From student to teacher, Blake Calhoun has impacted many during her time at U.Va. As she prepares to graduate, she reflects on her experience with the many student organizations she has been a part of and considers her future at U.Va.

The University of Virginia hosted Virginia’s first Lessons From Abroad conference, aiming to help students who have studied abroad process their experiences and incorporate them into their educational and career plans.

Rebecca Walker used her Harrison Undergraduate Research award to spend seven weeks in Israel in the summer of 2014 to research the cultural and environmental significance of the Aleppo pine tree.

Ashley O’Keefe, a fourth-year Harrison Undergraduate Research Award recipient, introduced the importance of a dismissed cell to the scientific community.

The U.Va. student fan group has big plans to turn up the volume for the NCAA Tournament – and perhaps raise a little money for charity, too.

This May, the first class of eight QuestBridge scholars will graduate, adding to the accomplishments of these high-achieving students who have excelled at U.Va.

In the spirit of the liberal arts education that Thomas Jefferson envisioned, faculty members presented some of their favorite ideas to students during “Look Hoos Talking.”

U.Va. students in the School of Architecture kicked off their semester with a weeklong design competition. The winning design incorporated safety elements, connectivity to grounds and sustainability on the Ivy-Emmet corridor.

Despite the Rotunda being under renovation, the annual Lighting of the Lawn will be a spectacular event to kick off the holiday season. U.Va. and the Fourth-Year Trustees will host the event Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Academical Village.

At Thomas Jefferson’s university, four panels from the fallen wall illustrate that the transformative ideals of liberty are still at work in the world – more than two centuries after the Declaration of Independence.