Where Am I? (October 2015)

** Contest Closed**

Congratulations to McKenzie Prillaman (Col class of ’17), who won a $25 Bookstore gift card for corretly guessing that this is a photo of an entry gate into the University Cemetery and Columbarium.

Highlights

The stairs not taken

A stubborn elevator made headlines when poet Robert Frost visited Grounds in 1960.

Total first-year applications to UVA surge to 82,089

In this year’s admissions cycle, total applications surged—to 82,089, a 27 percent jump from last year and a 153 percent increase from 2016.

Piecing together the last days of Ryan’s presidency

Documents reveal surprising details of the turbulent last months, and even hours, of Ryan’s presidency.

New Virginia law would target politics in university governance after turbulent year at UVA

The measure would change board appointments, curb partisan influence and reinforce academic freedom following leadership upheaval at UVA