Paul Cantor of Charlottesville died Feb. 25, 2022. During his 45 years as a professor in UVA’s English department, he taught an estimated 10,000 students. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he earned a ...

The healthy social ties that may have once felt natural are harder to come by once we grow up. UVA researchers offer insights and strategies.

A library has always been at the heart of the University of Virginia. When Thomas Jefferson designed his Academical Village, he placed a library—rather than a church, which was the practice at the ...

Running back Wali Lundy (Col class of ’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 ...

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 ...

This collection of historical objects contains some of the tangible reminders of the University’s past that can be found on, or nearby, Grounds. From a lock of Thomas Jefferson’s hair cut off just ...

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 ...

As midnight neared, 2,000 antiwar activists surged up Carr’s Hill to the steps of the University president’s darkened mansion. The radical lawyer William Kunstler spurred them forward, shouting, fist ...

Rector Helen Dragas gathers UVA deans and vice presidents together to announce that Sullivan has agreed to resign. "The Board feels the need for a bold leader who can help develop, articulate and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...