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New Curator Ushers In Exciting Semester at U.Va.’s Art Museum
Caroline NewmanFollowing an extensive, nationwide search, The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia has appointed Rebecca Schoenthal, a professor in U.Va.'s art history department, as the...
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What’s in a Voice? The Debate Over ‘Vocal Fry’ and What It Means for Women
Jane KellyBest-selling feminist author Naomi Wolf created a firestorm in July when she published an open letter to millennial women. Ditch the vocal fry, she said, or risk not being taken seriously.But...
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Q&A: Basketball Alum Jerome Meyinsse On Brazil, Econ and the 2015 Cavaliers
Caroline NewmanWhen former University of Virginia basketball player Jerome Meyinsse returns to Grounds, he always makes two stops: John Paul Jones Arena, home of the men’s basketball team, and Monroe...
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Social Media Startup GYRO Lets Users Do More Than ‘Like’
Will MullanySocial media is centered around people’s opinions: presenting them, reading about them, quantifying them on large scales.A University of Virginia family, too, is focused on people’s...
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Alumna’s ‘Ten Thousand Saints,’ Adapted to Film, Hits the Big Screen This Month
Anne E. BromleyEleanor Henderson wrote her debut novel, “Ten Thousand Saints,” while a creative writing graduate student at the University of Virginia. Now it’s coming out Aug. 14 as a major motion...
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Being Thomas Jones: U.Va. Alumnus Talks Family, Football and Fame
Diana WilliamsThe sounds of weights clanging together could make it nearly impossible for the average person to concentrate and hold a conversation, but for Thomas Q. Jones, it’s all in a day’s work....
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Rare Book School Director Nominated to National Council on the Humanities
Anne E. BromleyPresident Obama last week nominated Michael F. Suarez, director of the Rare Book School and University Professor at the University of Virginia, to serve on the National Council on the...
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New Professor Delves Into Rock ’n’ Roll’s Identity Crisis
Katie McNallyLong before he ever stood in front of a University of Virginia classroom, wrote for Slate, finished grad school at Harvard, or even finished college himself, Jack Hamilton rocked stages...
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Dr. David S. Wilkes Appointed Dean of U.Va. School of Medicine
Eric SwensenThe University of Virginia today named Dr. David S. Wilkes as dean of the School of Medicine.A board-certified specialist in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, Wilkes is...
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Longtime U.Va. Employees Honored for Serving as Ambassadors in Their Jobs
Anne E. BromleyUPDATED, June 10, 2015, 10:10 a.m., to add corrected departmental affiliations.UPDATED, June 10, 2015, 9:45 a.m. Due to an error, many employees' departmental affiliations were...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Martin Battestin, Kenan Professor of English Emeritus
Martin Carey Battestin, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Virginia, died May 15 in Gordonsville, Virginia. He was 85.Battestin, born on March 25, 1930, in New York...
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Class of 2015: Devotion to Family Earns SCPS Student a Quick Degree
Jane KellyEditor’s note: In the run-up to Final Exercises on May 16 and 17, UVA Today will introduce readers to some of the outstanding members of the Class of 2015. All of the stories, plus other...
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New U.Va. Residence Hall, Gibbons House, Named for Former Slave Couple
Anne E. BromleyWilliam and Isabella Gibbons were husband and wife, enslaved by different professors and living in different pavilions in the mid-19th century University of Virginia. Once emancipated,...
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IT Manager Writes Prize-Winning Poems While Riding on the Bus
Anne E. BromleyJeff Baker has figured out how to write poetry in just about any situation, whether it’s riding the bus to work or walking home. He either writes or recites into his cell phone.The...
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Former Under Secretary of State, U.N. Ambassador Takes Miller Center Post
Thomas R. Pickering, former under secretary of state and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has been named the James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia’s Miller...
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Thomas Skalak Named Senior Official of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Anthony P. de BruynThomas Skalak, vice president for research at the University of Virginia, has been named the inaugural executive director for science and technology programs at the Paul G. Allen...
View ArticleSusie Hoffman Honored for Work in Ethics of Human Subject Research
Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research presented Susie R. Hoffman, director of the University of Virginia Institutional Review Board for Health Sciences Research, with its ARENA Legacy Award...
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William Antholis Named New Executive Director of U.Va. Miller Center
Kristy SchantzWilliam Antholis, the managing director of the Brookings Institution who has held key positions at the White House and State Department, has been named the new executive director of the...
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L’Oréal USA Names U.Va. Astrophysicist a Women in Science Fellow
Fariss SamarraiSabrina Stierwalt, a University of Virginia post-doctoral astrophysicist, has been named a 2014 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellow – one of five female scientists selected from a...
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Fall Convocation Celebrates University’s Top Faculty, Students
Anne E. BromleyWhile an ensemble of the Cavalier Marching Band played lively music, University of Virginia faculty, administrators and about 400 students in academic regalia followed Grand Marshal...
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