Department: University Digest
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
A Place for Kids
The Battle Building at UVA Children's Hospital will open its doors in June 2014.
Summer 2014
Darden Dean to Step Down
After nearly a decade as dean of the Darden School of Business, Robert F. Bruner will return to the faculty.
Summer 2014
Honor Update
Honor Committee chair says that Informed Retraction, introduced in April 2013, has been a success.
Summer 2014
Tales of Early America
Two UVA history professors receive major accolades for their scholarship.
Summer 2014
A Different Kind of Red Brick
An engineering student creates a Lego masterpiece using Jefferson's original plans.
Summer 2014
Kings of Freedom
A section of the Berlin Wall, with a spray-painted mural titled "Kings of Freedom," has been installed on Central Grounds.
Summer 2014
Transverse Section
Look through the walls of the Rotunda with this architectural rendering.
Spring 2014
The Cornerstone Plan
An infographic explains the implementation of the five-year strategic plan for the academic division of the University.
Spring 2014
Peace, Love and Understanding
UVA is among the Peace Corps' top volunteer-producing colleges and universities.
Spring 2014
World Changers
Professors Linda Columbus and Dr. William Petri receive the Outstanding Faculty Award.
Spring 2014
A Piece of History
President Teresa Sullivan recently gave her late mother’s nursing cape to the School of Nursing’s Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry.
Spring 2014
A Real Lifesaver
Spring 2014
Seeing the Everyday in a Different Way
The exhibit includes a rare Johns monoprint from 1954 and many other lithographs, lead reliefs, screen prints and embossings.
Spring 2014
Value Statement
UVA has again been named one of the nation's top values among public universities.
Spring 2014