New Faces at the Helm
With plans to extend UVA’s reach beyond Grounds, new deans are leading three UVA schools
With plans to extend UVA’s reach beyond Grounds, new deans are leading three UVA schools.
UVA Takes Down a Statue, Takes Up Free Speech
A series of Board-approved actions seeks to reclaim the historic landscape and the higher ground on civil discourse
A series of Board-approved actions seeks to reclaim the historic landscape and the higher ground on civil discourse.
From President Ryan: Unsung heroes in an unprecedented year
President Ryan applauds the efforts of people in the UVA community who have contributed good things in a tough year.
BOV freezes base undergrad tuition, with some other increases
Despite pandemic-related financial losses for the University, tuition will not rise for the next academic year.
Classes of 2020, 2021 to walk the Lawn in May
Final Exercises return to the Lawn—with some caveats.
UVA taps new VP Student Affairs
Hadley, a Tar Heel and Rhodes Scholar, leaves Wash U. to succeed Lampkin.
Two commissions take on a complicated landscape
UVA appoints a new group to reassess names and memorials on Grounds and another to reaffirm free speech principles.
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.
From President Ryan: Starting the dialogue
President James E. Ryan introduces a new series, Democracy Dialogues.
Undergraduate application rates hit records
A few factors likely contributed to surging rates across all schools and from students of diverse backgrounds.
Spring semester rolls on
Students return for another unusual semester on Grounds, marked by limited group sizes and regular testing, even as in-person classes continue.
From President Ryan: Covid’s test of strength
President Ryan shares how the challenging times of Covid are making the University stronger.
UVA adds enrollment VP, recruits for other top posts
Stephen Farmer (Grad ’86) returns to Grounds in a new role as University seeks replacements for multiple spots.
UVA pushes back spring start to Feb. 1
Second semester same as the first under updated COVID plan
Second semester same as the first under updated COVID plan.
How UVA is getting through fall
College life returns. Sort of.
UVA tightens Covid rules as cases rise
In-person classes continue amid early detection of dorm clusters.
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.
UVA set to open for in-person classes Sept. 8
University leadership addresses concerns, details data that went into decision-making.
New task force prioritizes racial equity, and speed
UVA’s president gave a new racial equity action team a bold charge and a tight deadline.
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
How UVA granted women full admission sooner rather than basically never
Before granting women full admission to the College, UVA needed a little persuading—in the form of a federal lawsuit.
From President Ryan: They blazed a trail and still show us the way
How the lessons of coeducation still matter today.
Comm School welcomes new dean
Nicole Thorne Jenkins comes to UVA from the University of Kentucky.
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.
