The Global Teaching Program is providing access to AP courses in rural regions of Mississippi with high-minority communities often hit hard by poverty.

Winter break offers faculty, staff and students a time to unplug, enjoy family and catch up on projects, like learning the ukulele and training for the NFL Draft. Learn how several are spending their time off and rejuvenating themselves for 2019.

Kayla Spigelman’s passion for fighting food waste and hunger blossomed when she was a girl and collected canned food instead of candy at Halloween. She brought that passion to UVA in a new way.

Exam time means long hours, with students wrapping up projects, turning in papers and cramming for final tests (and faculty members doing all that grading). These local coffee and tea shops will help Wahoos get over the finish line in fine fashion.

This year’s celebration straddled feelings of festivity and reflection, drawing the University’s largest student-run holiday celebration.

Austin Widner grew up in Saltville, where five generations of his family have farmed tobacco. Now a fourth-year student, he is helping to build community among Appalachian students and alumni, and to increase applications to UVA from the region. Header Art: Austin Widner

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, when students throw the biggest holiday event at the University. The free fun starts at 7 p.m. on Dec. 6 and the grand finale, a fantastic light show set to music, starts at 9.

Gwendolyn Cassady was expecting a few Afghan refugee women to pick up some clothes and fabric remnants she was donating. When dozens showed up, a new business was born.

An annual assessment of international education funded by the U.S. Department of State finds that the University continues to help students and international scholars thrive in a global arena.

Two civic-minded students are making it easier than ever for UVA students of all political stripes to get out the vote in Tuesday’s midterm elections.