Department: Features
The Engines
The men and women profiled here act as role models to co-workers and students. They're dedicated — no matter what. And each has worked behind the scenes for decades to help make UVA a safer, stronger place.
Winter 2015
First Things First
From the first building on Grounds to the first known female member of the Seven Society, this is our list of some premiere moments in UVA history.
Fall 2015
Fight or Flight
By analyzing dozens of bits of biographical data for 2,500 world leaders, Batten School Dean Allan C. Stam seeks to understand what makes leaders open to risk.
Fall 2015
How to Save a Life
As students return to Charlottesville, UVA’s Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention is promoting a new effort called BASICS to curb binge drinking and is expanding its existing Hoos in Recovery program to support students in recovery for addiction.
Fall 2015
Presidential Treatment
After studying at perhaps the most architecturally famous school in America, a number of UVA graduates have gone on to work at presidential places and end up preserving more than just buildings.
Fall 2015
Charlottesville A to Z
A look beyond well-known favorites like Monticello and the Rotunda reveals some of the smaller, more unexpected things that make Charlottesville and the University so special.
Summer 2015
Secrets of the Stars
As part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the APOGEE project is giving us a clearer view of our dusty galaxy.
Summer 2015
More than a Museum
Through its various university and community programs, the Fralin Museum of Art curates a spirit of collaboration.
Summer 2015
Sexual Assault and UVA
This timeline tracks national and legal developments related to sexual assaults on college campuses, recaps UVA’s responses to the Rolling Stone article and highlights what’s specifically being done at the University to help ensure student safety—both in recent years and going forward.
Spring 2015
A World of Change
To find out exactly how a changing climate affects us, UVA professors have undertaken studies that span the globe—from Virginia to the Arctic and beyond.
Spring 2015
A Civil Occupation
One hundred and fifty years ago this spring, the Union army marched into Charlottesville. Somehow, UVA was spared from its torches.
Spring 2015
The Spirit of ’81
Many have called the 1980-81 Cavaliers basketball team the finest in program history. Until now. See how the 2014-15 team measures up.
Spring 2015
More of What Lies Beneath
See additional photography from our Winter 2014 feature on the University’s network of steam tunnels
Winter 2014
The Facts of the Matter
More than 25 years after publishing Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, E.D. Hirsch is seeing the teaching philosophies he's championed for becoming a basis for curriculum changes across America.
Winter 2014
The People’s Historian
As chief historian for The History Channel, Libby O’Connell (Grad ’79, ’87) makes it her mission to engage the public in history.
Winter 2014
What Lies Beneath
Maintaining a 6-mile network of tunnels under Grounds is a never-ending job for UVA’s facilities workers. They spend every day of the year fixing valves, draining traps and conducting routine inspections on the pipes that heat the Grounds.
Winter 2014
Making the Case for College
Ian Baucom, the new dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, believes that UVA can provide leadership in reframing the role of higher education in America.
Winter 2014
Any Given Saturday
Go behind the scenes at Scott Stadium for a look at the inner workings of a Cavaliers football game.
Fall 2014
Better Living Through Architecture
The School of Architecture's Center for Design and Health studies ways to improve the design and planning of buildings and environments for human health.
Fall 2014
The Voice of His Generation
Since launching Reddit.com with his dorm mate Steve Huffman (Engr ’05), Alexis Ohanian (Com ’05) has emerged as the face and voice against government restrictions on the Internet.
Fall 2014
Old School
It’s likely that no one has taken more pictures of University life than Ed Roseberry. Here are just a few of the photos that earned him the nickname “Flash.”
Spring 2006
Capital Improvements
A close look at the preparations for phase two of the Rotunda renovation project.
Spring 2014
The Truth About Teenagers
What teenagers are looking for, researchers say, is a chance to put their growing ideas and capacities to work.
Spring 2014