Topic: Student Life
UVA boosts financial aid for in-state students
The new aid thresholds will apply to all Virginians enrolled during the next academic year, no matter what year in school they are.
Spring 2024
In early decision round, 30 percent of Virginian applicants win offers
Offers were extended to 30 percent of Virginians and 19 percent of out-of-state students who applied during the first of UVA’s three admissions cycles.
Spring 2024
Shifts that pass in the night
Student workers share stories of late-night and early-morning jobs on Grounds
Spring 2024
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
The Atlantic Coast Conference, founded in 1953 in North Carolina, is going bicoastal. Cal, Stanford and SMU will join next fall.
Winter 2023
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
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 changes Common App after affirmative action ban
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action, new essay prompts allow applicants to discuss race, ethnicity or legacy status in the context of their personal experiences.
Fall 2023
Getting Inside Cavman’s Head
Beneath that macho exterior beat some very big hearts, surrounded in buckets of sweat
Fall 2023
The Class of 2027, by the numbers
Nearly 4,000 students just moved into first-year dorms. Here’s the demographic breakdown of the newest set of ’Hoos on Grounds.
Winter 2023
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
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
The Cavaliers swept Ohio State to take home another NCAA National Championship title.
May 25, 2023
The unique, colorful caps and balloons of Final Exercises 2023
See which graduates stood out from the crowd with personalized mortarboards and festive balloons.
May 23, 2023
Making it reign: Women’s swimming gets third national championship in a row
UVA cements its status as a women’s swimming dynasty.
Summer 2023
Meet UVA’s newest student leaders
The University’s new student leaders have big plans, from expanding financial aid for lower-income students to prioritizing mental health.
Summer 2023
9,000 get offers for 4,000 spots at UVA
The overall acceptance rate for Virginians held relatively steady at 27 percent.
Summer 2023
New Honor Code restores expulsion
Students overwhelmingly vote in multiple sanctions among 27 reforms
Summer 2023
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
UVA traditions in the making
From Black Alumni Weekend to the Lighting of the Lawn, these events and activities have become community traditions in recent decades.
Spring 2023
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
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
From the Publisher: Celebrating Ridley’s Success
Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Ridley Scholarship Program, which is dedicated to attracting Black students of the highest academic caliber to UVA.
Winter 2022
A note from the UVA Alumni Association about the shooting on Grounds
November 17, 2022
Police make arrest in Lawn noose incident
Shane Dennis has no known relationship to UVA and has been prohibited from entering Grounds in the future.
Winter 2022