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Spring 2010

Spring 2010

About this issue

Video

Go inside UVA baseball with coach Brian O’Connor

Hit the trail with ultra marathoner Sophie Speidel (Educ ‘84, ‘89)

Travel through time with author and historian Coy Barefoot (Grad ‘97)

Audio Slideshow

Listen as drama professor and curator Gweneth West displays UVA’s Collection of Historic Dress

Burn this Book: The Artist’s Books of Kristin Adolfson

Extras

View renderings and images of UVA’s many construction projects

Making Sense of Business

Making Sense of Business

Margaret Brennan (Col ’02) ascends to job as anchor at Bloomberg Television

Margaret Brennan (Col ’02) combines a passion for international affairs with a journalist’s insight at Bloomberg Television.

Reinventing Life

Reinventing Life

The strange and wondrous science of biological technology

Students at the University are creating new organisms by splicing DNA. How does synthetic biology work? What are its dangers and benefits? And how might it change the world?

A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time

Former professor’s vision inspires designers from Culbreth to Broadway

Admire rare and beautiful items of clothing from the 1790s to the 1950s that are held in the Collection of Historic Dress.

Then and Now

Then and Now

An illustrated journey through time

This illustrated journey through time provides a revealing perspective on UVA history.

University Digest

Bygone Yearbook

Bygone Yearbook

Long one of the best resources for glimpsing the history of student life at UVA, Corks and Curls now appears to belong to history.

Building, but not Sprawling

Building, but not Sprawling

Curious about new construction projects on Grounds? See what new buildings will look like when they're done and how much they'll cost.

Sports

High Expectations

High Expectations

UVA baseball coach Brian O'Connor talks about last year's spectacular season and his aspirations for this year's College World Series.

Ultra Dedicated

Ultra Dedicated

Meet two women who run 100 mile races across treacherous terrain and through bad weather; they run ultramarathons with apt names such as Hellgate.

Arts

Book Maker

Book Maker

Alumna Kristin Adolfson creates paper and print art pieces that address contemporary issues.

More Departments

1977: Ms. Rhodes Scholar

1977: Ms. Rhodes Scholar

Catherine Burke Sweet (Col ’77), one of the first female Rhodes Scholars, went to England to study in the late '70s and she never moved back.

Working Vacation

Working Vacation

Alternative Spring Break brings UVA students to places that offer different pleasures than Fort Lauderdale.