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Want to know the top 5 hidden gems around Grounds? The all-time leading sports scorers? Top foods at the dining hall?
The University has many traditions. Here are five that have vanished with time.
According to focus groups conducted by U.Va. Dining Services and ARAMARK, the most popular foods at Newcomb, O’Hill and Runk dining rooms are as follows (accompanied
Five most popular majors for 2012 graduates, according to U.Va.’s Office of Institutional Assessment and Studies (numbers in parentheses are the number of bachelor degrees conferred):
The following is taken from a speech given in Charlottesville on March 14th, 2012, to an audience of students and alumni from the University of Virginia. The speech is a
I want to laugh I want to cry I just don’t want to say goodbye.
Women's soccer wins ACC Championship
Women's soccer beats Florida State and Maryland to win the ACC Championship.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Unearthing Slavery at the University of Virginia
Recent discoveries on Grounds raise questions about the history of slavery.
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Blue Books
The agony and ecstasy of final exams (including excerpts from real blue book exams).
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Charlottesville Then & Now
An interactive feature that compares scenes from the same spots in Charlottesville, nearly 100 years apart.
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Holsinger’s Charlottesville
Rufus W. Holsinger photographed Charlottesville at the turn of the 20th century, capturing the Rotunda fire and much more.
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Make It Stick
Physics professor Lou Bloomfield sets out to fix a wobbly table and discovers a substance that might do much more.
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Ed Roseberry’s Charlottesville
Look through a few of the thousands of photographs Ed "Flash" Roseberry has taken of Charlottesville since the 1940s.
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Rethinking the Way We Learn
Professor Daniel Willingham knows why students don't like school— it's all in how the brain works.
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Top 5 Lists
Want to know the top 5 hidden gems around Grounds? The all-time leading sports scorers? Top foods at the dining hall?
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Money
Logan Sachon (Col '05) writes openly and honestly about finances, a subject once considered taboo, on the website The Billfold.
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War Stories
Generations of alumni reflect on military life over the past century, sharing stories of world wars and major American operations in Asia and the Middle East.
