How a Student Group Made Music History at UVA
PK German, a now-defunct organization, once brought stars from the Ramones to Kool & the Gang to Grounds.
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Portrait of The Artist as a Young Woman: The UVA Student Behind the Unique Posters
When friends think of Dabney Lancaster Stellmann, they remember her always having a pad and paper in front of her.
Surveying the Rich Tapestry of U.Va.’s Flourishing Cultural Dance Teams
With nearly 20 dance teams on Grounds, it is safe to say that the students of U.Va. know how to bust a move.
From the Recording Booth to the Classroom: Finding an Outlet Through Song
When Claire Frazier Bolton is stressed, she turns to her iPhone Notes app.
Become Enriched in Yolngu Aboriginal Culture Through the Fralin’s “Madayin” Exhibit
A pounding voice chants rhythmically alongside a projection of waves crashing as one enters the Fralin Museum of Art.
A Future for Fallen Trees
The top of Observatory Hill has always been facilities management territory—a place where branches and brush, leaves, and other bio-rubble are hauled away to keep the Grounds looking their best. Some of these piles, now neatly stacked and categorized by UVA Sawmilling, are logs from trees that have fallen, or have been cut down during new building construction, on and around Grounds.
Why are more than two dozen local musicians visiting WTJU?
Come gather ‘round, people, wherever you roam: From February 5 – 11, WTJU’s 2024 Folk Marathon airs round-the-clock folk and roots specials from around the globe. We’re gathering our friends for a raft of musical deep dives.
On Poe’s 215th Birthday, UVA Special Collections Preserves His Spirit
Once upon a midnight dreary, while Edgar Allan Poe pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore in his room on the Range, did he foresee his future standing in literature?
Swifties at U.Va. Enter Their CIO Era
The University's most bejeweled student organization started with a Yik Yak message.
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.