Oct 22, 2024 · In the same room where he was introduced as Virginia’s men’s basketball coach in 2009, Tony Bennett sat uneasily behind a microphone, facing a hastily gathered crowd of current and former UVA administrators, coaches and players, supporters and media members.. Bennett’s voice caught and he visibly fought back tears as he explained his decision to retire abruptly, just three weeks before ...

Paul Pelz, an architect and engineer, was considered the primary architect behind the Library of Congress. His other work includes a design used to build lighthouses on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf Coast—in Currituck and Bodie Island in North Carolina, Morris Island in South Carolina, St. Augustine in Florida, and Sand Island in Alabama, according to the …

1 James Monroe, the United States’ fifth president, builds his law office and home at what would become the Monroe Hill Complex, atop Monroe Hill. In 1814, John Perry, a builder working on UVA and Monticello, buys the property and enlarges the house. Perry sells the property to be held in trust as the future site of UVA in 1817.

With a new methodology designed to address growing criticisms about its popular rankings, U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 report lists UVA as the No. 24 best overall university in the country and No. 5 among public universities. Read Virginia Magazine’s in-depth look at college rankings here.. UVA moved up one spot among national universities from …

High school was far from traditional for UVA’s Class of 2027. Starting during the spring of their freshman year, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted most of their secondary school careers, limiting opportunities to learn and work with others and grow from those experiences.. Greg Roberts (Darden ’17), UVA’s associate vice provost of enrollment and …

While criticism continues to swirl around U.S. News & World Report’s popular college rankings, the digital publication has made few big changes to the methodology behind its 2025 list—and UVA’s rank stayed about the same.. Among national universities, Virginia stayed at No. 24, tied with Emory and Georgetown.Among public universities, UVA moved up one spot to No. 4, jockeying for top ...

Seeing the Chapel in a new light: Take a peek inside the newly renovated University Chapel “One of the fastest machines on Earth”: How a room-sized calculator launched UVA into the future Back to the future: Readers remember the high-tech from their college days; Major Shifts: See how your major has fared over the last 10 years; Storybook Success: Meet …

Apr 25, 2024 · UVA schools earned high marks in U.S. News and World Report’s 2024 rankings of graduate programs.. The law school jumped from No. 8 last year to No. 4 this year, tying with Duke University, the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University. It remains the country’s top public law school. Along with several of its peer schools, UVA law in 2023 suspended cooperation with the U.S. News ...

In the end, Tony Bennett retired the way he coached—following his own rules. In mid-October, Virginia’s men’s basketball coach was making the rounds at the 2024 ACC Tipoff in Charlotte, North Carolina, talking to media members about the …

Past presidents have often moved up through council’s ranks to take the helm, but the Dumfries, Virginia, native took a different path. She first got involved in a student group that discussed social justice issues affecting the Latinx community before joining the council as director of coalition engagement as a second-year.