In this year’s admissions cycle, total applications surged—to 82,089, a 27 percent jump from last year and a 153 percent ...

The atmosphere inside Scott Stadium was electric, as fans and players describe it 30 years later. The sellout crowd of 44,300 on Nov. 2, 1995, packed the stands. Students had claimed every ticket ...

The words “student self-governance” may never have flowed from Thomas Jefferson’s quill, but the concept was on his mind in the earliest days of UVA’s founding. In the margins of a letter to his ...

Kenneth Turney Gibbs (Col class of ’70, Arch class of ’72) of Atlanta died July 25, 2023. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architectural history from UVA and a doctorate in architectural ...

For more than a century, 211 Emmet Street South has taken on all manner of roles. First a home. Then a fraternity house—twice. And, in spring 1936, it stepped into its most enduring identity—Alumni ...

Bowing to mounting legal and legislative pressure, the NCAA in 2021 took a once-unimaginable leap: It permitted student-athletes to be paid. The rule change set aside a tenet of amateurism in place ...

Nurturing the youngest children comes with joys and hurdles. From encouraging independence to fostering emotional intelligence, the early years are a crucial time for laying the foundation of a ...

At the first meeting of the President’s Council on UVA-Community Partnerships, lifelong Charlottesville resident Harold Folley wasted little time telling UVA President James E. Ryan (Law class of ’92) ...

Editor’s note: This story is a deep dive. Click here for a condensed version. The classified ad appeared in the back of the Cavalier Daily in March 1972, under the Miscellaneous section. It got right ...

Editor’s note: This is a longform story. Click here for an abridged version. The latched door that opened by itself. The face peering over a shoulder. An unlit flashlight in an unoccupied room ...

The School of Data Science’s new home—a four-story, 61,000-square-foot building at the corner of Emmet Street and Ivy Road—opened this spring. The facility features four adaptive classrooms, faculty ...

In medal counts for countries that swam at the summer Paris Olympics, Cavalier Nation would rank fourth, tying Canada and outperforming Léon Marchand’s France. University of Virginia swimmers won 11 ...