Department: Features
Physical Science
John Brenkus, creator and host of ESPN’s Sport Science, explains the physics and physiology of four UVA athletes.
Spring 2011
Welcome to Virginia
In her first months on the job as president of UVA, Teresa Sullivan is proving that she's up for the challenge.
Winter 2010
The Voice of Reason
In October 1982, a man held his sister and her children at gunpoint in a train. Just another day at the office for hostage negotiator Gary Noesner.
Winter 2010
The One and Only
As the country's only female head coach of a high school football team, Natalie Randolph (Col class of '02, Educ class of '03) has drawn a flurry of media attention.
Winter 2010
Sorting Through Garbage
As a country, the U.S. produces the most trash on earth. Where does your garbage go?
Winter 2010
How To: Helpful advice from alumni experts
Make a better cup of coffee. Learn to play the harmonica. Alumni experts share their wisdom.
Fall 2010
The Trouble with Civilization
Civilizations rise and fall. Why do they disintegrate? Is it better to live a "civilized" life?
Fall 2010
The Strength of One
How can the U.S. help in Haiti's recovery? Cheryl Mills, the 2010 Alumna of the Year, knows the situation on the ground, she has Washington on her side and she has a plan.
Summer 2010
The Builder
After a stint as dean of admission and a lengthy run as president, John Casteen has helped create a University that's much different than the one he first came to as a student.
Summer 2010
Famous
How celebrity and the media have changed over the past 300 years as told by the American History Guys from the radio show Backstory.
Summer 2010
Making Sense of Business
Margaret Brennan (Col class of ’02) combines a passion for international affairs with a journalist’s insight at Bloomberg Television.
Spring 2010
A Stitch in Time
Admire rare and beautiful items of clothing from the 1790s to the 1950s that are held in the Collection of Historic Dress.
Spring 2010
Reinventing Life
Students at the University are creating new organisms by splicing DNA. How does synthetic biology work? What are its dangers and benefits? And how might it change the world?
Spring 2010
Then and Now
This illustrated journey through time provides a revealing perspective on UVA history.
Spring 2010
How Did We Get Here?
A “pocket guide” to why this debate is happening and what circumstances have propelled reform initiatives, as told by UVA faculty experts.
Winter 2009
Bringing the Hospital to the People
Inside beige tents, medical staff from the University of Virginia provide free health care to anyone who comes to the Wise County Fairgrounds. Meet a few of the people who depend on the Remote Area Medical clinic for medical treatment, as well as those who volunteer their services.
Winter 2009
Did You Know?
Do you know which popular soft drink is named for a UVA alumnus? Or how about the top-secret military experiments conducted in the shadow of the Rotunda?
Winter 2009
Lunar Lunacy
Phil Plait (Grad class of ’90, class of ’94) has a simple lesson plan. Known Webwide as “The Bad Astronomer,” he wants to stop bad science, especially the spread of misinformation about all things celestial.
Winter 2009
Space Odyssey
Beginning in the 1960s and continuing through the most recent shuttle flight, UVA alumni have journeyed beyond the earth's bounds to work—and walk—in space.
Winter 2009
The Vision for the Village
Fall 2009
In the Land of the Midnight Sun
The destruction of Eagle, Alaska, hardly made headlines. Yet, 3,000 miles away in Virginia, Ted Genoways was devastated.
Fall 2009
Targeting Addiction
Addiction is a disease that affects millions. Dr. Bankole Johnson is developing a pharmaceutical treatment for it.
Fall 2009