The selected titles on this list include fiction, memoir, poetry, children’s books and nonfiction, from historic to current topics.

The collections, which span a millennium from the ninth to the 19th centuries, comprise more than 500 items, including scrolls, wood blocks, calligraphic materials and rare books.

Nana Boateng’s efforts to get to UVA during the pandemic paid off: She received the prestigious Henfield Prize in fiction last month, with the judge writing, “This text left its fingerprints all over my heart.”

Hear three fourth-year students reading some of their best original work, to mark the 20th graduating class of the Area Program in Poetry Writing.

The Public Service Awards recognize a faculty member and teams whose work demonstrates the greatest positive impact in a particular place or community.

The professors honored this year have shown exceptional creativity, passion and compassion, especially during a period when students still feel the aftershocks of the pandemic.

Zoe Ziff wanted to major in biochemistry and minor in dance because she’s interested in the details within the movement of mind and body.

After 41 years, Apprey will officially retire on June 30, having made a huge impact in changing the University, not only in the Medical School, but also on Grounds as dean of African American Affairs.

This year, the John T. Casteen III Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Leadership Awards honor Garrick Louis, Sanjeev Kumar and Jennifer Hulvey – members of the UVA community with a commitment to, and passion for, diversity, equity and inclusion.

Speakers at graduation will be Claudrena Harold on May 21 and Dr. Taison Bell on May 22, with Ralph Sampson giving the keynote address at Valedictory Exercises on May 20.