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Final Exercises Mark 2013 Graduates’ Passage Into the World

Former U.S. Senator urges the Class of 2013 to use their newfound achievement to take on society’s greatest challenges.

Successful $3 Billion Campaign Propels U.Va. Forward

U.Va. President Teresa A. Sullivan announced the completion of one of the most ambitious campaigns in American educational history at Sunday’s Final Exercises.

Colbert Entertains Class of 2013 and Even Sprinkles in Some Advice

Comedian Stephen Colbert’s Valediction address to a near-capacity crowd at John Paul Jones Arena was a bright spot on a rainy day.

Analysis of U.Va.’s Incoming Class Shows Consistent Quality With Dynamic Change

Overall minority student enrollment among the first-year entering class is projected to increase from 26.5 percent in the just-ended academic year to 27.5 percent in 2013-14.

U.Va. Philanthropy Class Awards $100,000 in Grants to 14 Nonprofits

A class on philanthropy spent the semester researching and deliberating how to award $100,000. In the end, 14 organizations, 11 of them local, picked up checks ranging from $3,000 to $12,000.

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New ‘Homemade’ Book Showcases Graduating U.Va. Students’ Creative Writing

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Fourth-year students who graduate this month are taking their creative work with them in a new keepsake book, the fruit of collaboration among the Creative Writing Program, the University Bookstore and Printing and Copying Services.

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Access to Justice Partnership Helps Low-Income Charlottesville Residents Navigate Legal Hurdles

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

The Access to Justice Partnership is a win-win for law students and low-income community members. The students get to represent real clients, while the residents receive skilled assistance.

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New Crowdfunding Site Allows Public to Advance U.Va. Research Projects Through Targeted Donations

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

U.Va. Innovation’s latest initiative puts U.Va. among the very first institutions of higher education to use philanthropic crowdfunding to advance research.

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From Colbert and Webb to the Amazing Grads, Complete Coverage of U.Va.’s Class of 2013

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Links to all of UVA Today’s coverage of 2013 Finals Weekend.

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Walker McKusick on the Rotunda Renovation

Fourth-year Walker McKusick offers a student's view of the Rotunda and the current renovation.

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Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 4:03pm

Among the many impressive images from Final Exercises this weekend were photographs of mortarboards decorated by members of the Class of 2013.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest written record of the term “mortarboard” (as it applies to graduation hats, anyway) came in 1854 in “The Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, An Oxford Under-Graduate” by Cuthbert Bede.

In it, the author describes the mortarboard as an “academical cap,” a term we suspect Mr. Jefferson would have approved of. So without further ado, here’s a look at the academical caps worn at the Academical Village during Final Exercises 2013.

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