Department: Retrospect
The beginning of the UVA construction boom
Take a look back at a 1951 issue of Alumni News that captures the start of a major period of expansion on Grounds.
Summer 2023
Through Roseberry’s lens
Remembering the legacy of photographer Ed Roseberry, who spent decades documenting life at UVA and in Charlottesville
Spring 2023
The Father of UVA Athletics You’ve Never Heard Of
Despite his influence on the UVA athletic department in the late 1800s, Richard Dabney Anderson is rarely mentioned in the annals of Virginia athletics.
Winter 2022
Remembering the infamous 2008 ban on signs at UVA sporting events
And the student protest that led to its repeal
Summer/Fall 2022
Hot Trax
For two decades, the hot, sticky, beer-soaked roadhouse where Dave Matthews Band began its rise to stardom drew big-name acts and packed houses.
Winter 2021
D. Alan Williams: June 14, 1928–August 3, 2021
UVA’s ‘Swiss Army Knife’ served in a variety of influential roles in four-decade career.
Winter 2021
When Student Activist Sabato Dug in for Clemons
The grassroots campaign that convinced the General Assembly to fund a badly-needed new library.
Fall 2021
Starvation for wages
The decadeslong battle for a living wage reached a crescendo in 2012, when 26 students went on a hunger strike.
Summer 2021
A legacy on the court
Forty years ago, UVA’s basketball team rose to No. 1 for the first time, paving the way for the top-ranking teams of recent years.
Spring 2021
Game, set, Mary Slaughter
How one woman became the ACC’s first female varsity athlete—on the men’s tennis team.
Fall 2020
Beloved professor Henry Abraham dies at 98
The Supreme Court scholar lived a full life with a “perpetual twinkle in his eye.”
Summer 2020
Testing Grounds for indie greatness
The story behind the mediocre band that prepped the stars of Pavement and Silver Jews for success.
Spring 2020
UVA preserves Alderman stacks graffiti before teardown
Decades of musings and drawings adorn Alderman carrels. How UVA is making sure some of it survives.
Winter 2019
How the McIntire Amphitheatre became a parking lot—and found its way back again
The unique space on Grounds wasn’t always so beloved.
Fall 2019
Georgia O’Keeffe’s UVA Years
Before her fame, O'Keeffe spent several summers at UVA, with notable results.
Spring 2019
Gratitude for a Grand Old Tree
Take a look back at the McGuffey ash, which loomed large over Pavilion IX for over a century.
Fall 2018
The Gardens, According to Plan
Learn how the gardens of Grounds have changed—and stayed the same—from Jefferson’s original plans.
Summer 2018
Tom the Builder
Thomas Jefferson was a visionary leader--and a meticulous construction manager.
Spring 2018
The Founder’s Secular Vision
Jefferson’s University of Virginia was to be a modern, secular, science-centered university taught by scholars of distinction, with the students expected largely to govern themselves.
Winter 2017
A Classroom as Big as the Lawn
Through architecture, Jefferson hoped students would gain a sense of design, order and beauty.
Fall 2017
Politics, by Any Other Name
Coy Barefoot (Grad '97) recounts how the University had to overcome determined opposition to come into existence.
Summer 2017
Thomas Jefferson’s Prayer for the Future
The Magazine kicks off its series of retrospective pieces commemorating the UVA Bicentennial with a look back at Jefferson's dreams for his University’s future.
Spring 2017
A Flight Forgotten
The Aviator was crafted to recognize UVA alum and French Air Service pilot James McConnell, whose plane went down in France in 1917. But it’s not your typical WWI memorial.
Fall 2016
Good Science
In a series of experiments in a lab on Grounds in 1977, pharmacology professor Alfred G. Gilman made a breakthrough that won him a Nobel Prize.
Summer 2016