Department: University Digest
Black Alumni Weekend
Over the second weekend in april, more than 1,800 people—including nearly 1,200 alumni—attended Black Alumni Weekend on Grounds.
Summer 2015
“A Journalistic Failure”
An outline of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism report on the Rolling Stone article “A Rape on Campus.”
Summer 2015
Capital Replacement
Here’s how 16 intricately carved blocks of marble—each weighing more than three tons—were swapped out.
Spring 2015
News Briefs
Spring 2015
Two Thumbs Up
Connor Woodle was born without thumbs. A procedure performed by Dr. Bobby Chhabra at the UVA Hand Center changed his life.
Spring 2015
Safety at UVA
A brief overview of some of the security measures and resources the University has in place and what’s being done to improve safety at UVA and in the surrounding community.
Winter 2014
News Briefs
After 20 Years, a New General Counsel for UVA; UVA Provost to Lead Lehigh; Rankings Roundup; On the Money
Winter 2014
Examining Slavery at the University
In October, UVA hosted a national symposium that brought together experts from various schools to discuss issues related to the history of slavery at institutions of higher education.
Winter 2014
New Cabell Is New Again
Winter 2014
Bee Hopeful
UVA prof. T’ai Roulston and his research team recently spotted a bumblebee that hadn’t been seen in the Eastern U.S. for five years.
Winter 2014
Notes on the State of Virginia
A new app allows readers to explore two editions of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia and a modern annotated and searchable text.
Winter 2014
Computer cluster opens new research possibilities
Nearly 55 years later after UVA got its first computer, a new computing cluster will provide a significant boost to data-intensive research at the University.
Winter 2014
Easy Does It
How do you excavate underneath a 200-year-old building that’s the centerpiece of a World Heritage site? Very, very carefully. And with lasers.
Winter 2014
Remembering Hannah Graham
Students all over the state of Virginia gathered to show their support for Graham and her family.
Winter 2014
Paying Up for Pancakes
Students cooked up 10,000 pancakes at this year's annual Pancakes for Parkinson's breakfast.
Winter 2014
Faculty Update
Meet the new deans at the School of Architecture and the Batten School, and the Medical Center's new CEO.
Fall 2014
God Is in the Details
A visiting professor points out a curious feature of the Jefferson statue, and lecturer W. Scott Harrop investigates its meaning.
Fall 2014
Southern Sensibility
Charles Wright, professor emeritus of the UVA English department’s Creative Writing Program, is 2014-15 Poet Laureate of the United States.
Fall 2014
Flower Power
Catie Kitrinos (Col class of '15) aims to map sunflowers' ability to absorb heavy metals across its genome.
Fall 2014
New Discovery Quenches Thirst for History
The discovery of a 6,500-gallon brick-and-cement cistern next to the Rotunda sheds new light on some of the history of the Grounds’ construction.
Fall 2014
On the Brink
The Cavalier baseball team during the last 12 years has gone from near extinction to one of the top programs in the nation.
Fall 2014
New Graduate Programs to Launch This Fall
Graduate students will have two new degree programs to choose from this fall—an M.S. in Data Science and an M.A. in European Studies.
Summer 2014
Bookmarked: Getting Down to Business
A new site from the Darden School of Business offers practical articles by faculty that can be immediately implemented in the workplace.
Summer 2014