to Coach Swimming
The former N.C. State assistant helped lead the Wolfpack to its highest finishes last season.
Fall 2017
Griddle Me This
For decades, it cheered our hearts, warmed our blood and hardened our arteries. The origin story and afterlife of the Grillswith. And also the recipe.
Fall 2017
Welcome, Class of 2021
Nearly 90 percent of incoming first-years were in the top tenth of their graduating high school class. Check out the class by the numbers.
Fall 2017
UVA to Award Warmbier Posthumous Degree
UVA student Otto Warmbier (Com class of ’17), who died after spending 17 months in North Korean captivity, will receive a bachelor of arts degree in economics.
Fall 2017
Lights Out
No UVA team before or since has had consecutive undefeated seasons. Boxing went four years without a loss. Then it went away.
Summer 2017
Big Shoes
First-year Virginia coaches Lars Tiffany and Aaron Smith are coaching different sports but are facing a similar challenge.
Summer 2017
Boland Bounces
Virginia men’s tennis coach Brian Boland, one of the most successful coaches in the history of UVA athletics, is leaving.
Summer 2017
Such Great Heights
Former UVA basketball star Dawn Staley (Col class of ’92) coached the University of South Carolina to the NCAA championship in April.
Summer 2017
Galaxy Quest
Sandy Liss (Grad class of ’14, class of ’19), Sabrina Stierwalt and Chris Wiens’ (Col class of ’17) findings could give astronomers new data about how galaxies formed.
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
Four Questions for BOV student member Bryanna Miller
Bryanna Miller (Col class of ’18) discusses the challenges awaiting as she takes over as the new Board of Visitors student member.
Summer 2017
Streak Show
An update on a running University tradition, stripped to its bare essentials.
Spring 2017
Another Shot
After falling to last place in World Cup qualifying, the U.S. national soccer team reached out to former coach Bruce Arena for help. Arena was originally let go in 2006 after many successes.
Spring 2017
’Hoos in the NBA
Get to know some of the UVA athletes who trained with Coach Tony Bennett and went on to play professional basketball.
Spring 2017
Business, Anyone?
“Maximizing Leadership Potential in Sports and Business,” a unique seminar for second-year M.B.A. students, is co-taught by a Darden dean and a men’s tennis coach.
Spring 2017
Pop-Up Knowledge
Flash seminars are one-time discussion-based lectures, organized by students to engage their peers in discussion on a wide array of topics, from politics to philosophy to scientific findings.
Spring 2017