Behind the Scenes and Into the Past: UVA’s Historic Clothing Collection
On the lower level of the Drama Building on Culbreth Road exists a treasure trove of historic clothing, aptly named the Historic Clothing Collection.
Student Legal Services mural paints a picture of student resilience
On the fourth floor of Newcomb Hall, a monarch butterfly welcomes students into the newly renovated office for Student Legal Services.
“What, like it’s hard?” — First Year Players Prepares to Stun With “Legally Blonde”
This year, the entirely student-run Contracted Independent Organization will put on the beloved musical “Legally Blonde,” continuing its tradition of giving first years and new transfer students the chance to perform.
UVA Stepmom Hosts its Second-Annual "Step Comedy Jam" on a Night of Endless Laughter
Comedy lovers at the University showed up in droves to Crozet Pizza Buddhist Biker Bar Tuesday night for the return of UVA Stepmom’s fun-filled “Step Comedy Jam,” with musical guest Loose Champagne.
No Composure Fosters Connection Through Music
The self-proclaimed “Old Dorms Band” came to be in the fall of 2023 after the band members found each other through a group chat for University Records — a student-run club that brings musicians together and hosts shows for them to perform.
Studio Art Thesis Exhibitions: 4th Year Students and Aunspaugh Fellows
A new book unearths a buried history of photography in West Africa
“Portrait and Place: Photography in Senegal, 1840-1960” is published by Princeton University Press and released on March 5.
Ben Shapiro’s hip-hop hypocrisy and white male grievance lands him on top of pop music charts for a brief moment
Over the past decade, conservative commentator and podcaster Ben Shapiro has made a living telling his followers that rap isn’t music.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Speaks at UVA on the Future of Reparations and the Power of Writing
Author, journalist and activist Ta-Nehisi Coates, spoke on Friday, March 8, to a UVA audience and to attendees of the ninth annual conference of the African American Intellectual History Society hosted by the University’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies.
Poetic Unity: 'A Standing Witness' Examines Our Nation’s Recent History Through a Cycle of Songs
Rita Dove was on sabbatical from the University of Virginia English department when Richard Danielpour emailed the U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner. The Grammy Award-winning composer wanted to discuss collaborating on A Standing Witness, a cycle of songs that covers 50 years of American history, with original music set to poems as lyrics. The project was no small task. And Dove says that, at first glance, it seemed outside her wheelhouse.