An iconic building at the University of Virginia will be demolished this Saturday. University Hall, or "U-Hall," is a 1960s sports arena, a building that some have described as a "squeezed lemon" or a "pregnant clam." But others see it as a futuristic structure that helped UVA recruit talent.
For a moment Saturday, it will be like the ’70s all over again in Charlottesville, only this time Ralph Sampson won’t be viewing University Hall from a helicopter. Sampson, the former Virginia All-American and three-time national player of the year, will be one of the dignitaries given the honor of detonating U-Hall, the home for UVA basketball teams from 1965-2006.
In an increasingly politically polarized country, former President Bill Clinton said finding ways to work together is the best way to build the United States into a “more perfect union.” Clinton was the closing keynote speaker Thursday for the University of Virginia’s first-ever Presidential Ideas Festival. A tie-in to UVA’s bicentennial founding celebration, PrezFest featured more than 60 White House veterans, journalists and scholars discussing the state of the American presidency.
This week's “Politics with Amy Walter” broadcasts from the Presidential Ideas Festival at the University of Virginia. And we'll get a look at the evolution of the executive office.
The University of Virginia on Thursday announced a $68 million gift to the Darden School of Business, the largest gift the business school has ever received. Funds will support faculty positions and the development of lifelong learning and online programs.
The University of Virginia announced Thursday the largest private gift to its business school, a $68 million donation that will fund a major construction project, invest in faculty positions and support an initiative for "lifelong learning."
Concerts were an important part of University Hall’s story from the beginning. But it wasn’t until its rock concert heyday of the mid-1980s that U-Hall hit its stride as a music destination for UVA students and townspeople alike.
The UVA athletic department is selling commemoratives from two historic events that have occurred in 2019.
We have to start asking ourselves new questions, said Tami Kim, who studies the social rules around Venmo payments as an assistant professor at UVA’s Darden School of Business. Like, “How close am I to the person I’m paying?”
Ryan hails from a small town in New Jersey and played point guard at Ursinus College, a small liberal arts school in Pennsylvania. When she first laid eyes upon U-Hall, she remembers thinking it was the Taj Mahal.
If there’s one thing that’s certain about the 2020 presidential election, it’s that nothing is certain. The University of Virginia’s Presidential Ideas Festival focused on the upcoming election on Wednesday with a panel led by Larry J. Sabato, director of the school’s Center for Politics.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright from the Bill Clinton administration and former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley from the George W. Bush administration discussed America's role in the world. The Presidential Ideas Festival is held Tuesday through Thursday and is part of the University of Virginia Miller Center's "Presidency at a Crossroads" project.
The Urban Prep legacy continues. For the 10thconsecutive year 100 percent of the seniors at Urban Prep – all African-American males who come from mostly low-income families – have been admitted to four-year colleges and universities. Their annual College Signing Day event was held at Daley Plaza where the students announced their college decisions in front of Urban Prep staff, family, alumni, and supporters. Students from the Class of 2019 have been admitted to 162 different four-year universities, including the University of Rochester, Georgetown University, DePauw University, Howard Universi...
The stands that were once packed with orange-and-blue-clad basketball fans are long gone. The bowl of the once-daunting arena has been gutted. Not much remains of Virginia’s venerable University Hall now, just days from its total demolition. Just its recognizable clam shell dome – 5,000 tons worth of concrete – and the pillars and ring beam that support it still sit on the site in UVA’s North Grounds. Come Saturday afternoon, in a matter of seconds, U-Hall, as it came to be commonly known, will be reduced to rubble, waiting to be cleared away so work can begin on two new multi-sport grass prac...
Pharrell Williams returned to his home state to give the graduating class of the University of Virginia a rousing speech that asked them to use their education to help others and change the world for the better.
"People pay attention to the presence of eyes," said Amrisha Vaish, a UVA assistant professor of psychology. "Humans are very sensitive to the presence of other people, and we behave more socially in the presence of other people."
Players on the UVA men's lacrosse team say they’re confident heading into the NCAA tournament semifinal showdown with Duke, despite their recent history with the Blue Devils.
Researchers at Texas A&M University found that white children in first grade have more supportive relationships with their teachers than African-American classmates do. Researchers at the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University discovered similar results in high school. Given that these same high school teachers assign grades and write recommendation letters, it would be surprising if these differences did not manifest in college admissions.
Pharrell Williams delivered an impassioned speech to the University of Virginia's class of 2019. Serving as the keynote speaker at Friday's valediction ceremony, the multi-hyphenate emphasized the importance and blessings of education and encouraged graduates to use their experiences at UVA to make the world a better place. Pharrell touched on issues like immigration and the rise of white supremacy, both of which have led to significant U.S. tensions and divide.
The Presidential Ideas Festival kicked off Tuesday in Charlottesville. Organized by the Miller Center and taking place on University of Virginia grounds, the three-day event aims to examine some of the most pressing challenges facing democracy around the world through the lens of the American presidency.