Know Your Lines
Getting into character
Go behind the scenes of the drama department's production of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man, where students learn about collaboration and taking risks.
Reflections of a Survivor
Movie conjures warm—and wrenching—memories for Mary Jane Tolley
We Are Marshall, based on a 1960 plane crash that claimed the lives of Marshall University's football team, brings many emotions to the surface again for Mary Jane Tolley (Educ '66), whose husband, Rick Tolley (Educ '64), was the team's head football coach.
The Experts
Alumni tell us how it's done
From training dogs to picking stocks, UVA graduates share advice on a variety of topics.
Into Africa
Lessons in cultural immersion
Seduced long ago by a lion's roar, environmental sciences professor Bob Swap introduces a new generation of students to a complex and changing Africa.
Shades of Blue and Gray
The Civil War in art and film
Civil War scholar Gary Gallagher surveys the visual arts to show how attitudes toward the war continue to change.
College Bound and Determined
Finding balance in the admission process
UVA's admission deans clear away some of the misinformation and media hype that surround the process of getting into a selective university.
After the Storm
Documenting the damage of hurricanes Katrina and Rita
After hurricanes ravaged an already fragile Gulf Coast, documentary filmmaker Christina Melton set out to tell the story from the viewpoint of those most affected.
Clock Work
Exploring the essence of time
From atomic clocks to circadian rhythms, time is relative. Authorities across a range of disciplines explain how they measure its passage.
Aiming High
Campaign chair Gordon Rainey on the University's $3 billion future
Excellence comes with a price: in the University's case, $3 billion. The chairman of the capital campaign explains what it's all about.
The Art of Giving It Away
Metal worker Gary Rosenthal trades profits for mitzvot
A leading designer and purveyor of Judaica, this Darden grad follows an equally creative business plan.
The Master Builder
Completion of the John Paul Jones Arena caps Dick Laurance's remarkable career
For the past 18 years, this construction wizard has steered UVA's highest-profile projects on time and on budget, smiling all the way.
The Cerenkov Blue
When UVA went nuclear
In 1960, UVA was on the vanguard of the emerging field of nuclear energy. Then came Three Mile Island.
Queen of Slag
Transforming Industrial Wastelands
Hailed as the toxic beauty queen of brownfield remediation, landscape architect Julie Bargmann is helping to regenerate forsaken sites and bring them back into the community fold.
Ultimate Questions
The Debate Over Intelligent Design
Two centuries after the founding of Thomas Jefferson's university, students and faculty are still exploring the interplay among science, religion and the state.
Restoring Honor
Perspectives on an imperiled institution in a changing world
UVA's cherished Honor System is facing major challenges, not the least of which is students' reluctance to participate. Six people with an interest in the future of honor share their thoughts.
Once and Future Plague
Coming to grips with a pandemic
Will avian flu be the next plague? Medical experts and scholars at UVA assess the past for clues and weigh in on the consequences of an influenza pandemic.
Plunder
The theft of the Morgantina silver
In 1984, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced a dazzling new acquisition of silver vessels from the third century B.C. But one question wouldn't go away: was it looted?
The Power of Two
The parallel lives of Tiki and Ronde Barber
Tiki and Ronde Barber are in the midst of record-setting careers in the National Football League. Their lives off the field are equally impressive.
