Recent Articles by
Wesley P. Hester
March 07, 2019
President Jim Ryan said the wage increase is a first step in addressing top local issues identified by the UVA-Community Working Group.
March 01, 2019
Under the plan, higher tuition rates for third-and fourth-year students, coupled with philanthropy and reallocated cost savings, will directly improve students’ academic experiences.
February 08, 2019
Dubbed “the most insightful clinical investigator of allergic diseases of his generation,” Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills famously discovered a red meat allergy associated with lone star ticks, and linked dust mite allergens to asthma. He’s not done yet.
January 18, 2019
The school will position the University as a global leader in efforts to improve society through teaching and research based on the powerful, emerging field of data science.
October 24, 2018
Since the 1970s, UVA researcher Dr. Ronald Turner and his colleagues have been purposefully infecting student volunteers with rhinoviruses, in the name of science (Turner) and picking up some extra cash (the volunteers). What has he learned?
September 10, 2018
President Jim Ryan challenged the panel to “think boldly and creatively about the future use of this parcel, which in many ways will help set the future course of the University.”
August 08, 2018
A number of safety and preparedness measures have been put into place in advance of the one-year anniversary of last August’s violence.
July 02, 2018
Tommye S. Sutton, deputy chief of police at Northwestern University, has been named assistant vice president and chief of police at UVA. He will be sworn in Aug. 1.
June 19, 2018
Once completed, those in wheelchairs will be able – for the first time – to traverse the length of the Lawn, from the Rotunda to Old Cabell Hall, without detouring to McCormick Road.
June 14, 2018
Poston, a graduate of UVA’s Darden School of Business and the husband of a “triple ’Hoo,” is the commissioner of the revenue in Norfolk.