English professor and bibliographer David Vander Meulen put on his sleuthing hat and offered his best explanation for the envelope’s origin.

Rare, early printings of the declaration, plus signers’ letters about their historical legacy and military matters, are part of UVA’s permanent exhibit, “Declaring Independence: Creating and Recreating America’s Document.”

From occasionally delivering babies in the ER to delivering the final report of the President’s Commission on Slavery and the University, Dr. Marcus L. Martin has had several leadership roles at the University of Virginia spanning the Health System and the Grounds.

Bilger, a former WTJU DJ and Women’s Center program coordinator, taught at Claremont McKenna College in California for 22 years before serving as dean and vice president at Pomona College and now becoming Reed College’s 16th president.

Gaston, who came to UVA in 1957, was a historian of the changing American South and praised by colleagues and former students for his vital role as an activist in the local civil rights movement in Charlottesville.

Eleven employees – five from the Academic Division, five from the Medical Center and one from UVA’s College at Wise – were nominated and selected to receive the annual awards, the highest honor the University bestows upon its staff.

Here’s a sample of recent books by UVA authors, from the late Sydney Blair’s last stories to Paul Cantor’s analysis of pop culture in literature and TV.

Adam Willis went to the Philippines to report on Catholic activists who are resisting President Duterte’s harsh policies and police violence in his “war on drugs.” Virginia Quarterly Review just published the UVA alumnus’s article in its new summer issue.

UVA’s M.F.A. program is one of five programs to offer the annual $10,000 Henfield Prize in fiction writing to one of its graduate students in creative writing, and this year the prize goes to Piers Gelly.

Saunders, who died unexpectedly May 18, “devoted his entire career to publishing the highest quality scholarly books, and was much beloved throughout the university press community,” Eric Brandt, assistant director and editor-in-chief, said.