Spring 2017

Features

Pigments of Your Imagination
Let our adult coloring book help you find your happy place. We have just the place in mind. A few of them, in fact.

Streak Show
An update on a running University tradition, stripped to its bare essentials.

Theatre of the Macabre
Jefferson’s Anatomical Theatre gave way to grave robbers, the student Cadaver Society and, eventually, the wrecking ball.

Unquoting Jefferson
At the University of Virginia, the postelection ignited a distinctly UVA form of protest: an outbreak of remarkably civil discourse about Thomas Jefferson.

News Briefs
Julian Bond and Marcus Martin honored with named professorships; Tom Walls named director of the Sorensen Institute.

Student Awards Roundup
Two Rhodes scholars, three Marshall scholars and three recipients of the 2017 Hannah Graham Memorial Award share their exciting study abroad plans.

Health System Pushes into Northern Virginia
The $112 million partnership with Inova health systems will introduce a medical school campus in Fairfax County that features a state-of-the-art human genomics program.

Cutting Carbon
A partnership with Dominion Virginia Power will provide electricity to the University from a new solar farm in King William County, cutting UVA’s carbon footprint by 11 percent.

London Calling
The pilot program will take 20 first-year students to Regent’s University London for their first semester, giving them a unique global experience before they move to Grounds.

Sullivan Stepping Down
UVA’s first female president is ready to pass the torch and return to teaching. The search committee hopes to find her successor by August 2018.

Another Shot
After falling to last place in World Cup qualifying, the U.S. national soccer team reached out to former coach Bruce Arena for help. Arena was originally let go in 2006 after many successes.

’Hoos in the NBA
Get to know some of the UVA athletes who trained with Coach Tony Bennett and went on to play professional basketball.

New & Noteworthy
Six new books from alumni and faculty, plus a look at the bestsellers at the UVA bookstore.

Home to the Struggle
Several UVA alumni were instrumental in the establishment of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Hear their stories.

Museum Man
The Fralin has a new director and chief curator. Michael McLendon will look to expand the museum’s influence with his strong background in both classical and contemporary art.

Brady’s Go-To Man
An exclusive interview with Don Yee, the sports agent who helped sort out the New England Patriots’ “Deflategate” scandal in 2015.

Thomas Jefferson’s Prayer for the Future
The Magazine kicks off its series of retrospective pieces commemorating the UVA Bicentennial with a look back at Jefferson's dreams for his University’s future.

Alumni Helping Us Build a Better UVA
In a national Gallup survey, UVA’s young alumni beat national averages in well-being, workplace engagement and emotional connection to their alma mater.

Business, Anyone?
“Maximizing Leadership Potential in Sports and Business,” a unique seminar for second-year M.B.A. students, is co-taught by a Darden dean and a men’s tennis coach.

Sensors & Sensibility
At what point do wearable health sensors dehumanize patients? Learn about the abilities and limitations of these advanced detection methods through the eyes of science and sociology.

Pop-Up Knowledge
Flash seminars are one-time discussion-based lectures, organized by students to engage their peers in discussion on a wide array of topics, from politics to philosophy to scientific findings.

Letters to the Editor
Readers share their thoughts on past issues.