Editor’s note: This story is a deep dive. For a condensed version, click here. The classified ad appeared in the back of the Cavalier Daily in March 1972, under the Miscellaneous section. It got right ...

It would have made perfect sense for Kate Douglass (Col ’23, Grad ’28) to swim for Stanford University. The insider websites had her as either the No. 1 or No. 2 girls recruit in the country her ...

Running back Wali Lundy (Col ’06) burst into the end zone, adding to the Virginia onslaught and further souring the mood of thousands of West Virginia fans on hand in Charlotte, North Carolina, for ...

For many former students, the sight of a blue (or green) examination book might cause stomachs to churn and bring back memories of frantic essay writing and cramped hands. With the permission of some ...

Tucked into the western edge of UVA, the Dell’s pond reflects blue sky and white clouds on this midsummer day, although a storm threatens from the northwest, with nickel-gray clouds moving in. Still, ...

In 1925 “The Cavalier Song,” written in 1923 by then-student Lawrence Haywood Lee Jr., was chosen in a College Topics contest as UVA’s best fight song. The song inspired a moniker for the athletic ...

Nurturing the youngest children comes with joys and hurdles. From encouraging independence to fostering emotional intelligence, the early years are a crucial time for laying the foundation of a ...

To keep UVA warm for a week during a typical mid-winter cold spell, UVA facility workers first pile up more than 1.5 million pounds of coal, then pipe in some 25 million cubic feet of natural gas.

Paul G. Mahoney, who was dean of the Law School from 2008 to 2016, will act as interim until a 28-member committee finds a permanent president.

The University’s Easters celebrations began innocently enough in the late 19th century as formal dances, held Monday through Saturday of the week following Easter Sunday. In those early days of ...

Sirens have become part of civilization’s background noise; most people carry on with their routines as the sound wails by. For me, having served as a trauma nurse for half my career, the sound is a ...

No one wants a fair-weather friend. But having a friend nearby might make the weather seem fairer. Researchers placed students wearing heavy backpacks at the base of a hill and asked them to estimate ...