Kevin Gaines, UVA’s Julian Bond Professor of Civil Rights and Social Justice, said the protests go beyond changing policies, also seeking to “persuade white people that they are dehumanized by white supremacy as much as black people are.”

The eight-part c3Design program aims to “help instructors design courses they love to teach and students love to take.”

UVA photographer Sanjay Suchak wandered through the shell of Alderman Library, now emptied to prepare for the building’s major renovation.

Currently living with her family in Dallas, Victoria Robertson has put her Southeast Asia travel plans on hold and instead will train for a marathon.

During “May Days” in 1970, UVA students protested at Alderman Library and on the Lawn, focused on anti-Vietnam War sentiment, as well as calls for more opportunities for black students and for women.

UVA’s Public Service Awards recognize and acknowledge faculty members who offer their students opportunities to join with them and their neighbors in working together to make this a better place to live.

Transferring to the Architecture School was a big shift that Seshi Konu couldn’t have imagined. “But I embraced it with open arms and I’m glad I did,” she said.

Library employees have provided instructors with online course materials, aided research, worked on producing PPE and donated supplies to area hospitals.

For the first time, the University’s Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has announced three recipients of the John T. Casteen III Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Leadership Award – a student, a professor and a staff member.

Many of the faculty members found out they’d received an All-University Teaching Award in a surprising way – while conducting their classes virtually.