Teresa A. Sullivan, UVA’s eighth president and the first woman to hold the office, is known for her dogged work ethic. She has continued to steward the University with steady determination this summer, even as her term comes to an end today.
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Jane Kelly
July 24, 2018
Your child is a visual learner. She does better when information is presented in diagrams and graphs. You’d think she would do better if her teacher taught that way, right? Nope.
July 17, 2018
In this summer of transition, we offer you some tips to help your student thrive on Grounds.
July 13, 2018
UVA’s very first semester-long program for new students is hitting its stride in its second year. We talked with an enthusiastic member of the inaugural ‘London First’ class, who convinced her younger sister to enroll this fall.
June 27, 2018
UVA’s Vikram Jaswal said current approaches to autism are based on dangerous assumptions that body language imports that autistics are not social people and that their expressed desire to socialize is ignored.
June 13, 2018
Did police take advantage of a boy’s youth and mental limitations to win a murder conviction in a case highlighted on Netflix’ hugely popular “Making a Murderer”? UVA Law expert Brandon Garrett gives his opinion.
June 11, 2018
UVA law professor Mila Versteeg’s research has found that just because a right is enshrined in a national constitution does not mean citizens can breathe easy.
June 05, 2018
As the student representative to the governing body, Brendan Nigro said this year he will focus on keeping UVA affordable and helping to reshape the Ivy Corridor, which is being remade to be a more welcoming entry to the University.
May 30, 2018
Dr. Andrew Wolf led the way for the American Cancer Society’s groundbreaking recommendation that colorectal cancer screenings begin at age 45 instead of 50.
May 22, 2018
The class president spoke for nearly 12 minutes about the meaning of family and home, sharing the heartbreaking story of his mother’s battle with cancer and how it helped him find a second family at UVA. Did he really do it without notes?