President Jim Ryan spoke briefly to graduates as part of Final Exercises 2019, which also featured keynote addresses from Cameron Webb and Dorrie Fontaine.
Speaking to a packed John Paul Jones Arena, Williams, a Virginia Beach native, told the Class of 2019 “the only way to make life better for yourself is to make life better for others.”
The report finds that after infancy, adolescence is the most active period in neuro development. “It’s a dramatic period of brain development,” said Richard Bonnie, the director of the UVA’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy and chairman of the report committee.
UVA graduates are filling their caps with favorite memories, symbols, quotes and photos as reminders of all that came before this triumphant graduation weekend – and all that lies ahead. See some of their designs.
From traveling foreign lands to probing scientific mysteries, soon-to-be UVA grads have garnered many fellowships, scholarships and research grants on their road to knowledge.