Caroline Challe

Striving for connection at a big state university, Caroline Challe found that community was within her grasp. Now a fourth-year student, she shares the secret with others.

Spend a day in the life of A.D. Carson, assistant professor of hip-hop and the Global South. Working on a pandemic-inspired album set for release this month, Carson helps his students craft an album of their own.

After receiving a master’s in material sciences and engineering from UVA in 1989, Maureen O’Shea raised six children and returned to Grounds to study at the new School of Data Science.

The Fralin Museum reopened after more than a year and a half, University Guides led in-person tours of Grounds, and intramural sports teams got back on the field.

The famed comedian and UVA alumna dropped in on media studies assistant professor Anna Katherine Clay’s “Women and Television” class via Zoom in late October.

That’s a wrap! Take a look at some photos that showcase the excitement of five days of film-related events.

A year after the pandemic forced the Virginia Film Festival online, masked and vaccinated filmgoers flocked to Wednesday’s opening night gala.

The film festival, in its 34th year, will screen more than 85 films at various locations around Charlottesville, including a drive-in venue at Morven Farm.

The 2021-22 shows, performed by graduate and undergraduate students, are commentaries on social and environmental challenges in the modern world.

Two fourth-year students are teaching Native American youth in South Dakota about science – and the possibilities of higher education.