Best of C-VILLE

Local software engineer and UVA grad Isaiah Parr would love to chase storms all day, every day. But professional storm-chasing is the big leagues—only a select few do it for […]

“The law is reason free from passion,” according to Aristotle. Keeping the law honest is the mission of The Innocence Project at UVA’s School of Law. For more than a […]

Ever drive down an Albemarle country road, with its winding fences and sprawling fields, and wonder: What’s back there? Answer: stunning farm properties we’ve only ever dreamed of visiting. Every […]

Ask ChatGPT to profile a driving instructor, and your AI pal may tell you about Dave Rocco.  An amiable, barrel-chested fella with a shaved head and stubbly beard, Rocco began […]

Back in 2019 BC (Before COVID), most of us didn’t think much about the virus-riddled air we were breathing. Now, the idea that personal protective equipment like facemasks can help […]

Annie Temmink and David Hadwin wanted to meet people. They decided to offer strangers bad advice. “We thought, ‘What would be the easiest way to talk to new people?’” Temmink […]

Yoshihiro Tauchi doesn’t speak much English, but he knows the language of sushi as well as anyone. “He started from the bottom,” says Sana, Tauchi’s daughter, who acted as a […]

Allison Wickham grew up as “an outdoor farm kid, covered in dirt and bug bites,” she says. Now she is a CEO, proudly wearing her corporate merch: a T-shirt saying […]

While most institutions of higher learning prioritize cognitive development and professional skills, UVA’s Contemplative Sciences Center has sought to integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence into the school’s curriculum since its […]

Mother Tree Wellness believes mothers need a village. Local counselors Holly Kennedy and Ellen Jones both became moms in 2012, and bonded over the world-shaking changes motherhood brings. They’ve joined […]