“Poetry is a form of creating meaning from the love, grief, joy and despair of life,” Orr said. The co-founder of the Creative Writing Program is retiring from UVA’s English department faculty after 44 years.

The grads earned degrees from 10 UVA schools, plus the Data Science Institute. They heard remarks from outgoing dean of the School of Nursing Dorrie K. Fontaine, who discussed the elements and wisdom of a good exit strategy.

As excited about investing as he continues to be, William Evensen has often stepped boldly out of his comfort zone, from sheep farming in France to taking drama and art to working as a teaching assistant at UVA.

Through yearlong Public Voices Fellowships, 20 UVA faculty members spent part of the past academic year exploring how to write opinion pieces for a wider public audience, using their wealth of knowledge and unique perspectives.

Garden lovers can visit UVA’s pavilion gardens and also check out a new exhibit at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library spotlighting a garden on Grounds that never was.

Through academics and volunteer work with Madison House’s Cavs in the Classroom program, and even in ballet, Sarah Alexander has learned a set of leadership skills that combine organization and attention to detail with a dancer’s confidence and grace.

On Wednesday, the University honored its top teachers. Here, they offer their ideas on how they do what they do.

The first recipients were honored Wednesday night for research and teaching that positively affects the community and the public.

The final season of “Games of Thrones,” based on George R.R. Martin’s series, “A Song of Ice and Fire,” premiered Sunday. UVA Today asked English professor Lisa Woolfork, who teaches a summer course about it, for an update.

“Shakespeare on the Lawn,” a student-run theater troupe, moves from the Grounds to the Downtown Mall’s New Dominion Bookshop to present a dramatic reading of “Much Ado About Nothing” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday – Shakespeare’s birthday.