Read University of Virginia President Jim Ryan’s remarks to the Class of 2025, delivered at Sunday’s Opening Convocation, held on the Lawn.
The orientation program offered students a chance to get to know one another before classes begin this week.
It’s been too long since students’ cheers rang through Scott Stadium. Head coach Bronco Mendenhall and the UVA football team welcomed them back in a special event Friday night.
President Jim Ryan delivered the following remarks to parents of first-year students during welcoming events on Aug. 18 and 19, 2021.
As UVA returns to in-person classes and a more typical calendar of events, University leaders offered guidance about masking at large events and testing, isolation and quarantine procedures.
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UVA Move-In Class of 2025: Students, Families Reflect

What if we had a vaccine that would work for any COVID-19 variants that might pop up – and even for some coronaviruses that cause the common cold? UVA and Virginia Tech scientists are working on it.
First-year students – and second-year resident advisers and University Greeters, too – said they were looking forward to “the full UVA experience” – in-person and on Grounds.