Department: Features
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 class of '66), whose husband, Rick Tolley (Educ class of '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
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