Department: First Person
The Dilemma of U.S.-Iran Relations
Iran is my birth land; UVA, my intellectual home for 60 years. Here, I've tried to advance understanding of Iran's foreign policy.
Fall 2012
The Power of a Poet
Spring 2012
A Funeral Procession for the Marquis
An alumna explores La Fayette’s connection to the University
Winter 2011
Witness to Revolution
Jia Tolentino (Col '09), member of the Peace Corps, survives the April 2010 coup in Kyrgystan
Fall 2011
The Ghosts of Wounded Knee
Winter 2010
An Almost Forgotten Oil Spill
Fall 2010
On the Shoulders of Giants
Summer 2010
A Curious Feline
Spring 2010
Terrorism on Trial
Over the last year, Edward B. MacMahon Jr. (Col ’82) has been working as a defense attorney in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Winter 2009
Heroes of a New World Economy
Imagine a global economy that provides people affordable goods and services that allow them to solve their own problems.
Fall 2009
Scenes from an Inauguration
On the morning of the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, I woke up next to Abraham Lincoln...
Summer 2009
A Million Stories to Tell
I moved to Egypt in August to study Arabic at the American University in Cairo. I came by way of UVA, but more by way of Iraq, a place I’ve never left far behind. I was a soldier there from 2004 to 2005, and I feel compelled to re-engage the Middle East on civilian terms.
Spring 2009
A Run to Remember
Thousands of my friends have asked me one question: How did I get that special honor as a torch bearer? That’s a long story to tell.
Winter 2008
Crossing the Aisle
Virginia was a smaller state in 1968, and its politics had been one-party Democratic for the previous swath of the 20th century.
Fall 2008
Cuba from the Bottom Up
Nowhere has news of what was, by all accounts, one of the most anticipated transitions of power been received with more yawning than in Cuba itself.
Summer 2008
On Top of the World
Spring 2008
Just Did It
Winter 2007
A Mother’s Challenge
Fall 2007
Mission of Mercy
Summer 2007
Civil Liberties in the War on Terror
Spring 2007