With their names and faces popping up all over Sports Illustrated and ESPN, it’s easy to forget that college athletes are, in fact, students. Virginia Magazine caught up with a few of UVA’s ...

The same culture that built a great wall is now building a great bridge. A collaborative effort spanning several years is strengthening Chinese connections among UVA alumni, students and officials, ...

Understanding the major drivers of the U.S. opioid epidemic is considered essential to fighting the crisis. One theory widely reported in the news media holds that job loss and depressed economic ...

With photography from last fall's peak color, we’ve been waiting a year to tell you this story. Founder’s Day, Paris 1919, the great party after the Great War, where they sang the “The Good Old Song” ...

In 1925 “The Cavalier Song,” written in 1923 by then-student Lawrence Haywood Lee Jr., was chosen in a College Topics contest as UVA’s best fight song. The song inspired a moniker for the athletic ...

One of the first women to graduate from the University’s School of Engineering is the recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Alumna Award, presented by the Women’s Center. Jill S. Tietjen (Engr ’76), ...

Are Americans living the Jeffersonian ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? It turns out that some enjoy more longevity, freedom and fun than others. Kelly Johnston, a geographic ...

When Ryan Hammons was 4 years old, he began directing imaginary movies. Shouts of “Action!” often echoed from his room. But the play became a concern for Ryan’s parents when he began waking up in the ...

Growing up in Charlottesville, Mason Hereford (Col ’08) wasn’t a fan of the bologna sandwich his mother used to make. It consisted of a couple of slices of bologna with yellow mustard and potato chips ...

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have made headlines for all sorts of reasons during their relationship, but their latest stint on the cover of gossip magazines was for something that shouldn’t be all ...

Every month or so, hundreds of copies of a unique publication arrive in first-year dorms around UVA. Volunteers post the one-page journal, bubbling with a lively array of news and information, in ...

2014 was the hottest year on record since recordkeeping began in 1880, making the changing climate an urgent concern. As temperatures rise, the subtle warming has set off changes in every part of the ...