Topic: 1950s
Alumni Hall prepares for a new era
A look at the history of Alumni Hall and a preview of the new building coming in spring 2027
Fall 2025
The best of the best
Our entirely arguable, semi-objective list of UVA’s top athletes of all time
Summer 2025
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
Back to the future: Readers remember the high-tech from their college days
From electric typewriters to the very first iPod, UVA alumni share memories of must-have tech
Summer 2024
What was your favorite outdoor activity at UVA?
As temperatures start to rise across the country, we asked alumni to remember their favorite ways to spend time outside at UVA.
Spring 2024
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
The beginning of the UVA construction boom
Take a look back at a 1951 issue of Alumni News that captures the start of a major period of expansion on Grounds.
Summer 2023
Through Roseberry’s lens
Remembering the legacy of photographer Ed Roseberry, who spent decades documenting life at UVA and in Charlottesville
Spring 2023
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