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How to Write Your Way into UVA

How to Write Your Way into UVA

How to write an admission essay so good that UVA’s deans can’t wait to meet you.

July 15, 2019

A Good Example of Great

A Good Example of Great

President James E. Ryan (Law class of '92) shares how he hopes UVA can be an example of excellence paired with purpose.

Summer 2019

Scaling Up

Scaling Up

A law school climb to Everest base camp could set a new baseline in global learning.

Summer 2019

UVA boosts minimum wage to $15 per hour

UVA boosts minimum wage to $15 per hour

The raise should better reflect the cost of living.

Summer 2019

UVA announces new Batten School dean

UVA announces new Batten School dean

Ian H. Solomon brings more than 20 years of experience at the local, national and international levels.

Summer 2019

New diversity chief comes from Mizzou

New diversity chief comes from Mizzou

Kevin G. McDonald takes over as UVA’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion on Aug. 1.

Summer 2019

BOV approves upper-division tuition rate for College, rescinds tuition increase for next year

BOV approves upper-division tuition rate for College, rescinds tuition increase for next year

The executive committee voted in April to maintain current in-state undergraduate tuition, but changes are on the horizon.

Summer 2019

A New Corner for UVA

A New Corner for UVA

Ambitious plans to remake Emmet/Ivy area start with a hotel and conference center.

Summer 2019

First-Gens First

First-Gens First

Why UVA is putting new focus on students whose parents never went to college.

Spring 2019

A New-School Approach to Data Science

A New-School Approach to Data Science

President James E. Ryan (Law class of '92) shares the vision for the new School of Data Science.

Spring 2019

Tuition Changes

Tuition Changes

Attendance costs shift for UVA and UVA at Wise.

Spring 2019

New Operating Chief Starts

New Operating Chief Starts

UVA’s new chief operating officer, Jennifer “J.J.” Wagner Davis, gets going

Spring 2019

Nursing Dean Steps Down

Nursing Dean Steps Down

Dean Dorrie Fontaine prepares to retire in July.

Spring 2019

Planting the Seed for UVA’s Next School

Planting the Seed for UVA’s Next School

A Jefferson Trust grant sprouted into the new School of Data Science

Spring 2019

News Briefs

News Briefs

Winter 2018

200 and Growing

200 and Growing

Take an overhead look at UVA then and now, and explore the features of the Bicentennial issue.

Winter 2018

An Unflinching Report

An Unflinching Report

The President's Commission on Slavery and the University releases its final report and recommends further action after 5 years of research.

Winter 2018

Ex-President O’Neil Promoted Diversity, Free Speech

Ex-President O’Neil Promoted Diversity, Free Speech

Remembering the University's sixth president.

Winter 2018

A Hat Tip to UVA

A Hat Tip to UVA

Other schools’ alumni love their alma maters too. But it’s just not the same. Here’s why.

Winter 2018

Hero or Villain, Both and Neither

Hero or Villain, Both and Neither

A Pulitzer historian assesses what we are to make of UVA’s founder, 200 years hence.

Winter 2018

The Class of the Classroom

The Class of the Classroom

At a University that raises teaching to an art form, we applaud some of the virtuosos.

Winter 2018

From the Editor

From the Editor

Editor S. Richard Gard Jr. provides a preview of the magazine’s Winter offerings.

Winter 2018

Shaping the Future Together

Shaping the Future Together

President James E. Ryan shares his vision for the University, informed by UVA alumni and community members.

Winter 2018

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Readers share their thoughts on past issues.

Winter 2018

What Lies Ahead for Higher Ed

What Lies Ahead for Higher Ed

UVA has clear advantages entering its next century. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy.

Winter 2018