Charlottesville Daily Progress UVa students showcase research at university's second Public Day since the 1860s The University of Virginia once required its students to present the results of their research to the public before graduating. That tradition, discontinued around the 1860s, returned to UVa for the second straight year. http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/uva/uva-students-showcase-research-at-university-s-second-public-day/article_f6461a38-dfe1-11e4-bfbe-db2556e3f865.html
