Progress Timeline

Advancing our Goals

SuccessUVA

Over the past decade, AccessUVA has transformed the University by helping us attract outstanding, diverse students, regardless of means. SuccessUVA will go even further—significantly expanding our financial aid program to enable more low- and middle-income students to attend the University and engage in all that we offer. We will work to attract more first-generation and underrepresented students. We will also work to ensure that all students receive the academic and career advising and support that they need to thrive on Grounds and beyond. Toward these ends, we will improve our advising, construct a new Health and Wellness Center to provide care for and promote the well-being of our students, build the Contemplative Commons to foster resilience, create an expanded Multicultural Student Center to support programming for our increasingly diverse student body, and seek to raise funding for the athletics master plan.

Citizen-Leaders for the 21st Century

Our ultimate aim for our students is to prepare them to be productive servant-leaders in a diverse, globally connected world, regardless of their careers or professions. Toward this end, we will build on existing programs and experiences inside and outside the classroom in three ways.

First, we will establish a series of residential communities that will house all first- and second-year students on Grounds and provide ways for third- and fourth-year students to stay connected to their residential communities. Providing students a meaningful opportunity to live and learn together in a diverse and inclusive community will help prepare them to live and lead in an increasingly diverse world.

Second, we will enable our undergraduate students to develop the knowledge, perspective, experience, and skills necessary to lead in a globally connected world by providing them with an opportunity to have at least one international experience before they graduate.

Third, as a public institution, we have a particular commitment to preparing students for a life of public service, broadly defined to capture the myriad ways in which our alumni can and do serve, regardless of their chosen professions or careers. We will define the competencies necessary to pursue public service and identify both curricular and co-curricular opportunities for professional, graduate, and undergraduate students to meet those competencies. We will create and coordinate other opportunities, inside and outside of the classroom, to expose our students to a wide range of possibilities in public service. Also, we will explore the feasibility of creating a loan-forgiveness program for undergraduate students who enter public service.

Third-Century Faculty Initiative

This initiative will expand the existing Bicentennial Professorships and create new cluster and “Targets of Opportunity” hiring programs, which will help us recruit the very best researchers, teachers, and mentors to the University of Virginia and will especially strengthen our capabilities in strategic priority areas. These faculty will be diverse by every measure because that is critical to recruiting and retaining an outstanding faculty. We will also provide faculty the tools and support they need to take advantage of the latest developments in pedagogy, including experiential and online delivery. We will recruit talented and diverse doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows to develop future scholars and teachers, enhance our research and teaching, and help recruit and retain faculty. And we will include post-doctoral fellows in an expanded PhD-Plus program, designed to prepare academics to become influential professionals in a diverse array of sectors and fields.

The Path to Research Preeminence

Collectively, our research productivity, quality, and impact are strong but could be even stronger. To help us move from prominent to preeminent in research, our approach will be three-fold.

First, we will continue to make strategic investments in research infrastructure and will substantially upgrade Alderman Library.

Second, we will focus on a discrete set of pressing challenges and opportunities that require collaboration across disciplines and schools and where UVA can be an international leader in important fields of research. We have identified five priority areas that represent major societal challenges and opportunities and draw on our existing strengths: Democracy, Environmental Resilience and Sustainability, Precision Medicine, the Brain and Neuroscience, and Digital Technology and Society. In each area, we will take a coordinated approach through institutes, centers, and labs to amplify the impact of our faculty’s work, and we will recruit and support doctoral and post-doctoral fellows who will partner with faculty.

Third, we will create catalyst funds that will provide seed funding to help launch and grow research initiatives. Preference will be given to applications that involve collaboration across disciplines and schools.

Cultivating Staff Success

We cannot achieve our aspirations unless we have a talented and fulfilled University staff. We will prioritize the recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce and the creation of an inclusive and supportive environment, in which staff are recognized as integral to the success of our mission. We will also build on existing leadership programs and develop robust career paths across the University.

Good Neighbor Program

In partnership with our neighbors in Charlottesville and surrounding counties, we will work toward being a just and sustainable community. We will work collaboratively, and with all due humility, with our community partners to address key challenges, including housing, living wages, local educational opportunities, and access to health care. We will set ambitious sustainability goals and develop a realistic plan to meet them, including an improved transportation system. We will launch The Equity Center, which will support community-engaged scholarship to model how public research universities can help reduce racial and socioeconomic inequities in our local communities. To make it easier for our neighbors to interact with the University, we will create a community engagement office in an easily accessible location in town.

Bachelor's Completion and Certificate Programs

As the world evolves, people across the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation will have increased needs for developing skills to help them prepare for new jobs or career advancement. As a state-supported university, we feel a particular responsibility to serve the Commonwealth by expanding educational opportunities, both in person and online, for working adults in the Commonwealth and beyond—especially the 1.1 million Virginians who have some college credits but have not yet received a degree. Therefore, we will, through our School of Continuing and Professional Studies, scale our bachelor’s completion program and provide a high-quality, easily accessible, and affordable education. Through our schools, we will expand our certificate programs and will develop a central portal through which people, including our alumni and our staff, can discover our diverse offerings.

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy

The parcel of land at the corner of Emmet Street and Ivy Road provides an unprecedented opportunity to enhance our community and encourage cross-disciplinary discoveries. We will use the 14-acre site to create three interrelated nexuses—Creativity, Democracy, and Discovery—designed to encourage cross-disciplinary endeavors involving people from across Grounds and beyond, in an active and engaging environment. The Creativity nexus, if we receive sufficient philanthropic support, will be anchored by a new performing arts center. The Democracy nexus will be anchored by the Institute of Democracy. The Discovery nexus will be anchored by the new School of Data Science and space for cutting-edge interdisciplinary research. Open Grounds will be designed to be welcoming to members of the UVA community, the surrounding communities, and visitors to our Grounds. Toward that end, we will build a new hotel and conference center to house visitors and serve as a convening space.

School of Data Science

To position the University as a leader in 21st century research, we will establish a School of Data Science. The school will be based on a foundation of collaboration—a “School Without Walls,” specifically intended to leverage the power of data across all disciplines by helping integrate data science across our Grounds. Many faculty will have joint appointments; the school will have outposts across Grounds; and faculty outside of the school will have the opportunity to receive fellowships to spend time at the school. The school will begin with a residence-based master’s degree but plans to add a certificate program for undergraduates, an undergraduate degree, a Ph.D., and an online master’s degree.

Broadening Our Horizons

Northern Virginia provides a significant opportunity to increase our impact by growing our research footprint, reaching more students, and developing new partnerships. Anchored by our business, engineering, and data science schools, the emerging grounds in Rosslyn will offer graduate and professional degree programs and certificates in high demand fields. The emerging grounds at the INOVA site in Fairfax offers a rare opportunity to launch research and academic programming in the context of a large population center.

Since the Board of Visitors’ approval of the Strategic Plan in August of 2019, the University has made significant progress on each of its 10 key initiatives. This timeline notes major milestones and accomplishments in support of the key initiatives in the University’s 2030 Plan. To see progress for a single initiative, simply click on the icon listed for each.

Research Preeminence

UVA receives a $30 million donation from the Harrison Foundation and Mary Anderson Harrison Foundation that will be used to found the Harrison Family Translation Research Center in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases.  The center will be housed in the new Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology.

March 2024 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

UVA receives a $25 million donation from the Harrison Foundation that will be used by the Department of Athletics for the new Olympic Sports Center.

March 2024 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

The School of Education and Human Development partners with Virginia school districts to create programs that help teaching assistants earn a teaching license and master’s degree while they work.

February 2024 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

A report shows that the National Institutes of Health increased funding for the School of Medicine by $20 million in 2023.  This funding bolstered the School’s efforts to develop lifesaving treatments through innovative biomedical research.

February 2024 Read in UVA Today

Cultivating Staff Success

Forbes magazine names UVA one of the nation’s top places to work.

February 2024 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

The Hoos First Student Center opens in Newcomb Hall.  The new center is designed to support and empower first-generation and limited-income students.

February 2024 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

UVA earns recognition from the U.S. Department of Energy for achieving a 27% reduction in energy use per square foot during the past 10 years. The original goal set in 2013 as part of the Energy Department’s Better Buildings Challenge, was to reduce energy use by 20%.

January 2024 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine receive a $3.1 million grant National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to pioneer the use of focused soundwaves to improve treatment of a debilitating brain condition, cerebral cavernous malformations.

January 2024 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

UVA Health paramedics begin making house calls for the Emergency Department’s most frequent users. House calls help reduce the overall number of visits to the ER for these patients as well as providing them with a wider range of care options.

January 2024 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

President Ryan announces the expansion of AccessUVA, the University’s financial aid program. The expansion will use philanthropic gifts to provide aid to lower- and middle-income students and families from across the Commonwealth.

December 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA breaks ground on the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology. The new institute, made possible by a $100 million donation from the Mannings, will look to address some of the greatest challenges in medicine while also driving economic growth in Virginia.

December 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

A UVA research begins testing of a deep brain implant that may help treat and even reverse the degenerative effects of Alzheimer’s disease.

December 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA researchers discover how harmful tau proteins damage the essential operating instructions of brain cells. Their finding could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

December 2023 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

UVA receives a $5 million grant from the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc. to create the Davis First-Generation Scholarship. The funds will be used to attract, support, and retain a growing number of first-generation college students.

November 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA’s Environmental Institute receives a $1.5 million grant to study how to empower women elected to local offices in Bihar, India to tackle climate change. The grant is part of UVA’s Grand Challenges Research Initiative.

October 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA researchers discover that seagrass beds can capture and retain carbon for centuries. The discovery could lead to new nature-based solutions to counter climate change.

October 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

The National Academy of Inventors ranks UVA No. 43 in its list of the top 100 universities granted US patents during 2022.

September 2023 Read in UVA Today

Citizen-Leaders

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression ranks UVA No. 6 nationally in its survey of college undergraduates at 254 schools regarding freedom of expression.

September 2023 Read in UVA Today

School of Data Science

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia approves an undergraduate major for the School of Data Science. This adds to the existing minor in data science, as well as the master’s and doctoral degrees.

September 2023 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

University leaders from UVA’s Advising Task Force brief the Board of Visitors and introduce “Discover Your UVA” a new student resources site dedicated to advising and student support.

September 2023 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

Georgetown University and Virginia Tech adopt the Hoos Connected program. Launched in 2018, the program has proven highly successful at reducing depression among new college students.

September 2023 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

UVA alumnus Ramon W. Breeden, Jr. makes a $50 million gift. The gift will be split evenly between the McIntire Expansion Project and Virginia Athletics Master Plan.

September 2023 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

UVA hosts 180 local middle schoolers as part of its Starr Hill Pathways program. The free, three-week summer program helps students explore career opportunities and learn about the education they’ll need to work in different fields.

August 2023 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

The UVA School of Medicine hosts its Summer Opportunities in Academic Research (SOAR) program. Founded in 2021, SOAR provides opportunities for local high school students to explore biomedical careers and opportunities in STEM fields.

August 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA researchers discover a process that could more cleanly and cheaply convert the chemical ethylene for use in plastics. Their discovery could have applications to a range of consumer and industrial products, and also result in substantial energy savings and greenhouse gas reductions.

August 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA Health researchers launch a clinical trial to see if focused ultrasound can help reprogram brain cells and help patients overcome drug addiction.

August 2023 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

The Princeton Review ranks UVA first in student health services. The ranking comes only two years after Student Health and Wellness moved into its new 156,000-square-foot facility that houses all four of the department’s units.

August 2023 Read in UVA Today

Cultivating Staff Success

Forbes ranks UVA one of the best places to work in Virginia and among the best employers for women in the nation. The rankings were based on employee surveys.

Cultivating Staff Success

Nine UVA employees and two teams are honored in the annual Hoos Building Bridges awards for their collaborative work across Grounds.

SuccessUVA

UVA receives a five-star rating from Money Magazine, one of just 34 institutions nationally to receive the rating. The ratings were based on three categories: quality, affordability, and outcomes.

Research Preeminence

UVA announces its next round of Grand Challenges grants, amounting to $100 million in funding. The funds will be used to reduce cancer in rural communities, improve youth mental health, and keep artificial intelligence algorithms fair and democratic.

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy

The Board of Visitors reviews and approves plans for the Karsh Institute of Democracy, a 65,000 square-foot facility constructed as part of the Emmet-Ivy Entrance Corridor.

Third-Century Faculty

UVA announces a new program, the Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellows, and awards fellowships to 15 faculty members for their innovative research and commitment to service.

Good Neighbor

President Ryan commits to devoting 20% of work-study funds to enable UVA students to serve as mentors and tutors in local school districts. This figure is higher than the 15% requested by the US Department of Education.

Research Preeminence

A trial conducted by UVA Health researchers using focused ultrasound technology helps ease movement problems caused by Parkinson’s disease in nearly 70% of the patients treated.

Research Preeminence

UVA School of Medicine researchers find that certain immune cells play an important role in controlling seizures. Their research could help with the development of treatments for patients who don’t respond to existing options.

Cultivating Staff Success

The Pipelines and Pathways program officially launches with 140 participants. The program is designed to help members of the community find career opportunities at UVA and resources to help them overcome barriers including transportation and childcare.

SuccessUVA

Princeton Review ranks UVA second for best value among public universities. UVA is also named the best public school for financial aid for the third year in a row.

Research Preeminence

Two UVA research labs collaborate to produce the first molecular atlas of a critical region of the brain, the superior colliculus, which helps direct our gaze toward objects of interest.  Mapping the brain is part of UVA’s Grand Challenge to expand the boundaries of neuroscience.

Good Neighbor

The UVA School of Medicine launches the Center for Health Equity and Precision Public Health. The new center seeks to improve the health and wellbeing of rural residents, the economically challenged, and minority groups across Virginia and beyond.

Good Neighbor

UVA partners with Charlottesville City Schools to design a lab school at Buford Middle School to teach computing skills through student-led project-based learning.

Research Preeminence

UVA School of Medicine researchers identify a gene that determines risk for heart attacks and other dangerous vascular conditions.  The discovery improves our understanding of these conditions and could lead to new treatments and preventative measures.

Research Preeminence

UVA researchers receive a $5.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study ways to improve the use of artificial intelligence in health care to better serve diverse patient populations.

Good Neighbor

The President’s Council on UVA-Community Partnerships announces a new working group that will collaborate with the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County to identify and develop a range of solutions, resources, and activities to reduce gun violence and enhance community safety.

Cultivating Staff Success

UVA and Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) reach an agreement allowing students who complete the UVA Edge program to automatically transfer to the Charlottesville-based community college, thus creating a path to an associate degree.

SuccessUVA

The McIntire School of Commerce receives a $10 million gift from John and Stephanie Connaughton.  The gift will be matched by the University’s Bicentennial Scholars Fund and the full $20 million will be used to endow need-based scholarships to launch the “Commerce for the Common Good” initiative.

Cultivating Staff Success

President Ryan announces the first winners of the "Hoos Making an Impact" program, which solicits and implements innovative ideas from staff across Grounds. The inaugural theme was sustainability with the winners proposing plans to reduce paper waste and encourage alternative commuting models.

Third-Century Faculty

President Ryan announces an additional $30 million investment in the Bicentennial Professors Fund. The fund seeks to create new professorships and retain the best faculty. The new investment will help the fund reach its goal of creating 10 University Professorships and supporting 122 endowed chairs across the University.

SuccessUVA

President Ryan announces an additional $35 million investment in the Bicentennial Scholars Fund. The fund seeks to make UVA more accessible to all students and has created over 540 endowed scholarships since it was established.

Good Neighbor

The new Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology will be warmed with geothermal heat. The announcement comes after several months of testing that found that the geology on Grounds can support this method.

February 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA Health neuroscientists discover a potential way to disrupt the chronic inflammation responsible for multiple sclerosis (MS). This discovery could prove critical in development new treatments for MS and other autoimmune diseases.

February 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA announces its latest round of Grand Challenges Research Initiatives. The University is seeking input from faculty on ambitious research projects across disciplines that will address urgent needs in our society particularly in the areas of health and digital technology.

February 2023 Read in UVA Today

Citizen-Leaders

The U.S. Department of State names UVA as a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Top Producing Institution for the 2022-23 academic year. In 2022, 18 UVA students were offered Fulbright awards.

February 2023 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

Construction progresses on the Contemplative Commons building and it remains on track to open in 2023. The 57,000 square-foot building will combine classrooms, a research laboratory, and an innovation hub with contemplative spaces as part of a multipurpose complex dedicated to helping students flourish in all aspects of their lives.

January 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA announces the launch of the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology, which will focus on innovative research in areas such as gene and cellular therapy and developing new treatments and cures for chronic diseases. The institute was made possible by a $100 million gift from the Mannings, as well as a $150 investment from UVA and $50 million from the Commonwealth of Virginia.

January 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA neuroscientists identify how a tau protein linked to Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases spreads through the brain. Researchers may be able to leverage this discovery to develop new treatments for these diseases and prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms.

January 2023 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA researchers identify a protein that may prove critical to the treatment of neurodegenerative disease and help the brain’s immune cells stave off Alzheimer’s disease.

December 2022 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

A multi-million-dollar gift, combined with matching funds from the Bicentennial Professors Fund, creates two new professorships at the UVA Center for Politics. The new professorships will focus on addressing declining trust in American democracy and increased polarization.

November 2022 Read in UVA Today

Citizen-Leaders

UVA announces a new partnership with Jindal Global University, one of the leading private universities in India. The partnership will lead to increased student and scholar exchange and joint research on global topics such as democracy and sustainability.

November 2022 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

President Ryan and his administration outline a plan and timeline to address the recommendations of UVA’s Local Economy Working Group, which looks to increase the University’s efforts to work with local businesses.

October 2022 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

President Ryan announces a $10 million investment in the new Cavalier Fund, which will provide grants to students to help them participate in a wide range of experiences and activities.

October 2022 Read in UVA Today

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy

UVA breaks ground on a $130.5 million hotel and conference center that, along with the School of Data Science, will anchor the Emmet-Ivy entrance corridor.

October 2022 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA Health researchers discover a molecule in the brain responsible for orchestrating the immune system’s responses to Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Their discovery could help in the treatment of those and other neurological diseases.

October 2022 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA researchers receive a $12 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to study the smallest components of cancers cells to try to disrupt tumor growth.

September 2022 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA joins the National Science Foundation’s Mid-South Innovation Corps Hub, one of five such hubs across the country that collectively seek to accelerate the translation of discoveries into new solutions that benefit society.

September 2022 Read in UVA Today

Bachelor’s Completion

UVA’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies partners with a number of companies to provide guaranteed interviews to students in certificate programs. This move will help improve the pipeline for both employers and job-seekers in high-demand fields.

August 2022 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA School of Medicine researchers develop a tool to identify the proteins our genes make. This tool represents a significant advance in biomedical research and will help scientists better understand how cells work and diseases take hold.

August 2022 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visits Grounds to announce that UVA has been awarded a grant from the Department of Energy to support research into clean energy technologies. The grant is part of a $540 million package for universities and laboratories seeking to create a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.

August 2022 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

The National Science Foundation’s Coastlines and People (CoPe) program announces $51 million in awards, which includes a $5 million grant for UVA researchers creating methods to enhance resilience and equity in urban coastal communities.

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy

The final beam is installed in the new UVA School of Data Science building, which will anchor UVA’s new entrance corridor at the intersection of Emmet and Ivy Roads.

August 2022 Read in UVA Today

Cultivating Staff Success

UVA announces the “Hoos Making an Impact” program, which gives UVA employees an opportunity to submit innovative ideas to improve the University and help achieve strategic goals related to sustainability.

August 2022 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

UVA Law launches the Roadmap Scholars Initiative aimed at providing mentors and resources for first-generation and low-income college students interested in the legal profession.

August 2022 Read in UVA Today

Citizen-Leaders

UVA launches the Public Service Pathways program designed to help students develop knowledge and skills related to public service as a lifelong practice and potentially a career. The program provides a mix of course options, mentoring, internship opportunities, and alumni connections to assist students.

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Research Preeminence

UVA researchers discover that a gene associated with deadly brain tumors is also responsible for two forms of childhood cancer. This discovery will help in the development of more targeted treatments for young children.

Research Preeminence

New research from the UVA Cancer Center and UVA Children’s Hospital shows promising results in treating two aggressive forms of brain tumor and could also lead to improved treatment of other tumors.

Research Preeminence

The President and Provost’s Fund for Institutionally Related Research announces its third round of awards. The Fund supports UVA faculty researchers who design projects to improve life and learning at the University, especially for students.

Research Preeminence

UVA announces that it will invest $60 million in collaborative efforts to research and perfect clean energy and provide resources and best practices to local communities facing climate challenges.

Good Neighbor

UVA’s Pipelines and Pathways Working Group in conjunction with University leaders, outline four focus areas for creating employment and advancement opportunities for local community members.

Research Preeminence

UVA announces a $75 million investment in a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort to pioneer advances in neuroscience, including Alzheimer's research, mapping the brain, and understanding how the brain changes over time.

SuccessUVA

UVA breaks ground on a 90,000 square-foot football operations center scheduled to open in the spring of 2024.  The new space will include locker rooms, coaches’ offices, meeting rooms, and strength and conditioning facilities.

SuccessUVA

The Jefferson Scholars Foundations awards a record number (40) of full scholarships to incoming UVA students. It also awards 12 students the newly created Walentas Scholarship, which is awarded to first-generation college students.

SuccessUVA

Money Magazine ranks UVA third in the nation based on the value of its education. UVA ranked sixth in 2020 and tenth in 2019.

Good Neighbor

UVA begins its transition to a sustainable transit system with the purchase of 4 battery electric buses, which will be delivered in Fall 2023.

Research Preeminence

UVA Health announces the creation of the world’s first Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, aimed at revolutionizing cancer care and treatment through the use of focused ultrasound technology.

School of Data Science

The School of Data Science begins accepting applications for its new Ph.D. program after the degree is approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

SuccessUVA

UVA Athletics receives its largest gift commitment in department history, $40 million, from an anonymous former student-athlete. The gift will benefit student athletes as part of the Honor the Future campaign.

SuccessUVA

For the second consecutive year, Princeton Review names UVA the top public university for financial aid.

Research Preeminence

UVA’s Environmental Resilience Institute receives a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will help create the Climate Equity Atlas, a resource that will look at the intersection of issues related to equity and climate.

Research Preeminence

Work continues on the renovation of Alderman Library as a major addition nears completion and a new connection to Clemons Library is added. The project is scheduled for completion in summer 2023.

Good Neighbor

UVA’s Equity Center launches a free, community-based, middle school to college pipeline program. Starr Hill Pathways (SHP) represents a generational commitment to the communities surrounding UVA.

Good Neighbor

Faculty from the School of Education and School of Engineering help with the Charlottesville Computer Science Community, an initiative to provide training and resources to local educators who teach computer science.

Good Neighbor

UVA’s Investment Management Company (UVIMCO) announces a new framework for responsibly investing University funds by evaluating investments’ environmental and social impacts.

Research Preeminence

Researchers at the UVA Cancer Center work to develop immunotherapy treatments for cancer that will provide more precise alternatives to traditional and often invasive treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation.

Research Preeminence

A team including two UVA researchers develops a new genomic research tool that will help researchers develop more precise disease treatments by drawing on the genetic diversity of people around the world.

Third-Century Faculty

The Board of Visitors approves the establishment of 10 endowed professorships in the College of Arts and Sciences in a variety of fields related to democracy.  The professorships will be supported by the Nau Foundation.

Broadening Our Horizons

UVA Biocomplexity Institute researchers begin work on the Social Impact Data Commons, a resource designed to provide real time data to policymakers on social, economic, and health trends in their areas.  Their initial research focuses on the Northern Virginia region.

February 2022 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

UVA ranks fifth among public colleges, and first among public flagship universities, in return on investment for low income students receiving Pell Grants.

January 2022 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

WellAWARE, a UVA Health-led partnership designed to improve health care access for those in Central Virginia neighborhoods with high rates of chronic disease and shorter life expectancies, welcomes its first patients.

January 2022 Read in UVA Today

Bachelor’s Completion

UVA and Germanna Community College partner to make it easier to finish a bachelor’s degree completely online.

December 2021 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

UVA proposes three sites for a new local housing development.

December 2021 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

The Karsh Institute of Democracy announces its inaugural advisory board, a diverse group ranging from a former Supreme Court justice to the co-founder of Reddit.

December 2021 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

UVA employees donate over a half-million dollars to local non-profits through the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC).

December 2021 Read in UVA Today

School of Data Science

The School of Data Science and the Darden Graduate School of Business announce “Collaboratory for Applied Data Science in Business,” a new research partnership at the intersection of business and data science.

November 2021 Read in UVA Today

Third-Century Faculty

UVA awards $19 million in STEM funding to four key research projects: environmental resilience, precision medicine, neuroscience, and digital technology.

November 2021 Read in UVA Today

Bachelor’s Completion

School of Continuing and Professional Studies announces a partnership with Google to provide scholarships to working adults seeking a four-year degree.

November 2021 Read in UVA Today

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy

UVA breaks ground on the School of Data Science, the first of several new buildings planned at Emmet-Ivy.

October 2021 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

UVA opens the new Student Health and Wellness Building on Brandon Avenue. In addition to Student Health, the new building houses several units focused on wellness.

October 2021 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

UVA breaks ground on Contemplative Commons. The new building will make use of outdoor spaces including the nearby Dell Pond, contemplative gardens, and a tree-lined courtyard.

October 2021 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

UVA announces an additional $50 Million in matching dollars for financial need and merit-based scholarships.

September 2021 Read in UVA Today

Broadening Our Horizons

President Ryan announces that UVA|NOVA will bring new academic programming and research to Northern Virginia in order to better serve the commonwealth.

September 2021 Read in UVA Today

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy

Tessa Ader makes a $50 million gift for a new performing arts center that will provide a home for concerts, dance, theater, and interdisciplinary art forms.

September 2021 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA to play leading role in new NSF Center to study the ocean and climate change.

September 2021 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

UVA Health seeks public input for new strategic plan, “One Future Together.”

September 2021 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

PVCC and UVA announce first cohort of Piedmont Scholars. The scholarship program, made possible by an anonymous gift and matching UVA funds, creates new opportunities for students who wish to transfer from PVCC to UVA.

September 2021 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA earns the Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation, joining an elite group of 52 of the most outstanding cancer programs in the nation and becomes Virginia’s only Comprehensive Cancer Center.

August 2021 Read in UVA Today

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy

UVA breaks ground on the “Ivy Corridor,” which will serve as the home of the School of Data Science, Karsh Institute of Democracy, additional academic and arts buildings, and a hotel/conference center.

SuccessUVA

UVA surpasses $500 million in new endowment commitments for undergraduate and graduate scholarships through the Bicentennial Scholarship Program.

June 2021

Bachelor’s Completion

UVA partners with Univision Communications to expand employee development as part of the UVA Edge program and help working adults expand their skills and earn credit toward a college degree.

Good Neighbor

UVA Law opens the Community Solutions Clinic that will provide legal aid and services to address racial and socioeconomic equity in Charlottesville.

Research Preeminence

Martha and Bruce Karsh make a $50 million gift to establish the Karsh Institute of Democracy, with UVA matching $50 million.

Third-Century Faculty

$5 million Mellon grant funds 30 new postdoctoral positions in work touching on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Spring 2021 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

President Ryan and the President’s Council on UVA-Community Partnerships establish a working group focused on community public health.

Bachelor's Completion

UVA partners with InStride to help working adults finish their degrees.

Good Neighbor

UVA Health announces new billing policies and practices that reflect fair and financially responsible guidelines based upon a patient’s ability to pay.

Cultivating Staff Success

“Future of Work” working group examines critical workforce lessons learned from the pandemic.

April 2021

Cultivating Staff Success

First class of UVA Edge students includes UVA employees.

Research Preeminence

3Cavaliers seed funding initiative awards research funding for projects that include multidisciplinary collaboration.

Research Preeminence

UVA Brain Institute-led study publishes significant findings on role of gender in development of autism.

SuccessUVA

Princeton Review names UVA the nation's No. 1 public school for financial aid.

SuccessUVA

Board of Visitors votes to freeze base undergraduate tuition for 2021-2022 academic year.

SuccessUVA

The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and School of Continuing and Professional Studies create LaunchPad to prepare students for careers while earning credit.

School of Data Science

Board of Visitors approves resolution for a Ph.D. in Data Science through the School of Data Science.

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy

Board of Visitors approves the design for a new hotel and conference center at Emmet-Ivy.

Research Preeminence

The President and Provost’s Fund for Institutionally Related Research awards grants to two UVA faculty members conducting research that will benefit the community.

SuccessUVA

Board of Visitors approves the design for Athletics Complex.

March 2021

SuccessUVA

Anonymous $5 million gift, matched by UVA, strengthens partnership between UVA and PVCC and assists students interested in transferring.

Broadening Our Horizons

UVA Health signs letter of intent to acquire full ownership of Novant Health-UVA Health System.

February 2021 Read in UVA Today

School of Data Science

School of Data Science Academic Affairs Committee approves Open Access Guidelines and Recommendations, part of an effort to drive innovation across boundaries in a culture of transparency and open access to knowledge.

Bachelor's Completion

School of Continuing and Professional Studies enrolls its largest Bachelor's Completion class ever.

February 2021 Read in UVA Today

Cultivating Staff Success

Pipelines and Pathways Working Group resumes work to improve access for underrepresented groups and ensure that current workers have opportunities for promotion and growth.

February 2021 Read in UVA Today

Citizen-Leaders

UVA Housing and Residence Life announces Connect2Grounds, a 2021-2022 academic year initiative for second-year students to engage actively in a shared-living environment.

February 2021

Broadening Our Horizons

School of Medicine 3rd- and 4th-year medical students begin training at UVA-INOVA campus.

Good Neighbor

UVA partners with Blue Ridge Health District to open second community vaccination site.

January 2021 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

Funding and scope are increased for the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to include community partnerships.

January 2021 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA neurosurgeons and the UVA Brain Institute pioneer use of Focused Ultrasound to treat essential tremor.

January 2021 Read in UVA Today

Citizen-Leaders

Expanded Hoos Connected program helps new students foster connections with peers.

January 2021 Read in UVA Today

School of Data Science

School of Data Science graduates its first cohort of online Master of Science in Data Science students.

December 2020

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy

Board of Visitors approves the design for a new School of Data Science building at Emmet-Ivy.

December 2020 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

UVA employees donate $380K to local non-profits through the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC).

December 2020

Good Neighbor

UVA opens Center for Community Partnerships in downtown Charlottesville.

December 2020 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

$15 million is awarded to support STEM research in key research areas identified in the strategic plan.

December 2020 Read in UVA Today

Third-Century Faculty

UVA makes $16 million investment to support the Carter G. Woodson Institute.

December 2020 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

Board of Visitors approves $30 million in matching funds for scholarships.

December 2020 Read in UVA Today

School of Data Science

School of Data Science and School of Education launch the Collaboratory for the Advancement of Education and Data Science.

Bachelor's Completion

UVA announces "UVA Edge," a year-long program to provide working adults new opportunities to take college courses.

October 2020 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA Environmental Science partners with other institutions to achieve largest known seagrass restoration in the world.

October 2020 Read in UVA Today

Cultivating Staff Success

In the midst of the pandemic, UVA assembles vital mental health and wellness resources for students, faculty, and staff.

September 2020 Read in UVA Today

Citizen-Leaders

UVA offers virtual internships to provide students with an opportunity to explore international work.

September 2020 Read in UVA Today

Bachelor's Completion

School of Continuing and Professional Studies professional certificate registrations double in one year.

August 2020

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy

Emmet-Ivy Landscape design wins the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Excellence in Landscape Architecture Award.

July 2020

Research Preeminence

UVA scientists identify an oncogene responsible for glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer.

School of Data Science

School of Data Science introduces need-based financial aid for Master of Science in Data Science students.

June 2020

Research Preeminence

Board of Visitors approves the design for Physics Building renovation.

June 2020

Citizen-Leaders

Office of Academic Outreach launches the inaugural, annual Public Service Week.

Spring 2020

School of Data Science

UVA's Faculty Senate approves undergraduate minor in Data Science.

Research Preeminence

The Nau Foundation makes $27.5 million gift to fund democracy initiatives. UVA matches $17 million.

Good Neighbor

UVA Emergency Assistance Fund provides aid to over 600 furloughed contract workers.

Good Neighbor

President Ryan and the President’s Council on UVA-Community Partnerships establish three working groups: local economy, early childhood education, and pipelines and pathways, as well as the Affordable Housing Advisory Group.

Good Neighbor

President Ryan announces UVA will support development of up to 1,500 affordable housing units in Charlottesville.

Third-Century Faculty

Board of Visitors approves additional $50 million investment in Bicentennial Professorships.

Citizen-Leaders

Board of Visitors approves the design for a second Brandon Avenue residence hall to house upperclass students.

SuccessUVA

Board of Visitors approves the design for Contemplative Commons.

March 2020

Research Preeminence

President Ryan and Provost Magill announce The President and Provost’s Fund for Institutionally Related Research to support research that benefits the community.

February 2020 Read in UVA Today

Citizen-Leaders

UVA ranks 10th nationally – and 1st among public universities – in number of students receiving Fulbright awards.

February 2020 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

UVA opens Multicultural Student Center and other spaces designed to serve a diverse range of student groups.

February 2020 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

Board of Visitors approves ambitious sustainability goals.

December 2019 Read in UVA Today

Cultivating Staff Success

Inaugural “Hoos Building Bridges” Awards honor staff from across the University.

December 2019 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

President Ryan announces new Contemplative Commons space that will enable collaboration across departments, supported by a $40 million gift from Paul and Sonia Jones.

December 2019 Read in UVA Today

Bachelor's Completion

Joanne and Bill Conway make $20 million gift to the School of Nursing, the largest in the School’s history. The gift focuses on assisting both students transferring into the BSN program, and current RNs seeking a BSN degree.

January 2020 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

Greg Olsen makes $25 million gift to the School of Engineering in support of teaching and research, the largest gift in the School's history.

November 2019 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

President Ryan announces the formation of the President’s Council on UVA-Community Partnerships.

October 2019 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

UVA approves and funds the formation of The Equity Center, created to build better relationships with the Charlottesville community and to redress racial and socioeconomic inequality.

October 2019 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

UVA Research tops $412 million in funding, the largest amount in its history.

October 2019 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

David and Jane Walentas make a $100 million gift to support scholarships for first-generation students, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, and the Darden School of Business.

October 2019 Read in UVA Today

School of Data Science

UVA receives official approval to form School of Data Science from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

September 2019 Read in UVA Today

Citizen-Leaders

UVA opens Bond House to house upperclass students.

August 2019 Read in UVA Today

Board of Visitors approves ‘Great and Good’ strategic plan for University of Virginia.

August 2019 Read in UVA Today

School of Data Science

Board of Visitors approves the establishment of the School of Data Science.

Ryan’s ‘Great and Good’ strategic plan wins board endorsement.

Cultivating Staff Success

President Ryan announces “Hoos Building Bridges” Awards to honor those working to connect students, faculty, staff, and community.

Research Preeminence

Library Dean John Unsworth announces plans for renovation of Alderman Library.

Third-Century Faculty

Frank M. Sands Sr. makes $68 million gift to the Darden School of Business, the largest in the School's history. The gift includes a major focus on faculty.

Good Neighbor

UVA announces $15 per hour living wage.

Broadening Our Horizons

Dedication of Sands Family Grounds is held at Darden School of Business facility in Rosslyn.

Research Preeminence

Commonwealth of Virginia awards $132 million for Alderman Library renovation. UVA commits to contributing $20 million.

School of Data Science

The Quantitative Foundation makes $120 million gift, the largest in UVA history, to create the School of Data Science.

January 2019 Read in UVA Today

Third-Century Faculty

UVA allocates $75 million for additional support of Bicentennial Professors Fund.

January 2019 Read in UVA Today

Good Neighbor

President Ryan appoints the UVA-Community working group to identify key issues for improving UVA-Community relations.

October 2018 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

President Ryan announces that Virginia families earning less than $80,000 per year can send their children to UVA tuition-free. UVA also commits to cover tuition, room and board for students from Virginia families earning less than $30,000.

October 2018 Read in UVA Today

Research Preeminence

Board of Visitors approves the design for Alderman Library renovation.

September 2018 Read in UVA Today

SuccessUVA

Board of Visitors approves the design of new Student Health and Wellness Center and commits to providing $30 million in funding. Anonymous donor gives $40 million to support the project.

September 2018 Read in UVA Today

President Ryan asserts ‘UVA’s future is ours to shape’, and establishes process to create a shared vision for a new strategic plan.

August 2018 Read in UVA Today