Department: Features
Anatomy of a Mystery
Following a DNA study in 1998, many scholars believe that Thomas Jefferson likely fathered children by slave Sally Hemings. For others, the genetic findings deepen the mystery.
Fall 2007
Sounding Off
A small outfit with a big reputation, this UVA program dispels the notion that computer music is nothing but monotonous bleeps and bloops.
Summer 2007
Altered States
For the past 30 years, UVA psychiatrist Bruce Greyson has tried to reach a scientific understanding of the phenomenon known as the near-death experience.
Summer 2007
Promises Kept
After two tours of combat and a suicide bomber's attack that left him badly injured, Dan Glanz is walking the Lawn this spring.
Summer 2007
The Accidental Altruist
He meant to take a year's vacation from his stressful job, but instead he found a new mission in the streets of Katmandu.
Summer 2007
Down on the Corner
Always an integral part of life at the University, the Corner has been shaped by a colorful collection of characters and establishments.
Spring 2007
Putting Enemies on the Couch
A professor emeritus of psychiatry at UVA, Vamik Volkan occupies a rare niche in his profession, examining global politics and ethnic conflict through the prism of psychoanalysis.
Spring 2007
Running on Respect
In an era in which mudslinging has become a science, UVA offers a voice in the wilderness, calling for civility.
Spring 2007
Know Your Lines
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.
Spring 2007
Reflections of a Survivor
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.
Winter 2006
The Experts
From training dogs to picking stocks, UVA graduates share advice on a variety of topics.
Winter 2006
Into Africa
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.
Winter 2006
Shades of Blue and Gray
Civil War scholar Gary Gallagher surveys the visual arts to show how attitudes toward the war continue to change.
Fall 2006
College Bound and Determined
UVA's admission deans clear away some of the misinformation and media hype that surround the process of getting into a selective university.
Fall 2006
After the Storm
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.
Fall 2006
Clock Work
From atomic clocks to circadian rhythms, time is relative. Authorities across a range of disciplines explain how they measure its passage.
Fall 2006
Aiming High
Excellence comes with a price: in the University's case, $3 billion. The chairman of the capital campaign explains what it's all about.
Fall 2006
The Art of Giving It Away
A leading designer and purveyor of Judaica, this Darden grad follows an equally creative business plan.
Summer 2006
The Master Builder
For the past 18 years, this construction wizard has steered UVA's highest-profile projects on time and on budget, smiling all the way.
Summer 2006
The Cerenkov Blue
In 1960, UVA was on the vanguard of the emerging field of nuclear energy. Then came Three Mile Island.
Summer 2006
Queen of Slag
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.
Summer 2006
Ultimate Questions
Two centuries after the founding of Thomas Jefferson's university, students and faculty are still exploring the interplay among science, religion and the state.
Summer 2006
Restoring Honor
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.
Spring 2006
Once and Future Plague
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.
Spring 2006
Plunder
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?
Spring 2006