Thomas Jefferson's university was a bold experiment. Unlike other schools, the University of Virginia was free of religious control and offered an elective system allowing students to choose what to ...

For decades, the Cavalier Inn was the focal point of a mishmash of private businesses and UVA properties on the northwest corner of Emmet Street and Ivy Road. The hotel was a gathering place for ...

They’d weep when they saw him—Daniel Mendelsohn, the seraphic, blue-eyed boy. His aunts, great-aunts, grandparents, the ancients of Miami Beach, abuzz with Yiddish and smelling of kosher luncheon, ...

Growing up in Charlottesville, Mason Hereford (Col ’08) wasn’t a fan of the bologna sandwich his mother used to make. It consisted of a couple of slices of bologna with yellow mustard and potato chips ...

At a university where a cappella singers actually command status, where they can instantly attract a crowd by belting out just a few lines, where their harmony can lead to a scene in a major Hollywood ...

Tom remembers perfectly one intense sensation from the day he started his journey into alcoholism. The aroma of bourbon. Even now, decades later, the seductive scent of sour mash whiskey lingers in ...

When Katie Couric (Col ’79) hosted Tina Fey (Col ’92) on her syndicated talk show in 2013, the conversation inevitably turned to UVA nostalgia. It helped that Fey was promoting Admission, a movie set ...

For many former students, the sight of a blue (or green) examination book might cause stomachs to churn and bring back memories of frantic essay writing and cramped hands. With the permission of some ...

It would have made perfect sense for Kate Douglass (Col ’23, Grad ’28) to swim for Stanford University. The insider websites had her as either the No. 1 or No. 2 girls recruit in the country her ...

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

In 1925 “The Cavalier Song,” written in 1923 by then-student Lawrence Haywood Lee Jr., was chosen in a College Topics contest as UVA’s best fight song. The song inspired a moniker for the athletic ...

In the May 1916 Alumni News, the Engineering School of the University of Virginia announced a special winter term course in highway engineering. The course was offered “in recognition of the growing ...