One in an occasional series about the findings of the President’s Commissions on Slavery and on the University in the Age of Segregation. Today’s installment explores UVA’s role in promulgating a racist post-Civil War creed known as the “Lost Cause.”
The series features stories written by faculty authors and by researchers who serve on the President’s Commission on the University in the Age of Segregation, or who conduct research as part of the commission’s responsibilities.
The morning sun dramatically illuminates one of the University’s classical spaces.
Also in this roundup: Black faculty and staff honor their best, archivists recognize the UVA-led Universities Studying Slavery consortium, TIME magazine recommends a history podcast, two rising researchers seize the spotlight, and much more.
The books are all right. A hardy band of workers is moving 1.7 million books and other items from Alderman Library, which will close in May for much-needed renovation, into the Ivy Stacks Building and Clemons Library.
The list includes new beer and wine gardens, making water cheaper and more available, improvements to the sound and Wi-Fi systems, and tech intended to speed fans through entrance and concession lines.
From establishing the Compassionate Care Initiative 10 years ago to addressing the 2019 graduates at the second Final Exercises ceremony, Fontaine has been one of UVA’s most empathetic, forthright and inspiring leaders.
UVA Cancer Center physician Dr. Nicole Kelleher, a past winner of the Charlottesville Women’s Four-Miler, enters Saturday’s race with a new perspective: that of a cancer survivor.