New task force prioritizes racial equity, and speed
UVA’s president gave a new racial equity action team a bold charge and a tight deadline.
University Digest
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
Plans for a different kind of fall sharpen into focus as the semester approaches.
Sports
Arts
New biography highlights Faulkner at UVA
Students treasured the writer’s time on Grounds—and so did he.
More Departments
First-hand account of so many firsts
Board of Managers Chair Patricia Kyle Epps (Col ’74, Grad ’79, Law ’83) introduces the special anniversary issue.
Game, set, Mary Slaughter
How one woman became the ACC’s first female varsity athlete—on the men’s tennis team.
From President Ryan: They blazed a trail and still show us the way
How the lessons of coeducation still matter today.
Letters to the Editor
Readers share their thoughts on past issues.
From the Editor
Editor Richard Gard provides a preview of the Fall magazine.
Meet the Class of 2021’s student organization leaders
From Honor chair to editor of the Cav Daily, these students are going out on top.
