Fifeville project tests mixed-income model
Some time this spring, Charlottesville’s branch of Habitat for Humanity will apply for the rezoning of a parcel of land that is currently the site of the Sunrise Trailer Court […]
Crow Pool likely to fly the coop
The notion of "retro" has dipped in and out of fashion, but we've gotten to a point where relics from the past, specifically the 1970s, are being put away forever.
Where has all the energy gone?
On an unseasonably warm December morning, a group of 20 house inspectors descended upon an 80-year-old, single-story home in Belmont to complete their training as energy auditors. This was the […]
Red dirt alert!
The off-campus student housing boom continues at 1707 Jefferson Park Ave., where workers have prepared this formerly vacant lot for a massive retaining wall to protect a 10-unit, 28-bedroom apartment […]
Lawsuits pile up for unpaid hospital care
The UVA Medical Center sees around 700,000 patients a year. Many of them rack up significant bills, and while some are paid primarily by insurance, others are not.
Break a chance to secure the halls
It was just what the UVA Facilities Management needed: a little peace and quiet to do some drilling and hammer banging in New Cabell Hall. Just days before Christmas, and […]
Ink goes dry on another print pub
What began in 1971 as The University Register ended on December 7 as Inside UVA. The University’s print-edition PR vehicle ceased publication last month when the last 14,500 copies rolled […]
What's in your backpack?
Sarah Kott Year: Junior Age: 21Major: Architecture Hometown: Sterling, VirginiaBackpack contents: Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, Sun Chips, stamps, Florian Henckel’s The Lives of Others, protractor, tape measure, notebook
Previous coverage revisited
After Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule over the country November 3, we ran a Q&A with politics professor John Echeverri-Gent, who discussed, among other things, the response of […]
NCAA College Hoops 2K8; March Madness 2008
I like to call it stick shock. If you play any of 2K Sports' basketball offerings, then you've grown used to the fact that the right analog stick is used to shoot the ball…