Recent Articles by
Caroline Newman
August 16, 2019
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.
August 14, 2019
A chance meeting led to Katie Couric’s involvement in Erin Bernhardt and Din Blankenship’s new documentary, which features three refugees in Clarkston, Georgia, and an unlikely friendship with a former Klansman.
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.
August 01, 2019
Matt Green walked across the country in 2010 and has nearly completed his quest to walk every block in New York City – more than 9,000 miles. It’s turned into a feature film and, more important for Green, a new way of looking at the world.
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 26, 2019
During a new paid internship at UVA’s School of Architecture, Charlottesville high schoolers studied local design and history, took a field trip to Washington, D.C. and designed a park for a South First Street neighborhood.
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.