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Know Your Lines

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

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 class of '66), whose husband, Rick Tolley (Educ class of '64), was the team's head football coach.

Winter 2006

The Experts

The Experts

From training dogs to picking stocks, UVA graduates share advice on a variety of topics.

Winter 2006

Into Africa

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Power of Two

The Power of Two

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.

Spring 2006