Engineering Entrepreneurship
E-School helps ideas get to marketplace
New efforts at the School of Engineering encourage engineering students to approach problems from an entrepreneur's perspective.
Honor Allows a Fuller Confession
Now, even unrelated offenses can find grace
A recent vote allows Informed Retraction's protection from expulsion to protect more broadly.
A Day in the (Busy) Life
For many UVA students, time constraints are a delicate balance. For student-athletes, it can be even more so.
Second-year basketball player Jocelyn Willoughby takes readers through a typical day full of school and sports.
Going Out on Top
A quick look at some of the class of 2018’s student leaders
Learn about UVA's Student Council president, the Honor Committee and University Judiciary Committee chairs, the editor-in-chief of the Cavalier Daily, and the co-chairs of the Housing & Residence Life program.
How Lawnies Are Made
It’s a lot harder than it used to be
Nabbing one of the 54 rooms on the Lawn is tougher than ever.
Pop-Up Knowledge
One-time, short-notice seminars touch on topical issues
Flash seminars are one-time discussion-based lectures, organized by students to engage their peers in discussion on a wide array of topics, from politics to philosophy to scientific findings.
Pulp Fact
You can still get your hands on a student newspaper
UVA student publications grapple with the same print vs. online issues that preoccupy the rest of the newspaper industry.
Change of Course
College experiments with major curriculum reform
Next year’s entering class will be piloting the new curriculum design, the first major change at UVA in over 40 years. Here’s the breakdown of what to expect.
Start Me Up
Student entrepreneurship takes many forms at UVA
UVA offers students many opportunities for entrepreneurship, from a new interdisciplinary minor to HackCville and the i.Lab.
Follow That Guide
University Guide Service tells UVA tradition and history
Follow That Guide
University Guide Service tells UVA tradition and history
The University Guide Service is student self-governance in action. UGuides give tours integrating encyclopedic knowledge of the University with their own experiences, and they don’t shy away from tough questions.
Into the Wild
Students train for wilderness search and rescue missions
UVA's Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group specializes in conducting and managing search and rescue operations for lost people and aircraft. See how they learn to carry an injured subject to safety.
Tuned In
All-student free-form station energizes University radio scene
New student radio station WXTJ teaches students about the power of radio storytelling and amps up the local music scene with radio shows, listening parties and concerts.
Breaking the Bubble
Students lend a hand to the Charlottesville community
About 3,100 students volunteer through Madison House for at least one hour each week. See how they're making a difference in the Charlottesville community.
Changing the Greek System
Student leaders discuss some of the issues facing Greek life on Grounds
A Q&A with students who were among those who created new safety policies for the Greek system at UVA.
Starting Up Clubs and Putting On Plays
With more than 700 active contracted dependent organizations currently operating on Grounds, UVA students are staying busy outside of the classroom.
The Future is Now
Welcome to your first college dorm room, 21st-century style
A look inside the new, eco-friendly, amenity-filled, dorms on Alderman Road.
Songs In the Key of Life
The No Tones are an a cappella group for students who can't sing
The group bills itself as “the premier, the first, the only a cappella group for the musically challenged."
Home Cooking
UVA's International Center brings different cultures together through its cooking program
In the kitchen at UVA’s Lorna Sundberg International Center, students and community members come together to share home-cooked meals.
Man About Grounds
Dean of Students Allen Groves is beloved for his compassion and humor
Dean of Students Allen Groves is beloved for his compassion and humor.
Better Than Space Camp
Graduate student spends summer at NASA
Environmental sciences grad student Adrianna Foster spends her summer break at NASA.
The Curious Case of Jerry Reid
Student will walk the Lawn when he is 70
Jerry Reid, an undergraduate student, is a typical student in every way—except one.
Blue Books
The agony and ecstasy of final exams
The agony and ecstasy of final exams (including excerpts from real blue book exams).
Graffiti on Grounds: Beyond the Canvas
From Beta Bridge to stairwells, UVA's graffiti tradition is very much alive.
Wet Paint
Continuing the Tradition of Graffiti on Grounds
Students have painted public spaces around Grounds for more than a century. From Beta Bridge to stairwells, UVA's graffiti tradition is very much alive.
