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Ed Miller

Ed Miller

Ed Miller is Senior Editor of Virginia Magazine.
“I have to earn people’s trust”

“I have to earn people’s trust”

Scott Beardsley, UVA’s new president, takes the helm after 10 years as the dean of Darden.

Spring 2026

Former student receives five life sentences for 2022 shootings on Grounds

Former student receives five life sentences for 2022 shootings on Grounds

Survivor says sentence gives “a little bit of peace”

Spring 2026

In the Midst of the Storm

In the Midst of the Storm

Former Law School dean Paul Mahoney settles into his new role as interim president of UVA.

Winter 2025

UVA counsel leaves for University of Arizona

UVA counsel leaves for University of Arizona

Cliff Iler, who led recent interactions between UVA and the Department of Justice, has been named general counsel at the University of Arizona. Deputy university counsel Barry Meek will replace him in the interim.

Winter 2025

Land moves between UVA and Charlottesville

Land moves between UVA and Charlottesville

UVA obtains Charlottesville’s former Federal Executive Institute and leases historic Oak Lawn property to Charlottesville City Schools.

Winter 2025

“An honor of a lifetime”

“An honor of a lifetime”

Rector Rachel Sheridan (Col class of ’94, Law class of ’98) talks about her time at UVA as a student, her adjustment to the public spotlight and what she wants the university community to know.

Winter 2025

UVA rejects Trump administration compact for preferential funding

UVA rejects Trump administration compact for preferential funding

UVA in mid-October became the fifth school to decline a Trump administration compact promising preferential treatment in return for committing to a series of Trump administration policies.

Winter 2025

A Presidency Abbreviated

A Presidency Abbreviated

Against a backdrop of crises, former university president Jim Ryan had his share of wins and controversies

Fall 2025

$5 billion UVA campaign hits $6 billion

$5 billion UVA campaign hits $6 billion

UVA's Honor the Future campaign hits $6 billion, making it one of the largest campaigns ever by a public university.

Fall 2025

A whole new ballgame

A whole new ballgame

A settlement over NIL compensation aims to reform pay in college athletics. Here's how UVA is adapting to a rapidly changing playing field.

Fall 2025

UVA baseball coach Brian O’Connor heads to Mississippi State

UVA baseball coach Brian O’Connor heads to Mississippi State

O’Connor announced June 1 that he was leaving UVA after 22 seasons.

Fall 2025

The best of the best

The best of the best

Our entirely arguable, semi-objective list of UVA’s top athletes of all time

Summer 2025

Virginia's visionary

Virginia’s visionary

Remembering John Casteen, who served as president of UVA for 20 years

Summer 2025

UVA’s own ‘red scare’

UVA’s own ‘red scare’

In 1951, assistant professor Homer G. Richey publicly alleged that several of his colleagues at the Woodrow Wilson School of Foreign Affairs were communist sympathizers.

Summer 2025

A Century of Mem

A Century of Mem

How the gym on the edge of Grounds became a central hub

Spring 2025

Speaking in Tons

Speaking in Tons

Beta Bridge, UVA’s community bulletin board, just seems to know when it’s time to clear its cache of messages.

Spring 2025

Bridging the Divide

Bridging the Divide

Inside President Ryan’s ambitious plan for UVA to be a better neighbor—one of 10 key initiatives in the university’s 2030 Plan.

Spring 2025

A big dill: UVA pickleball poised to become powerhouse

A big dill: UVA pickleball poised to become powerhouse

With 600 members, the UVA Pickleball Club is the largest club on Grounds. It’s also a burgeoning business, with and an annual budget of about $70,000.

Spring 2025

UVA women dominate in swimming, tennis

UVA women dominate in swimming, tennis

The women’s swim team continues to set world records.

Spring 2025

Accused shooter pleads guilty in 3 deaths on Grounds

Accused shooter pleads guilty in 3 deaths on Grounds

The former student accused of fatally shooting three UVA football players pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding at a court hearing Nov. 20.

Spring 2025

Game Changer

Game Changer

Inside Tony Bennett’s decision to step down from Virginia basketball after 15 seasons at the helm

Winter 2024

What, the duck?

What, the duck?

How a Marvel comic book character called Howard the Duck won a student election

Winter 2024

Amid dizzying changes to college sports, Tony Bennett bows out

Amid dizzying changes to college sports, Tony Bennett bows out

Bennett walks away at the relatively young age of 55 as Virginia basketball’s winningest coach.

October 22, 2024

UVA rower nabs silver at Paralympics

UVA rower nabs silver at Paralympics

Just weeks after current and former Cavaliers captured a school-record 14 medals at the Paris Olympics, rower Skylar Dahl added another.

Winter 2024

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Ding! Ding! Ding!

A condensed version of our Fall 2024 feature about UVA's “tech sabbatical” courses

September 16, 2024

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Ding! Ding! Ding!

UVA has begun offering “tech sabbatical” courses, requiring students to put away their phones and laptops as part of their coursework inside the classroom and to commit to screen-free hours outside of it.

Fall 2024

UVA had its own boy in the boat

UVA had its own boy in the boat

Tom Amlong, who died in 2009 at age 73, is believed to be the first from UVA to climb atop the medal stand.

Fall 2024

Early Chapel Life

Early Chapel Life

Very little documentation of the early years of the building, completed in 1890, exist. These postcards help fill the gap.

Summer 2024

Seeing the Chapel in a new light

Seeing the Chapel in a new light

Take a peek inside the newly renovated University Chapel

Summer 2024

UVA hits $5B mark in fundraising campaign

UVA hits $5B mark in fundraising campaign

Some 230,000 alumni, parents and friends of the University have contributed to the campaign

Spring 2024

Constitutional Crossfire

Constitutional Crossfire

Rosenberger was a victory for the equal access line, and one of a series of wins for religious speech and exercise in recent decades.

Spring 2024

Shifts that pass in the night

Shifts that pass in the night

Student workers share stories of late-night and early-morning jobs on Grounds

Spring 2024

First Amendment center director to become new law dean

First Amendment center director to become new law dean

First Amendment scholar and former law school vice dean Leslie Kendrick will be UVA’s 13th law school dean.

Spring 2024

DeSorbo to coach Team USA in Paris

DeSorbo to coach Team USA in Paris

In March, DeSorbo coached the UVA women’s team, which has become a veritable dynasty, to its third straight NCAA championship.

Winter 2023

Alternating Coasts Conference

Alternating Coasts Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference, founded in 1953 in North Carolina, is going bicoastal. Cal, Stanford and SMU will join next fall.

Winter 2023

Bennettball

Bennettball

We offer this look at how Tony Bennett has gone about his business and arrived at iconic status, in a uniquely Bennett way.

Winter 2023

Distant Replay

Distant Replay

The debate centered on issues that still resonate: the role of athletics at a university, the growing commercialization of college sports, and the balancing act involved in competing at the highest level without compromising academic standards

Winter 2023

UVA hires Pitt's student affairs veep

UVA hires Pitt’s student affairs veep

Bringing 19 years’ experience to the job, Kenyon Bonner will take over as UVA’s vice president and chief student affairs officer.

Winter 2023

No ifs, ands or bots? How to control AI

No ifs, ands or bots? How to control AI

UVA task force confronts artificial intelligence—the good, the bad, the downright scary

Fall 2023

Championship Season

Championship Season

UVA’s national championship total now stands at 33, with 17 coming since 2010.

Fall 2023

UVA athletics vaults to fourth in the country

UVA athletics vaults to fourth in the country

Virginia came in behind Stanford, University of Texas, and Ohio State in this year’s Learfield Directors’ Cup.

July 5, 2023

UVA men’s tennis wins second-straight national championship

UVA men’s tennis wins second-straight national championship

The Cavaliers swept Ohio State to take home another NCAA National Championship title.

May 25, 2023

Grounds Keepers

Grounds Keepers

Meet the gardeners, arborists and landscape architects working behind the scenes to maintain UVA’s sprawling Grounds

Summer 2023

Uniform in Their Support

Uniform in Their Support

Around the nation, football pays tribute to UVA’s fallen

Spring 2023

The Joy, the Love, the Light

The Joy, the Love, the Light

The profound loss and legacies of Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry

Spring 2023

Holland showed us—and the world—what UVA could be

Holland showed us—and the world—what UVA could be

Terry Holland, who coached UVA basketball for 16 years and later served as athletics director, was known for being fiercely competitive and demanding—but also flexible and adaptive.

Summer 2023

The Father of UVA Athletics You’ve Never Heard Of

The Father of UVA Athletics You’ve Never Heard Of

Despite his influence on the UVA athletic department in the late 1800s, Richard Dabney Anderson is rarely mentioned in the annals of Virginia athletics.

Winter 2022

Making a Mountain into an O-Hill

Making a Mountain into an O-Hill

The wellspring for the founding, and where UVA split the atom, behold the fantastical history of Mount Jefferson.

Winter 2022

It’s Not Easy Being Dean

It’s Not Easy Being Dean

The role comes with a giant set of responsibilities. Here’s a look at some of UVA’s famous (and infamous) deans of the past.

Winter 2022

Shock, grief and a coming together: UVA reacts to the tragic shootings on Grounds

Shock, grief and a coming together: UVA reacts to the tragic shootings on Grounds

The deaths of football players Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry and the wounding of two other students traumatized the UVA community.

November 18, 2022

That Good Old Stuff of Wahoowa

That Good Old Stuff of Wahoowa

From surgical tools to old-school parking tags and concert passes, these quirky keepsakes represent UVA to nine alumni and their families.

Summer/Fall 2022

Virginia swimmer Alex Walsh wins gold at world championship

Virginia swimmer Alex Walsh wins gold at world championship

See which other UVA athletes made a splash in Budapest.

July 6, 2022

After 80 years, Maury Hall gets a new name

After 80 years, Maury Hall gets a new name

Navy ROTC building will now honor former Navy secretary, U.S. senator and Law alumnus John Warner, instead of a controversial Confederate officer with no UVA ties.

Summer/Fall 2022

Lambeth’s Dream Team: Our picks for the best UVA major leaguers of all time

Lambeth’s Dream Team: Our picks for the best UVA major leaguers of all time

’Hoo would you put on an all-star UVA MLB team? Here are our picks for our top major leaguers of all time.

April 25, 2022

Tennis, men’s lacrosse coaches stay put; women’s basketball bets on new leader

Tennis, men’s lacrosse coaches stay put; women’s basketball bets on new leader

Catch up with the comings and goings in UVA’s sports programs.

April 20, 2022

UVA drops mandates for vaccines, indoor masking

UVA drops mandates for vaccines, indoor masking

The masking change starts March 21 and covers office buildings, recreational facilities and venues.

Spring 2022

After Mendenhall’s sudden departure, the Tony Elliott era dawns

After Mendenhall’s sudden departure, the Tony Elliott era dawns

The former Clemson assistant takes the reins.

Spring 2022

The Future, Ready or Not

The Future, Ready or Not

We asked UVA’s resident futurists what’s next.

Spring 2022

Student clubs improvise and adapt in pandemic

Student clubs improvise and adapt in pandemic

For three groups, fall semester offered a return to something close to normal.

Spring 2022

Historic NCAA change lets UVA athletes profit from their names, images and likenesses

Historic NCAA change lets UVA athletes profit from their names, images and likenesses

A once-unthinkable NCAA rules change lets UVA athletes cash in on their name, image and likeness. It can mean big bucks, or at least pay for books.

Winter 2021

D. Alan Williams: June 14, 1928–August 3, 2021

D. Alan Williams: June 14, 1928–August 3, 2021

UVA’s ‘Swiss Army Knife’ served in a variety of influential roles in four-decade career.

Winter 2021

Masked and vaxed, UVA opens for fall

Masked and vaxed, UVA opens for fall

With some restrictions in place, students return to Grounds.

September 4, 2021

The Legend of UVA’s First Olympic Medal

The Legend of UVA’s First Olympic Medal

A tale of performance-enhancing good manners, how nice guy James Rector had his 100 meters dashed.

Fall 2021

’Hoos in Tokyo

’Hoos in Tokyo

Here’s a look at our most recent Olympians: current and former UVA athletes and coaches who competed in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games.

Fall 2021

UVA Sports Comes Back a Winner in Year of COVID

UVA Sports Comes Back a Winner in Year of COVID

After a season shortened by COVID-19, UVA sports came back to claim multiple national championships and extend the post-season to Tokyo.

Fall 2021

Dean Pianta steps down from School of Education

Dean Pianta steps down from School of Education

Robert Pianta has led the school for 14 years and will go on sabbatical at the end of the year.

August 2, 2021

Olympic spots, NCAA titles cap eventful spring season

Olympic spots, NCAA titles cap eventful spring season

Swimming, tennis, soccer, lacrosse and baseball had no shortage of electric moments.

June 30, 2021

Starvation for wages

Starvation for wages

The decadeslong battle for a living wage reached a crescendo in 2012, when 26 students went on a hunger strike.

Summer 2021

BOV freezes base undergrad tuition, with some other increases

BOV freezes base undergrad tuition, with some other increases

Despite pandemic-related financial losses for the University, tuition will not rise for the next academic year.

Summer 2021

For Ridley restaurateur, a personal promise

For Ridley restaurateur, a personal promise

With some proceeds going to the Ridley Scholarship fund, a new Charlottesville restaurant’s mission goes beyond table service.

Summer 2021

Winning Pool

Winning Pool

Women’s swimming and diving joined the ranks of NCAA title winners just as men’s basketball ended its reign.

Summer 2021

The Underground Refuge

The Underground Refuge

How UVA’s first Black students, excluded elsewhere, found a community of their own off Grounds.

Summer 2021

Classes of 2020, 2021 to walk the Lawn in May

Classes of 2020, 2021 to walk the Lawn in May

Final Exercises return to the Lawn—with some caveats.

Summer 2021

Pep Banned

Pep Banned

For 30 years, UVA’s scrambling Pep Band managed to stay one punchline ahead of the authorities.

Spring 2021

The rise and fall of a J-School at UVA

The rise and fall of a J-School at UVA

Amid the fervor of the Great War, UVA rid itself of a journalism school, and the pacifist it rode in on.

Spring 2021

College life in quarantine

College life in quarantine

For some UVA students, isolation and quarantine have brought new challenges to an already unusual year.

Spring 2021

A legacy on the court

A legacy on the court

Forty years ago, UVA’s basketball team rose to No. 1 for the first time, paving the way for the top-ranking teams of recent years.

Spring 2021

Spring semester rolls on

Spring semester rolls on

Students return for another unusual semester on Grounds, marked by limited group sizes and regular testing, even as in-person classes continue.

Spring 2021

Businesses grapple with new normal on the Corner

Businesses grapple with new normal on the Corner

Shops on the Corner do their best to keep doing business amid the challenges of Covid.

Winter 2020

UVA pushes back spring start to Feb. 1

UVA pushes back spring start to Feb. 1

Second semester same as the first under updated COVID plan.

Winter 2020

How UVA is getting through fall

How UVA is getting through fall

College life returns. Sort of.

Winter 2020

UVA set to open for in-person classes Sept. 8

UVA set to open for in-person classes Sept. 8

University leadership addresses concerns, details data that went into decision-making.

August 31, 2020

It was about time: A timeline of women at UVA

It was about time: A timeline of women at UVA

Our timeline follows women’s 200-year journey for influence, an education and equality at UVA.

Fall 2020

Workplace in Progress

Workplace in Progress

Before women came for college, they came for careers, often in support roles.

Fall 2020

Education building renamed for Walter N. Ridley

Education building renamed for Walter N. Ridley

The building will carry the name of the first African American to graduate from UVA.

Fall 2020

UVA Delays In-Person Start

UVA Delays In-Person Start

Plans for a different kind of fall sharpen into focus as the semester approaches.

Fall 2020

It’s a fraught business rolling out new sports branding

It’s a fraught business rolling out new sports branding

Before the revamped Cavalier and V-sabres, there was The ’Hoo

Fall 2020

Masks, social distancing, personal symptom tracking will mark return to school in August

Masks, social distancing, personal symptom tracking will mark return to school in August

University releases detailed plan for fall semester.

June 29, 2020

The season didn't end. It stopped.

The season didn’t end. It stopped.

Student athletes come to terms with all that seemed within their grasp.

Summer 2020

Gene Corrigan, longtime Virginia athletic director, dies at 91

Gene Corrigan, longtime Virginia athletic director, dies at 91

ACC commissioner and longtime Virginia athletic director Corrigan gave UVA athletics a “blueprint for success.”

Spring 2020