To keep UVA warm for a week during a typical mid-winter cold spell, UVA facility workers first pile up more than 1.5 million pounds of coal, then pipe in some 25 million cubic feet of natural gas.

Running back Wali Lundy (Col ’06) burst into the end zone, adding to the Virginia onslaught and further souring the mood of thousands of West Virginia fans on hand in Charlotte, North Carolina, for ...

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For Thomas Jefferson, the University of Virginia was not an end in itself. It marked instead the culminating moment of a career dedicated to promoting the ongoing progress of Enlightenment and ...

When Katie Couric (Col ’79) hosted Tina Fey (Col ’92) on her syndicated talk show in 2013, the conversation inevitably turned to UVA nostalgia. It helped that Fey was promoting Admission, a movie set ...

UVA has always been known for its traditions, many of them dating back decades or more. But every once in a while, it’s good to start a new one—connected to the old. I write this in January, a week ...

As plans for the University of Virginia began to take shape in Thomas Jefferson’s imagination, he envisioned a lawn surrounded on three sides by housing for students and professors, connected by ...

On Friday, October 6, 2017, tens of thousands of students and alumni joined on the Lawn to join in the launch of the University’s Bicentennial celebration.

Rolling Stone magazine’s $1.65 million settlement with the UVA chapter of Phi Kappa Psi in June all but ends litigation surrounding the sensational and since-retracted December 2014 story, “A Rape on ...

As high school juniors and seniors prepare for standardized testing, many ponder the pros and cons of taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test or the American College Testing Assessment. Either test is ...

Over the course of the 20th century, the Lloyd Building on the Corner housed the Cavalier, a popular student watering hole; Jameson’s College Store; Lloyd’s Rexall Drugstore; and the Student Book ...

In the very near future, the University will feel the impact of two forces—significantly more students and more departures by existing faculty who are reaching retirement age. With hundreds of new ...