Robert Ruff’s previous support of the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers and his backing for the subsequent programming for that space was a precursor to his current gift.
UVA looks back to Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to the University in 1976, her love of corgis and the Lawn’s magnetic draw of the low-riding, butt-wiggling creatures.
Nana Boateng’s efforts to get to UVA during the pandemic paid off: She received the prestigious Henfield Prize in fiction last month, with the judge writing, “This text left its fingerprints all over my heart.”