In 1925 “The Cavalier Song,” written in 1923 by then-student Lawrence Haywood Lee Jr., was chosen in a College Topics contest as UVA’s best fight song. The song inspired a moniker for the athletic ...

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have made headlines for all sorts of reasons during their relationship, but their latest stint on the cover of gossip magazines was for something that shouldn’t be all ...

When Amos Leroy “Roy” Willis petitioned the College of Arts & Sciences to accept him as a student in 1959, he cited Thomas Jefferson’s “all men are created equal” passage from the Declaration of ...

In the May 1916 Alumni News, the Engineering School of the University of Virginia announced a special winter term course in highway engineering. The course was offered “in recognition of the growing ...

This collection of historical objects contains some of the tangible reminders of the University’s past that can be found on, or nearby, Grounds. From a lock of Thomas Jefferson’s hair cut off just ...

In May 2013, photographer Stacey Evans captured Charlottesville sites from the same angles and perspectives as Rufus Holsinger did in the early part of the 20th century. Evans took her photographs ...

In the early part of the 20th century, Thomas Jefferson’s notion of the Lawn as a place where professors and students lived and studied together was a grand idea in decline. The University had higher ...

When Ryan Hammons was 4 years old, he began directing imaginary movies. Shouts of “Action!” often echoed from his room. But the play became a concern for Ryan’s parents when he began waking up in the ...

Americans used to put Jefferson on a pedestal as the primary creator of our democracy. Now his statues attract controversy and graffiti, which cast him as a racist and even rapist. This denunciation ...

Students spend a relatively small amount of their time inside the walls of classrooms. From the libraries to the dining halls to the paths they jog, ’Hoos study, work, eat and play as part of a vastly ...

For many former students, the sight of a blue (or green) examination book might cause stomachs to churn and bring back memories of frantic essay writing and cramped hands. With the permission of some ...

On their first day of law school at UVA in the fall of 1994, Erinn Robinson knew there was something different about fellow first-year Emily Giffin. At an ice-breaker, each student was asked to tell ...