Like college students nationally, UVA students are arriving on Grounds with needs beyond some cheap late-night takeout or a ride to the Corner. Rising living costs and wages that haven’t kept pace ...

Hidden gardens tucked behind serpentine walls. Dorm rooms that date back two centuries. All add to the mystique surrounding the University of Virginia. What emerged was a version of Mr. Jefferson’s ...

From the soccer pitch to the football field to the baseball diamond, here are five wide-ranging books about sports by UVA professors and alumni. Skimpy Coverage: Sports Illustrated and the Shaping of ...

In the early 2000s, Varsity Hall sat perched on a hillside southeast of the Lawn, out of sight and out of sync with its surroundings. “It was a building everybody kind of loved to hate,” says Mary ...

Early in their NCAA championship match against the University of Texas, the Virginia men’s tennis team found itself in a familiar position. The Cavaliers dropped the opening doubles point, falling ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, researchers developed lifesaving vaccines in less than a year—a record-breaking speed compared with the years required for previous vaccines. Steven Zeichner ...

“The smell of microwave popcorn on the upper floors of Old Dorms.” Ryan Doone (Arch class of ’05) “As one of the first occupants of the Observatory Hill dorms (341 Dobie), I enjoyed the suite-style ...

Let’s start with the obvious: There’s something special about UVA alumni. You can see it in our orange and blue pride, hear it when someone yells “Wahoowa!” from across an airport, and feel it at ...

Eight days after announcing that men’s lacrosse coach Lars Tiffany would not return, UVA promoted his top assistant. Kevin Cassese, 45, served as the team’s offensive coordinator and associate head ...

Make it 15 medals won by Virginia athletes in Paris this year. “It was definitely the coolest thing I’ve ever done,” Dahl said. “An incredible experience.” The fourth-year media studies major made the ...

In Fall 2022, we relaunched the Jeffersonian Dinner series that has taken place on and off over the years. The idea is simple—gather about a dozen people around a shared meal and help to facilitate a ...

Editor’s note: Virginia Magazine published this story ahead of the Board of Visitors’ nearly unanimous March 1 vote to rename Alderman Library for former UVA President Edgar Shannon. See our Spring ...