You Deserve a Break Today!
Explore 20th-century advertising with BackStory’s Brian Balogh
Take a look into the past, with commentary on select ads provided by UVA history professor and BackStory co-host Brian Balogh.
Brain Freeze
A UVA neurologist explains why ice cream can make us (literally) scream
What exactly is brain freeze and how can we avoid it? A UVA neurologist explains why ice cream can make us (literally) scream.
Make It Like Monticello
See a food historian make Jefferson's simple recipe for vanilla ice cream
Here's how to make a modern version of the vanilla ice cream Jefferson had served at Monticello.
Make It Like Monticello
See a food historian make Jefferson's simple recipe for vanilla ice cream
Here's how to make a modern version of the vanilla ice cream Jefferson had served at Monticello
The Straight Scoop
Busting the myth that Thomas Jefferson brought ice cream to the United States
Thomas Jefferson didn’t bring ice cream to the United States, but he was the first American known to write down the recipe.
Inside UVA’s Ivy Stacks
Tracking the journey of a book across Grounds
How does a book get from the Ivy Stacks to you? Follow a book along its journey.
Follow That Book!
Tracking the journey of a book across Grounds
How does a book get from the Ivy Stacks to you? Follow a book along its journey.
Guilty Pleasure Reads
What UVA's literary set takes to the beach
Recommended beach reads from UVA's literati.
Raising Readers
Three things you can do to raise kids who read
Three things you can do to raise kids who read.
Space Mountain
A Tour of McCormick Observatory
UVA astronomy professor Ed Murphy gives a tour of McCormick Observatory, its history and its current purpose.
Galactic Bones
A UVA undergraduate’s research is helping to reveal the Milky Way’s “skeleton.”
McCormick Observatory Tour
Secrets of the Spring Skies
Ancient cultures relied on spring constellations to help them survive
In many cultures, from the Navajo to the Australian aborigines to the Aztec, stars not only represented glittering mythological stories, they also signaled the appropriate time to sow and to harvest, to celebrate or hunt.
Galactic Bones
A UVA undergraduate’s research is helping to reveal the Milky Way’s “skeleton.”
Catherine Zucker (Col '15) conducts research that is helping to reveal the Milky Way’s “skeleton.”
The Shocking Truth
A UVA study finds people would rather be shocked than be alone with their thoughts
UVA psychology professor Timothy D. Wilson conducted a study that found that people would rather be shocked than be alone with their thoughts.
Love Among the Equations
Two UVA economics professors find proof of love (or, quantifiable evidence of caring) in their research.
Monticello Redux
An 100-year-old Jefferson aficionado builds a Monticello replica in Connecticut
A centenarian in Somers, Connecticut, has built a replica of Monticello next to his own estate.
The Doctor Will Hear You Now
Alumnus Kenneth Warren teaches digital storytelling to physicians
Kenneth Warren (Educ ’04, ’11) teaches digital storytelling to doctors who wish to become more reflective and think more creatively.
Telling Stories, Digitally
Bethany Nowviskie, director of digital research & scholarship at the UVA library and director of the Scholars' Lab, discusses digital storytelling and what the online age has meant for the humanities.
Podcast People
Alumna Lulu Miller is the cohost of NPR’s new show Invisibilia
Alumna Lulu Miller (Grad '13) and Alix Spiegel have created a new National Public Radio show with a focus on how invisible forces influence human behavior.
We Come from Old Virginia
Faculty members look back on their years at UVA and give advice for the future
Eight longstanding faculty members look back on their years at the University.
Do the Robot
You may encounter dancing robots in the lab of engineering professor Amy LaViers, who studies human movement to improve robotic applications.
The Robots Are Coming for Your Job
Experts predict robots could replace close to two-thirds of American jobs in the next 25 years. Darden professor Edward Hess tells us how to outsmart them.
Big changes are coming with artificial intelligence. Darden School of Business professor Edward D. Hess tells us how to get ready.
Look Ma, No Batteries
A UVA professor and his team of students are powering the Internet of Things
By combining the capabilities of the Internet, an expanding wireless network and ever-shrinking electronic devices, the Internet of Things is connecting devices and people in ways that could change our lives.
Do the Robot
You may encounter dancing robots in the lab of engineering professor Amy LaViers, who studies human movement to improve robotic applications.
In her lab in UVA’s Olsson Hall, Amy LaViers, assistant professor in systems and information engineering, can make robots dance.
