Topic: The University
Dean of Students Allen Groves leaves legacy of enthusiasm, compassion
After touching the lives of tens of thousands of students over more than a decade, Groves left in June for a new adventure.
Fall 2021
Dean Pianta steps down from School of Education
Robert Pianta has led the school for 14 years and will go on sabbatical at the end of the year.
August 2, 2021
New Faces at the Helm
With plans to extend UVA’s reach beyond Grounds, new deans are leading three UVA schools.
Fall 2021
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.
Fall 2021
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.
Summer 2021
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.
Summer 2021
Classes of 2020, 2021 to walk the Lawn in May
Final Exercises return to the Lawn—with some caveats.
Summer 2021
UVA taps new VP Student Affairs
Hadley, a Tar Heel and Rhodes Scholar, leaves Wash U. to succeed Lampkin.
Summer 2021
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.
Summer 2021
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.
Spring 2021
From President Ryan: Starting the dialogue
President James E. Ryan introduces a new series, Democracy Dialogues.
Spring 2021
Undergraduate application rates hit records
A few factors likely contributed to surging rates across all schools and from students of diverse backgrounds.
Spring 2021
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.
Spring 2021
From President Ryan: Covid’s test of strength
President Ryan shares how the challenging times of Covid are making the University stronger.
Winter 2020
UVA adds enrollment VP, recruits for other top posts
Stephen Farmer (Grad class of ’86) returns to Grounds in a new role as University seeks replacements for multiple spots.
Winter 2020
UVA pushes back spring start to Feb. 1
Second semester same as the first under updated COVID plan.
Winter 2020
UVA tightens Covid rules as cases rise
In-person classes continue amid early detection of dorm clusters.
September 30, 2020
BOV Blesses Racial Equity Plan
UVA’s board votes for more diversity, less Confederacy and new context for a Jefferson statue.
September 30, 2020
UVA set to open for in-person classes Sept. 8
University leadership addresses concerns, details data that went into decision-making.
August 31, 2020
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.
Fall 2020
It was about time: A timeline of women at UVA
Our timeline follows women’s 200-year journey for influence, an education and equality at UVA.
Fall 2020
Make way, gentlemen
Women talk about what it was like in those early years of coeducation at UVA.
Fall 2020
Not Without a Fight
Before granting women full admission to the College, UVA needed a little persuading—in the form of a federal lawsuit.
Fall 2020
From President Ryan: They blazed a trail and still show us the way
How the lessons of coeducation still matter today.
Fall 2020