Department: Features
First-Gens First
Why UVA is putting new focus on students whose parents never went to college.
Spring 2019
200 and Growing
Take an overhead look at UVA then and now, and explore the features of the Bicentennial issue.
Winter 2018
A Hat Tip to UVA
Other schools’ alumni love their alma maters too. But it’s just not the same. Here’s why.
Winter 2018
Hero or Villain, Both and Neither
A Pulitzer historian assesses what we are to make of UVA’s founder, 200 years hence.
Winter 2018
The Class of the Classroom
At a University that raises teaching to an art form, we applaud some of the virtuosos.
Winter 2018
What Lies Ahead for Higher Ed
UVA has clear advantages entering its next century. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy.
Winter 2018
On Common Grounds
The giants among us: A roundup of alumni who walked from the Lawn to prominence.
Winter 2018
Serpentine Timeline
Study up on the twists and turns of UVA's history, from the laying of the cornerstone to the inauguration of the ninth president.
Winter 2018
Living Legends: The Trees of Grounds
With photography from last fall's peak color, we’ve been waiting a year to tell you this story.
Fall 2018
The Carla Williams Playbook
To new Athletic Director Carla Williams, football isn’t the only thing. It’s everything.
Fall 2018
Pardon Our French
Founder’s Day, Paris 1919, the great party after the Great War, where they sang the “The Good Old Song” in what passed for French.
Fall 2018
The Exit Interview
Teresa A. Sullivan talks with us about her presidency with characteristic grit and grace.
Summer 2018
Intersecting Disciplines
Forget everything you know about required classes. The College rethinks curriculum.
Summer 2018
Bud Life
Along winding walkways and serpentine walls, our photo essay leads you down the gardens’ paths.
Summer 2018
Faces of Grounds
They have long tenure, but they don’t grade and they don’t judge. They make you feel at home.
Spring 2018
Antiwar Stories
May Days 1970: The week that would change UVA forever, through the eyes of those who were there.
Spring 2018
Color Bind
Excavation uncovers a dilemma: Should the colonnade be the bright white of our time or the unpainted tan of Jefferson’s?
Spring 2018
Calm Amid the Chaos
From meditation to monitoring social media: How the UVA E.R. team prepared for the worst of a tragic weekend’s violence.
Winter 2017
When Speech Meets Hate
The First Amendment was a major player in the events of August 11/12. A UVA legal expert shows how, and also asks some whys.
Winter 2017
Emergency Medicine
A doctor thought she’d donate blankets and socks during Hurricane Harvey and ended up contributing so much more.
Winter 2017
Getting a Read on Ryan
UVA's incoming president checked all the boxes the search committee was looking for. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and a commitment to the student experience.
Winter 2017
Quests & Answers
From workplace productivity to global health, from cybersecurity to yogurt serenity, UVA researchers reached across disciplines, schools and the world.
Fall 2017
Griddle Me This
For decades, it cheered our hearts, warmed our blood and hardened our arteries. The origin story and afterlife of the Grillswith. And also the recipe.
Fall 2017