Scott Beardsley wrote the book on nontraditional college presidents. Published by UVA Press in 2017, Higher Calling studied the rise of leaders who did not come up through the traditional faculty ...

Cliff Iler, who as university counsel led interactions this year with the Department of Justice, has been named general counsel at the University of Arizona. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares ...

The words “student self-governance” may never have flowed from Thomas Jefferson’s quill, but the concept was on his mind in the earliest days of UVA’s founding. In the margins of a letter to his ...

This story is updated to reflect the outcome of the Aug. 28 General Assembly Senate Privileges and Elections Committee meeting. On April 11, the U.S. Department of Justice sent UVA leadership and ...

For more than a century, 211 Emmet Street South has taken on all manner of roles. First a home. Then a fraternity house—twice. And, in spring 1936, it stepped into its most enduring identity—Alumni ...

Bowing to mounting legal and legislative pressure, the NCAA in 2021 took a once-unimaginable leap: It permitted student-athletes to be paid. The rule change set aside a tenet of amateurism in place ...

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 ...

William Joseph Allen Jr. (Com ’60 CM) of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, died April 10, 2024. He earned his bachelor’s degree from UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce, where he was a member of the Delta ...

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

Civil War history has always been a UVA strength, especially as home to the Nau Center devoted to the subject. These recent works by alumni and faculty may teach even the most avid history buffs ...

In medal counts for countries that swam at the summer Paris Olympics, Cavalier Nation would rank fourth, tying Canada and outperforming Léon Marchand’s France. University of Virginia swimmers won 11 ...

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