Jennifer “J.J.” Wagner Davis, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will serve as acting president before an ...

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John Brenkus knows what it’s like to be roughed up. He’s been flattened by NFL linemen. He’s been bitten by a snarling attack dog. He’s been choked by a martial arts athlete. He’s suffered the ...

The University’s first African American student, Gregory Swanson (Law ’53), enrolled in 1950, and Harold considers the trickle of African American students to follow him until around 1970 as the ...

Every May, thousands of students walk the Lawn in processions filled with black gowns, colorful tassels and deep slashes of rich velvet. Beyond that official regalia, students also express themselves ...

A period of transition, many times described as moving swiftly through a tunnel, follows. The individual enters a realm of indescribable radiance, where he is met by deceased relatives and friends. A ...

After the Supreme Court decision last June banning race-based admissions, students and admissions officers navigated a more complicated admissions process this year as application numbers continue to ...

Moving beyond its distinction as one of only a handful of two-year elite undergraduate business programs, the McIntire School of Commerce will expand its curriculum to three years beginning in the ...

For many former students, the sight of a blue (or green) examination book might cause stomachs to churn and bring back memories of frantic essay writing and cramped hands. With the permission of some ...

Five years later, Ryan’s ambitious plan for UVA to be a better neighbor—one of 1 0 key initiatives in the university’s 2030 Plan —is producing results. Some are tangible, others not as much, but the ...

A few weeks ago students returned to the Grounds for the new academic year, and the Alumni Association was pleased to present first-years with their Jefferson nickels during Convocation, as we have ...

In the center right of this image is one of several sycamore trees in the grassy expanse between the chapel and the Rotunda. UVA landscape architect Mary Hughes (Arch ’87) estimates that the sycamores ...