Swifties at U.Va. Enter Their CIO Era
The University's most bejeweled student organization started with a Yik Yak message.
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Teaching the Queer Black Novel
This semester, Tichara Robertson will not only represent the student body, but also lead and educate them in a class of her own design.
The University Salsa Club Has All the Right Moves
While winter has brought a chill to Grounds, not even the cold can cool down the University Salsa Club.
World-Class Indigenous Art From Australia and Oceania is Featured Across Charlottesville This Spring
From February to July, gallery walls throughout Charlottesville will showcase world-class Indigenous art from Australia and Oceania, and artists are visiting all the way from their homelands to engage with the public. Why? Because Charlottesville’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection boasts not only a stellar collection of its own, but also deep local and global partnerships.
Week-Long Celebration for Two Exhibitions of Indigenous Art Features more than a Dozen Events
Starting Jan. 29, the University of Virginia (UVA) museums, The Fralin Museum of Art and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection will host artists, events and discussions around the opening of two exhibitions of Indigenous art. “Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala” will open at The Fralin on Feb. 3 joining “Voices of Connection: Garamut Slit Drums of New Guinea,” on view now. The Fralin and Kluge-Ruhe will host more than a dozen events throughout the week in partnership with UVA, the city of Charlottesville and several other arts organizations.
A Time for Film: Law Faculty Members Recommend Their Favorite Movies on Lawyering
Looking for a movie to watch on a chilly winter night? University of Virginia School of Law faculty members recently shared their favorite films on lawyering, with picks drawn from history, literature and current events.
Ring in the New Year With UVA Librarians’ Best Reads
As the new year begins, we asked the University of Virginia Library staff to recommend their favorite reads from 2023.
A Walk Through Grounds Brought Her to Acting. Now, She’s a Christmas Movie Star
It’s only fitting Jen Lilley’s University of Virginia story includes the type of fairy tale elements that are now staples of her movies.
Unpacking the Creation of the Old Cabell Hall Mural
Home to the University’s premier performance space, Old Cabell Hall serves as a hub of musical celebration for the Charlottesville community. But upon stepping into the building, many visitors are struck initially not by music — but by artwork.
The Virginia Women’s Chorus Lights Up Hearts with a Merry Holiday Experience
Surrounded by the warm, festive ambiance of the gaily-decorated University Baptist Church, members of the University community gathered for the Virginia Women’s Chorus’ 40th Annual Candlelight Concert Saturday afternoon.
Future Performing Arts Center To Be Named for Generous Benefactors
A future performing arts center at the University of Virginia will be named for Tessa and Richard Ader, a pair of philanthropists who previously donated $50 million to the University as part of a commitment to bolster music, dance and theater in Charlottesville and Central Virginia.
'Sound Fragments: From Field Recording to African-Electronic Stories' Wins Big!!
Noel Lobley's 2022 groundbreaking study of the world's largest archive of field recordings of African music, 'Sound Fragments: From Field Recording to African-Electronic Stories', has won two more prizes at the recent Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) meeting.