Recent Articles by
Jane Kelly
July 13, 2017
UVA remains among the best higher education values in America, according to the most recent MONEY Magazine research.
July 03, 2017
In “The Reading Mind,” cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham shows reading is more than decoding letters and words. The mind enters an unfathomable world where context is everything.
June 26, 2017
It was nothing but net on Sunday evening, when former UVA basketball star Ralph Sampson and his family scored $25,000 for UVA’s Cancer Center on “Celebrity Family Feud.”
June 19, 2017
Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, told an audience of young African leaders that proposed budget cuts would do the exact opposite of what the United States should be doing: being globally engaged.
June 15, 2017
Nathan Colberg’s musical chops revealed themselves during his time at UVA with the a cappella group the Hullabahoos. Now he is teaming up with a member of art-folk band Lowland Hum to produce a full-length album.
June 12, 2017
In 1986, Craig Wood was looking to make a name for himself at UVA, where he knew no one. An impulse move on his second day on Grounds led to four years on the cheerleading squad and a lifetime of motivation.
June 08, 2017
UVA nursing professor – and professional clown – Tim Cunningham is helping lift people’s spirits in Sierra Leone, where the World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak killed more than 4,000 people and splintered families.
June 05, 2017
Spanish is the most spoken non-English language in the U.S. To address that, UVA grads and EMS volunteers Marc Blatt and Sabhi Singh created a curriculum so that first responders can better communicate with their Spanish-speaking patients.
May 26, 2017
Volunteer study participants who have stronger social networks coped better when threatened with pain – and reported better health overall.
May 17, 2017
Through opportunity and happenstance, Tonyette and Shontell Smith have followed nearly the same path at UVA, drawing on the expertise at the Curry School of Education to become school counselors.