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The Cavaliers had their moment yet again at this year’s NCAA Division I national meet, becoming the third program ever to claim five consecutive crowns.
As Claire Curzan (Col ’26) talked about achieving Virginia’s fifth straight women’s swimming and diving national championship, she caught herself accidentally underselling the magnitude of the moment.
Citing the Trump administration’s efforts to end “illegal discrimination,” UVA’s Board of Visitors unanimously approved a resolution to dissolve the Division of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and ...
Ryan Odom at a March 24 event at John Paul Jones Arena announcing his hire as UVA head basketball coach UVA Athletics During an interview for the men’s basketball coaching job, UVA President James E.
For a full obituary, please see the Summer 2025 issue of Virginia Magazine. John T. Casteen III (Col ’65, Grad ’66, ’70), a first-generation college student born in Portsmouth, Virginia, who rose to ...
Kate Tamarkin recently became the third music director and conductor in the 32-year history of the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra. Leonard Bernstein has described Tamarkin as ...
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 ...
Here are some of the luminaries whose work graces Grounds, plus where you will find their work out in the rest of the world.
Dr. Charles T. Pepper earned his medical degree in 1855 from the University of Virginia Medical School, then served as a surgeon for the Confederacy during the Civil War. After the war, Pepper moved ...
No University of Virginia retrospective would be complete without remembering some of the accomplished men and women who have shared these Grounds. We knew at the outset that narrowing down hundreds ...