Department: University Digest
Q&A
In September, the Library of Virginia honored Dove—whose distinctions range from receiving a Pulitzer Prize to being the former Poet Laureate of Virginia and the United States—with a lifetime achievement award.
Winter 2008
Verbatim
Winter 2008
Holding Steady
In the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, the University of Virginia’s standing remains the same as last year’s: second among national public universities and 23rd among all American colleges and universities.
Winter 2008
Troubling Signs
A short-lived ban on signs at Scott Stadium this fall raised the hackles of fans—particularly among students—and drew darts from pundits across the nation.
Winter 2008
Something for Everyone
Navigating the carnival-like atmosphere of the Student Activities Fair is an annual rite of passage for newly arrived first years.
Winter 2008
Home Sweet Home
Residents call it "the O-Hilton." It’s still dormitory-style housing, but given its many amenities and commanding views of Grounds, the new $18.8 million Kellogg House feels more like a hotel, according to its denizens.
Winter 2008
A Balm for Burns
Burn victims suffer a unique agony. The pain of their injury is compounded by the rigorous cleansing required to ward off infection, a common and often fatal complication.
Fall 2008
Bookmarked: Crystal Ball
Fall 2008
Verbatim
Fall 2008
A Walk on the Lawn
Nearly 6,400 degrees were conferred during Final Exercises on May 18. For the first time in University history, more than 10 percent of the graduates were international students.
Fall 2008
The Big Picture
A new video board will be installed in Scott Stadium in time for the 2009 football season.
Fall 2008
The Power of Rice
In villages throughout India, huge piles of rice husks—a byproduct of rice milling—sit slowly rotting. Proving the old adage that one man’s trash is another’s treasure, two Darden students have started a business that uses these discarded but plentiful rice husks as fuel for two generators that are providing power to about 10,000 rural Indians.
Fall 2008
Admission Dean to Retire in 2009
Three decades and 451,908 applications later, Blackburn, 66, has announced that he will retire in June 2009.
Fall 2008
Fighting Fair
A bipartisan panel of statesmen, scholars and military experts convened by UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs has issued a call to change the process by which the nation’s leaders address decisions about going to war.
Fall 2008
Chinese Spoken Here
While Elizabeth Wesner was filling out her application to the Curry School of Education in 2004, she felt like something was missing. When asked to indicate which language she wanted to be certified to teach, she created her own box and wrote "Chinese."
Fall 2008
Q&A
Darden professor and former economist for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Ronald T. Wilcox examines the causes and consequences of America’s aversion to saving
Fall 2008
Say Hello to the Future
A number of key leadership positions have been filled in recent months around Grounds. The following is a brief introduction to the people who will help guide the University in coming years.
Fall 2008
All Aces
Summer 2008
News Briefs
Summer 2008
Puzzling Appearance
The author and editor of more than 150 books, founder of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and subject of the 2006 documentary Wordplay, Shortz returned to Grounds on April 3 to deliver a lecture and challenge his audience with puzzles.
Summer 2008
Gusburger in Paradise
Summer 2008
Thirst for Knowledge
When more than a billion people lack clean drinking water, the efforts of two UVA students might seem like a drop in the bucket.
Summer 2008
Three History Amigos
BackStory, a weekly call-in radio show, features UVA historians Peter Onuf and Brian Balogh teamed with Ed Ayers, president of the University of Richmond and a former UVA historian and dean, as the "history guys," and their on-air patter might beg comparisons with Click and Clack of NPR’s Car Talk.
Summer 2008
