Photos: See How the UVA Community Is Memorializing the Loss of 3 Students

November 15, 2022• By McGregor McCance, cmm9vg@virginia.edu McGregor McCance, cmm9vg@virginia.edu

November 15, 2022
Students by a memorial outside Scott Stadium

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)

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.

Banner on a Greek House on Madison Avenue
Greek Houses, Madison Avenue (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Flowers on the stairs outside Old Cabell Hall
Old Cabell Hall (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Banner on the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house
Alpha Chi Omega sorority (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Flowers and signs at the foot of Jacob Ezekiel’s sculpture of “Blind Homer and His Student Guide"
Jacob Ezekiel’s sculpture of “Blind Homer and His Student Guide” (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Banner on the Sigma Nu fraternity house
Sigma Nu fraternity (Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications)
Flowers by the columns of the Rotunda
The Rotunda (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Banner on the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority house
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Heart on a Lawn room door
The Lawn (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Students visiting Beta Bridge, placing flowers
Beta Bridge (Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications)
Flowers along the top of Beta Bridge painted solid orange
Beta Bridge (Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications)
Flowers placed outside Scott Stadium
Scott Stadium (Photo by Erin Edgerton, University Communications)

Media Contact

McGregor McCance

Associate Vice President for Communications and Executive Editor, UVA Today Office of University Communications

Article Information

May 29, 2023

You May Also Like