Alumnus Ben Young blew the investors out of the water in a recent episode of ABC’s Shark Tank. His fitness app, Sworkit, earned a $1.5 million offer from Mark Cuban – the largest tech investment in the show’s history.

The primary-source documents of UVA’s Special Collections Library have become an unexpected hub of genealogical research, and for one UVA librarian, a crucial source in unraveling her family’s past.

UVA students have created a new social media platform that inspires donations to local charities (like Service Dogs of Virginia) using fun in-app competitions.

In a new collaborative exhibit with the Google Cultural Institute, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities celebrates Eastern Virginia’s vibrant African-American tradition of gospel music.

On Friday, the Board of Visitors approved tuition rates for the 2016-17 school year. The rates represent a half-percent decrease from earlier projections as a result of ongoing efficiencies being implemented across the University.

UVA Today takes a look at six of the largest student-run entrepreneurship groups on Grounds and how they give students an inside look at the real world of start-ups.

On Wednesday afternoon Virginia Senator Mark Warner visited the Batten School’s “Public Policy of the 21st Century” course to discuss the future of the economy and higher education with students.

Logan Dandridge hopes his new “Beyond Skin Deep: The UVA Experience” art installation outside Garrett Hall prompts passers-by to look up from their screens and discover the people around them.

The growing program introduces first-year, second-year and transfer students to serious academic research through paid research assistant positions.

Driven by the passion she saw around her, fourth-year Nena Evans has spent her time at UVA giving back to her community. As she’s poised to graduate and move away, she hopes she’s left Hooville even better than how she found it.