Department: Features
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