At UVA’s Miller Center, Gail Hyder Wiley helps capture and preserve the oral histories of some of the nation’s most notable figures. In Charlottesville, she helps to organize rides to the polls, welcome immigrant families and fight racism.
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Caroline Newman
August 16, 2019
August 14, 2019
Elizabeth Meyer has influenced some of America’s most significant landscapes, from UVA’s Academical Village to the Gateway Arch grounds, the National Mall and even Michelle Obama’s White House Kitchen Garden.
August 13, 2019
More than 5 billion of the world’s 7.3 billion people lack access to safe surgical care. UVA neurosurgeon Dr. Hasan Syed hopes his new Global Brainsurgery Initiative can help, and he’s already found success in Vietnam and Panama.
August 12, 2019
Whether you love classical music, the triumphant “Monday Night Football” theme or the soulful ballads of British great Adele, you need to know about Katy Ambrose.
August 05, 2019
A.D. Carson took his music to South Africa this summer and is hard at work on a new album. He’s also ready to welcome students back to UVA’s “Rap Lab” in New Cabell Hall for a brand new year of music.
July 29, 2019
Wood, the first Monacan Indian to complete a doctoral degree at UVA and the director of Virginia Indian Programs at Virginia Humanities, leaves a rich legacy of education programs and efforts providing a more complete history of Virginia Indians.
July 25, 2019
BreadWorks, a nonprofit Charlottesville bakery and deli that provides employment and job training for people with disabilities, needed a boost. They turned to Darden School of Business students for help.
July 23, 2019
Charlottesville attorney Simon Davidson is using his local restaurant site, The Charlottesville 29, to raise funds for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, auctioning off experiences from multi-course meals to a Bodo’s lunch with Tony Bennett.
July 08, 2019
Thanks to the CFA Institute’s Young Women in Investment initiative conceptualized by a Darden alum, women from across India are getting the training they need to enter what is still a heavily male-dominated industry.
July 01, 2019
The museum just closed for major renovations, but these UVA alumnae can give you a glimpse behind the scenes – and show you the nooks and crannies they love the most.