The night of the Charlottesville High School prom, April 26, it’s raining. In front of the school, three kids are standing under an overhang to keep their hairdos and clothes out of the drizzle. A lone white limo lumbers away from the curb. Most everybody who’s going to come is already here. They’ve already walked […]
More feature articles Candid camera Photo giant Mary Ellen Mark turns her lens to the Charlottesville High School prom Dwindling supply Adventures in Polaroid Land The first picture of Mary Ellen Mark’s I remember seeing is one of her most famous. It shows the Damm family—a sometimes-homeless clan—during a period in 1987 when they were […]
For three days in September, Charlottesville will become ground zero for finance leaders from around the world. This fall, The Miller Center of Public Affairs will host “The New Financial Architecture: A Global Summit” on September 7 to 9.
More feature articles Candid cameraPhoto giant Mary Ellen Mark turns her lens to the Charlottesville High School prom A life in pictures A look at Mary Ellen Mark’s photography Mark in Charlottesville As part of the Festival of the Photograph, Mary Ellen Mark will be one of three headlining artists (the others are Joel-Peter Witkin […]
In the hiring game, sometimes UVA scores top profs and administrators from other universities—as happened with incoming Arts & Sciences Dean Meredith Woo from the University of Michigan—and sometimes it sees its own faculty gutted by other institutions. One of UVA’s biggest losses this academic offseason is Dr. Cato Laurencin, chairman of the orthopedic surgery […]
When The New York Times revealed Virginia Commonwealth University’s secret deal with Richmond-based Philip Morris USA, the story surely sent a shiver through other universities. In exchange for undisclosed millions, VCU agreed not to publish—or even discuss—research without the company’s approval. In the story, Senior Vice President Rick Solona said that Philip Morris had similar […]
When she started blogging under the name Dean J, Jeannine Lalonde was writing under the UVA radar. At her last job, she had talked about doing an admissions blog, but the idea fizzled, seeming unfeasible. Then she came to UVA. During her first year as an assistant dean of admissions, Lalonde created a blog to […]
Jann Ronis Age: 33 Year: Ph.D. student Department: Religious studies, focus on Tibetan Buddhism Hometown: San Diego, California What’s in your backpack? Collected Works of Getse, notes from studies, folder of photocopies of Getse’s other works, laptop, AC adapter, iPod, Chapstick, highlighters, house keys, SweeTarts. C-VILLE welcomes news tips from readers. Send them to news@c-ville.com.
In the May 27, 2008, News From This Just In, an editing error introduced some confusion to the last sentence of an item about Angela Ciolfi’s report on fees charged by public schools. The sentence should read as follows: “She acknowledges that budget woes are behind the districts’ creative fundraising tactics, and that many schools […]
Believe it or not, we here at the Odd Dominion have never harbored any illusions about the fundamentally religious nature of our government.