New Faces at the Helm
With plans to extend UVA’s reach beyond Grounds, new deans are leading three UVA schools.
UVA Takes Down a Statue, Takes Up Free Speech
A series of Board-approved actions seeks to reclaim the historic landscape and the higher ground on civil discourse.
BOV freezes base undergrad tuition, with some other increases
Despite pandemic-related financial losses for the University, tuition will not rise for the next academic year.
Winning Pool
Women’s swimming and diving joined the ranks of NCAA title winners just as men’s basketball ended its reign.
Classes of 2020, 2021 to walk the Lawn in May
Final Exercises return to the Lawn—with some caveats.
UVA taps new VP Student Affairs
Hadley, a Tar Heel and Rhodes Scholar, leaves Wash U. to succeed Lampkin.
Two commissions take on a complicated landscape
UVA appoints a new group to reassess names and memorials on Grounds and another to reaffirm free speech principles.
Undergraduate application rates hit records
A few factors likely contributed to surging rates across all schools and from students of diverse backgrounds.
Spring semester rolls on
Students return for another unusual semester on Grounds, marked by limited group sizes and regular testing, even as in-person classes continue.
UVA moves up in national college rankings
The University’s ranking in U.S. News improved after falling out of the publication’s list of top 25 national universities last year.
UVA adds enrollment VP, recruits for other top posts
Stephen Farmer (Grad ’86) returns to Grounds in a new role as University seeks replacements for multiple spots.
Emmet-Ivy corridor takes shape
Plans for the key connection between Central and North Grounds are moving forward.
UVA pushes back spring start to Feb. 1
Second semester same as the first under updated COVID plan.
UVA tightens Covid rules as cases rise
In-person classes continue amid early detection of dorm clusters.
BOV Blesses Racial Equity Plan
More diversity, less Confederacy
UVA’s board votes for more diversity, less Confederacy and new context for a Jefferson statue.
UVA set to open for in-person classes Sept. 8
University leadership addresses concerns, details data that went into decision-making.
Comm School welcomes new dean
Nicole Thorne Jenkins comes to UVA from the University of Kentucky.
Education building renamed for Walter N. Ridley
The building will carry the name of the first African American to graduate from UVA.
UVA Delays In-Person Start
Added caution will keep undergrads away from dorms, classrooms for at least a couple weeks
Plans for a different kind of fall sharpen into focus as the semester approaches.
Masks, social distancing, personal symptom tracking will mark return to school in August
University releases detailed plan for fall semester.
UVA poised to declare on-time start to fall
President Ryan outlines what to expect for the coming semester.
Jefferson Medals awarded in absentia
A Supreme Court justice and a media mogul were among the recipients.
UVA researchers join fight against COVID-19
Faculty collaborate on COVID-19 testing, treatment and prevention.
Alumni Association CEO Steps Down
COO West to Serve as Interim
Change agent Jenifer Andrasko announced she’s making a change of her own.
Cozart to Retire from Association, Jeff Trust
He created Reunions and so much more.
