Come May, there is an annual exodus from Charlottesville of the 23,721 undergrad and grad students who are enrolled at UVA. Some stragglers remain, but summer in the city, especially on the Corner, is quiet in comparison to the fall, winter, and early spring. The emptiness of University Avenue highlights the complex relationship between the […]
Come May, there is an annual exodus from Charlottesville of the 23,721 undergrad and grad students who are enrolled at UVA. Some stragglers remain, but summer in the city, especially on the Corner, is quiet in comparison to the fall, winter, and early spring. The emptiness of University Avenue highlights the complex relationship between the […]
Nursing students in the University of Virginia’s Class of 2023 have lived through the full breadth of the COVID-19 pandemic—from the first cases being detected overseas in 2019 to the end of the federal public health emergency in May. It’s been a long and rugged road for the entire world, but the nursing students experienced […]
The last four years have been anything but conventional for the University of Virginia’s Class of 2023. Ahead of Final Exercises, I spoke to my peers about their unique time at UVA. During spring break of our first year, we encountered our first major challenge with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. That time was […]
UVA hate crime prevention The University of Virginia Department of Safety and Security and the UVA Police Department have partnered to organize multiple hate crime prevention events. UVA has been a hotbed for hateful criminal activity, from the August 11, 2017, “Unite the Right” tiki torch rally on Grounds, to the more recent noose placed […]
For fans who enjoy pointing to their televisions and saying, “I watched them back when they played for UVA,” this University of Virginia athletics season is required viewing. From marking national bests and setting school records, to going on championship streaks to taking teams to the postseason, athletes are making UVA history this year—and they’re […]
On April 15, the University of Virginia football team returned to Scott Stadium for the first time since the murders of three players in November. Memorials to Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler, and D’Sean Perry were present throughout this year’s Blue-White spring game, from the opening remarks to the field itself. The end zone beneath […]
UVA team’s dengue fever discovery Dr. Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, UVA’s chair of microbiology, immunology, and cancer biology, had been in his new lab for only a week when he and his team released groundbreaking findings on the deadly dengue virus—results that could pave the way for an effective treatment against the illness. Dengue virus is […]
A University of Virginia first-year engineering student has developed a smartphone app that enables high school students to more efficiently alert administrators to crises on school grounds. The Safeline app was built by Alexander Halpern, who designed the software around an anonymous reporting system. Using a map of their school, students can pinpoint specific locations […]
Just three months into 2023, and the amount of gun violence in Charlottesville has already surpassed that of previous years. The University of Virginia held a panel on Tuesday, March 28, to address the concerns of students, parents, faculty, and community members. University President Jim Ryan, University Police Department Chief Tim Longo, Executive Vice President […]
On February 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, followed by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake the same day—and more than 10,000 aftershocks in the weeks that followed. The devastating quakes killed more than 50,000 people, and left millions homeless. After helping the University of Virginia’s Turkish Student Association fundraise several […]