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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

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

UVA Law dean stepping down after eight-year run

UVA Law dean stepping down after eight-year run

Risa L. Goluboff, the high-performing dean of the University of Virginia’s high-ranked law school, plans to return to teaching in 2024.

Winter 2023

Who was your favorite professor at UVA?

Who was your favorite professor at UVA?

With the start of a new academic year, we wanted to know about your favorite instructors—and what made them so special.

Fall 2023

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

Hadley’s New Handle: Dean of Students

Hadley’s New Handle: Dean of Students

Student Affairs Vice President Robyn S. Hadley has merged the dean’s office with her own, giving her a new compound title and an expanded set of responsibilities.

Winter 2022

UVA welcomes two new deans to Grounds

UVA welcomes two new deans to Grounds

With plans to confront climate change and boost community engagement, two Virginia natives are leading UVA schools.

Winter 2022

After four decades of helping students achieve, Apprey to retire

After four decades of helping students achieve, Apprey to retire

Dean Maurice Apprey leaves a legacy at the Office of African American Affairs and the medical school.

Summer/Fall 2022

When Student Activist Sabato Dug in for Clemons

When Student Activist Sabato Dug in for Clemons

The grassroots campaign that convinced the General Assembly to fund a badly-needed new library.

Fall 2021

Making the most of a COVID situation

Making the most of a COVID situation

In a hard year, some UVA notables found comfort and escape in books, music, movies and the woods. Here are the good things that have helped them through.

Spring 2021

Comm School welcomes new dean

Comm School welcomes new dean

Nicole Thorne Jenkins comes to UVA from the University of Kentucky.

Fall 2020

Beloved professor Henry Abraham dies at 98

Beloved professor Henry Abraham dies at 98

The Supreme Court scholar lived a full life with a “perpetual twinkle in his eye.”

Summer 2020

One professor put UVA in the race for the A-bomb, or at least he tried

One professor put UVA in the race for the A-bomb, or at least he tried

In the race for the A-bomb, Jesse Beams, UVA’s resident centrifuge expert, may have promised more than he could deliver.

Spring 2020

Center for Politics appoints first resident scholars

Center for Politics appoints first resident scholars

A columnist and a former congresswoman will bring varying perspectives to the center.

Spring 2020

Poets Dove, Dargan take home big honors

Poets Dove, Dargan take home big honors

Rita Dove and one of her former students demonstrate the dominance of the Creative Writing program.

Winter 2019

Longtime Comm School dean Zeithaml steps down

Longtime Comm School dean Zeithaml steps down

After 23 years at the helm, Carl P. Zeithaml will continue as a strategic management professor.

Fall 2019

UVA announces new Batten School dean

UVA announces new Batten School dean

Ian H. Solomon brings more than 20 years of experience at the local, national and international levels.

Summer 2019

Nursing Dean Steps Down

Nursing Dean Steps Down

Dean Dorrie Fontaine prepares to retire in July.

Spring 2019

The Class of the Classroom

The Class of the Classroom

At a University that raises teaching to an art form, we applaud some of the virtuosos.

Winter 2018

News Briefs

News Briefs

Catch up on some of the news from around the University.

Spring 2018

When Speech Meets Hate

When Speech Meets Hate

The First Amendment was a major player in the events of August 11/12. A UVA legal expert shows how, and also asks some whys.

Winter 2017

Negotiating for a Grade

Negotiating for a Grade

Professor Lucien Bass (Engr ’63, Darden ’65) teaches students the art of negotiation.

Winter 2017

Practical Magic

Practical Magic

The physics class, created by professor Louis Bloomfield in 1991, is a big hit with nonscience majors.

Fall 2017

Media Player

Media Player

Why I happily traded 7 million viewers for 20 undergraduates in a classroom. A report from our correspondent on the frontlines.

Fall 2017

Faulkner, Revisited

Faulkner, Revisited

A new exhibit, located in the main gallery of UVA’s Harrison Institute and Small Special Collections Library, marks the 60th anniversary of William Faulkner’s arrival on Grounds.

Summer 2017