UVA astronomy professor Ed Murphy gives a tour of McCormick Observatory, its history and its current purpose.

Basketball season is just around the corner, and national championship plates have been popping up all over the commonwealth—more than 1,325 at last count, according to the Virginia DMV. Fortunately, ...

When people go on fad diets, they’re cutting out more than just carbs, fat or even whole food groups: They are eliminating core elements of a healthy diet, such as enjoyment, satisfaction and ...

University Hall fell in just seconds on May 25, leaving dust, rubble and plenty of memories. U-Hall, after all, was Ralph’s House—home court to UVA men’s and women’s basketball for decades. But it ...

The lines of fans—tens of thousands—wrapped around UVA’s Scott Stadium on a sunny September afternoon for the Concert for Charlottesville, spearheaded by local music star Dave Matthews. The show ...

Incoming Alumni Association president and CEO Jenifer Andrasko (Darden ’10) Dan Addison CHARLOTTESVILLE—Corporate executive and management expert Jenifer Andrasko, a former U.S. Navy pilot, mission ...

During a November 1 forum at Alumni Hall, Board of Visitors Rector Frank “Rusty” Conner III (Col ’78, Law ’81) said University of Virginia officials had believed that protests by white supremacists in ...

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.

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In 1951, assistant professor Homer G. Richey publicly alleged that several of his colleagues at the Woodrow Wilson School of Foreign Affairs were communist sympathizers.

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 ...

Some 20 years ago, longtime friends Louella Walker (Nurs ’58) and Mary Jones (Nurs ’61) were browsing a former teacher’s estate sale when they unearthed a brown bag filled with black-and-white photos.