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The Bee Keeper

The Bee Keeper

New York Times puzzle editor Sam Ezersky responded to our questions with anagrams—several of them, specially designed for UVA alumni.

Winter 2022

Making a Mountain into an O-Hill

Making a Mountain into an O-Hill

The wellspring for the founding, and where UVA split the atom, behold the fantastical history of Mount Jefferson.

Winter 2022

It’s Not Easy Being Dean

It’s Not Easy Being Dean

The role comes with a giant set of responsibilities. Here’s a look at some of UVA’s famous (and infamous) deans of the past.

Winter 2022

Our No. 1 Top-Ranked Best Story on Rankings

Our No. 1 Top-Ranked Best Story on Rankings

See exactly where UVA stacks up against the competition.

Summer/Fall 2022

Honor Up Close

Honor Up Close

Roger Martin made a convincing case not to cheat in his class. Or so you would have thought.

Summer/Fall 2022

That Good Old Stuff of Wahoowa

That Good Old Stuff of Wahoowa

From surgical tools to old-school parking tags and concert passes, these quirky keepsakes represent UVA to nine alumni and their families.

Summer/Fall 2022

See how familiar spots on Grounds have changed over the years

See how familiar spots on Grounds have changed over the years

Compare old-school photos with modern snapshots of the same places—from the Corner to Carr’s Hill—to see how they’ve evolved since your time at UVA.

June 23, 2022

After Mendenhall’s sudden departure, the Tony Elliott era dawns

After Mendenhall’s sudden departure, the Tony Elliott era dawns

The former Clemson assistant takes the reins.

Spring 2022

Got a coat? We look back at memorable storms in UVA history

Got a coat? We look back at memorable storms in UVA history

Let us take you back to when the rains came down, the snows piled up and the Grounds shook beneath your feet. You’ll need a coat.

Spring 2022

The Future, Ready or Not

The Future, Ready or Not

We asked UVA’s resident futurists what’s next.

Spring 2022

Best of 2021

Best of 2021

Here are some of Virginia Magazine’s most popular—and most talked-about—stories of last year. From the late Pep Band to our latest poll, from UVA’s first medalist to our newest Olympians, take a look, or even a second look.

December 9, 2021

Historic NCAA change lets UVA athletes profit from their names, images and likenesses

Historic NCAA change lets UVA athletes profit from their names, images and likenesses

A once-unthinkable NCAA rules change lets UVA athletes cash in on their name, image and likeness. It can mean big bucks, or at least pay for books.

Winter 2021

Vox Alumni: Longitude and Attitudes

Vox Alumni: Longitude and Attitudes

We mapped alumni views of UVA across a 50-year span of class years. From Jefferson to Honor to left vs. right, the results are more complex and contoured than what you might expect.

Winter 2021

Admissions Interview

Admissions Interview

The head of enrollment talks about what UVA looks for in applicants, including when they’re children of alumni.

Winter 2021

The Class of 2025 in Their Own Words

The Class of 2025 in Their Own Words

Excerpts from admission essays for incoming first-years

Fall 2021

The Newest ’Hoos: Who They Are and How They Got Here

The Newest ’Hoos: Who They Are and How They Got Here

How admissions officers built the Class of 2025—by the numbers, by the essays and by the seat of their pants.

Fall 2021

The Legend of UVA’s First Olympic Medal

The Legend of UVA’s First Olympic Medal

A tale of performance-enhancing good manners, how nice guy James Rector had his 100 meters dashed.

Fall 2021

’Hoos in Tokyo

’Hoos in Tokyo

Here’s a look at our most recent Olympians: current and former UVA athletes and coaches who competed in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games.

Fall 2021

UVA Sports Comes Back a Winner in Year of COVID

UVA Sports Comes Back a Winner in Year of COVID

After a season shortened by COVID-19, UVA sports came back to claim multiple national championships and extend the post-season to Tokyo.

Fall 2021

The Cost of a Telegram

The Cost of a Telegram

To cool student unrest in 1970, the Alumni Association did a very uncool thing. People stayed hot about it for years.

Summer 2021

Case Surge

Case Surge

As the COVID count swelled this spring, so did the disciplinary docket for the University Judiciary Committee.

Summer 2021

The Underground Refuge

The Underground Refuge

How UVA’s first Black students, excluded elsewhere, found a community of their own off Grounds.

Summer 2021

Pep Banned

Pep Banned

For 30 years, UVA’s scrambling Pep Band managed to stay one punchline ahead of the authorities.

Spring 2021

Making the most of a COVID situation

Making the most of a COVID situation

In a hard year, some UVA notables found comfort and escape in books, music, movies and the woods. Here are the good things that have helped them through.

Spring 2021

The rise and fall of a J-School at UVA

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