The University of Virginia community responded to the tragic deaths of three student-athletes with an outpouring of emotion, support and love on Monday and Tuesday. Across Grounds, these gestures took shape in ways small and large. Students and community members placed flowers, candles, signs and notes on the Rotunda steps, around the Homer statue and at Scott Stadium. They tied black ribbons on columns. They hung bedsheets over balconies and between columns of fraternity and sorority houses, emblazoned with messages of love and the jersey numbers of the three football players who were killed Sunday night. They posted gestures of remembrance and support on Lawn doors. See some of the memorials and messages here.
Photos: See How the UVA Community Is Memorializing the Loss of 3 Students
Students pause to reflect at a makeshift memorial with bouquets and messages found at the north gate of Scott Stadium. (Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications)
Greek Houses, Madison Avenue (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Old Cabell Hall (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Alpha Chi Omega sorority (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Jacob Ezekiel’s sculpture of “Blind Homer and His Student Guide” (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Sigma Nu fraternity (Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications)
The Rotunda (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
The Lawn (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Beta Bridge (Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications)
Beta Bridge (Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications)
Scott Stadium (Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications)
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May 9, 2025
