Andrew Kahrl uses local government records to reveal the story of how property owners of different races have been treated in the United States.
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Matt Kelly
July 21, 2017
Sections of the University of Virginia’s Long Walk – a historic pathway stretching from the Rotunda to the far reaches of the Corner – are being examined by archaeologists as they are uncovered and repaved.
July 20, 2017
The University will purchase the entire output of a proposed 120-acre solar facility in Middlesex County. Combined with a previous agreement, solar energy will met about 21 percent of UVA’s energy demand.
July 14, 2017
Defending Ph.D. dissertations on the same day at the University of Virginia, a husband-and-wife team is carving a new niche in hydroinformatics, a merging of hydrology and computer science.
July 10, 2017
After years hidden under of a variety of coatings, the original Tuscan columns on the University of Virginia’s Lawn are being stripped down to the brick and recoated.
June 30, 2017
As the emerald ash borer sweeps across the state, the University of Virginia seeks to preserve its ash trees, which are a dominant species on Grounds.
June 29, 2017
Brown Residential College’s traditional Hauntings on the Hill is getting a helping hand and fresh ideas from an engineering professor and local youths participating in a Computers4Kids summer camp.
June 28, 2017
The biomedical engineering graduates, who all plan to pursue doctorates, will spend a year pursuing research opportunities around the globe.
June 16, 2017
U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, a UVA graduate and former ROTC cadet, was killed in in Baqubah, Iraq, in 2004, stopping a bomber who tried to enter his unit’s compound. His parents have endowed a Bicentennial Scholarship in his name.
June 09, 2017
Achievements in renewable energy and “zero waste” are among the highlights of a sustainability update presented Friday to the Board of Visitors Buildings and Grounds Committee.