Department: Features
UVA Medical Center’s Medical Simulation Center
Spring 2011
Adjusting the Prescription
The School of Medicine overhauls its century-old educational approach
Spring 2011
What’s the hardest thing to do in sports?
Spring 2011
Physical Science
John Brenkus, creator and host of ESPN’s Sport Science, explains the physics and physiology of four UVA athletes.
Spring 2011
President Sullivan speaks on the Day of Dialogue
Winter 2010
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—Coach Natalie Randolph
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
BackStory with the American History Guys
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 with Coy Barefoot
Spring 2010
Then and Now
This illustrated journey through time provides a revealing perspective on UVA history.
Spring 2010