Steven DeKosky, Alzheimer's Expert

SEE MORE Click here to read about Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist who, for the first time, identified a case of the disease. Click here for a tour of the brain.  Steven DeKosky doesn’t always sport black Ray-Bans in the halls of the UVA Medical Center, but his full get-up on the cover of GQ Magazine—standing […]

Donovan Webster, Adventure Journalist

SEE MORE Click here to see photos from Donovan Webster’s travels.  Sometimes, when Donovan Webster returns from reporting a story, he needs to sleep on the floor for a few days to reacclimate. He reminds himself that a broken washing machine isn’t a new expedition, but a domestic responsibility. When his kids were younger, he’d need time […]

The UVA Polo Teams

 A horse is a horse, of course, but “Mancha” is more than a horse—kept comfortable, like so many of her kin, in Albemarle County. She’s a leopard Appaloosa with nearly as many awards as she has spots. And, along with 75 other hoofed hulks, she’s a reigning national polo champion. Kylie Sheehan, a freshman starter […]

Checking in with Lincoln Perry

What are you working on right now? We’re in Charlottesville about a third of the year, and when we’re here my wife [Ann Beattie] is teaching and I’m working exclusively on the mural at Old Cabell Hall. I’ve still got another staircase-and-a-half to paint. It’s expected to take about four more years. It’s a full-time […]

Checking in with Brian Wimer

What are you working on right now? Wimer’s Mantra, a full-length horror film with a Buddhist twist, won Best Picture at last year’s annual Fright Night Film Festival in Louisville. What piece of art would he like to have in his private collection? A nice, big Klimt, he says. “Just so I could say to […]