In The Conversation, Darden professor Gregory Fairchild writes of his grandfather’s experience in devastating race riots 100 years ago and his own research on the lingering economic and social harm of segregation.
Look back at a celebratory Final Exercises weekend, as the University of Virginia honored its 2021 graduates during processions on the Lawn and ceremonies in Scott Stadium.
Class of 2020 alumna Sydney Williams wrote this essay after walking the Lawn with her classmates a year after their final months at UVA were upended by the pandemic.
This year’s graduates built an impressive academic record, including research that reached from the Academical Village to Kenya.
The University held five Final Exercises ceremonies over three joyful days, celebrating graduates after one of the most unusual, difficult years in UVA’s history.
A look at UVA’s final Final Exercises in 2021 – for the Darden School of Business, School of Law and McIntire School of Commerce – which took place Sunday at Scott Stadium.
Trisha Durfee was already juggling a career as a nurse in the UVA Dermatology clinic, her responsibilities as a mother of four, and an academic program in the School of Nursing. Then the pandemic hit.
UVA President Jim Ryan offered opening and closing remarks at Final Exercises ceremonies held Friday, Saturday and Sunday.