Department: University Digest
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.
Fall 2021
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.
Summer 2021
Winning Pool
Women’s swimming and diving joined the ranks of NCAA title winners just as men’s basketball ended its reign.
Summer 2021
Classes of 2020, 2021 to walk the Lawn in May
Final Exercises return to the Lawn—with some caveats.
Summer 2021
UVA taps new VP Student Affairs
Hadley, a Tar Heel and Rhodes Scholar, leaves Wash U. to succeed Lampkin.
Summer 2021
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.
Summer 2021
Undergraduate application rates hit records
A few factors likely contributed to surging rates across all schools and from students of diverse backgrounds.
Spring 2021
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.
Spring 2021
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.
Winter 2020
UVA adds enrollment VP, recruits for other top posts
Stephen Farmer (Grad class of ’86) returns to Grounds in a new role as University seeks replacements for multiple spots.
Winter 2020
Emmet-Ivy corridor takes shape
Plans for the key connection between Central and North Grounds are moving forward.
Winter 2020
UVA pushes back spring start to Feb. 1
Second semester same as the first under updated COVID plan.
Winter 2020
UVA tightens Covid rules as cases rise
In-person classes continue amid early detection of dorm clusters.
September 30, 2020
BOV Blesses Racial Equity Plan
UVA’s board votes for more diversity, less Confederacy and new context for a Jefferson statue.
September 30, 2020
UVA set to open for in-person classes Sept. 8
University leadership addresses concerns, details data that went into decision-making.
August 31, 2020
Comm School welcomes new dean
Nicole Thorne Jenkins comes to UVA from the University of Kentucky.
Fall 2020
Education building renamed for Walter N. Ridley
The building will carry the name of the first African American to graduate from UVA.
Fall 2020
UVA Delays In-Person Start
Plans for a different kind of fall sharpen into focus as the semester approaches.
Fall 2020
Masks, social distancing, personal symptom tracking will mark return to school in August
University releases detailed plan for fall semester.
June 29, 2020
UVA poised to declare on-time start to fall
President Ryan outlines what to expect for the coming semester.
Summer 2020
Jefferson Medals awarded in absentia
A Supreme Court justice and a media mogul were among the recipients.
Summer 2020
UVA researchers join fight against COVID-19
Faculty collaborate on COVID-19 testing, treatment and prevention.
Summer 2020
Alumni Association CEO Steps Down
Change agent Jenifer Andrasko announced she’s making a change of her own.
Summer 2020
Moving down the field
UVA football celebrates best back-to-back seasons in more than a decade.
Spring 2020