The Science of Reincarnation—VIRGINIA Magazine
By Sean Lyons. When Ryan Hammons was 4 years old, he began directing imaginary movies. Shouts of “Action!” often echoed from his room. But the play became a concern for Ryan’s parents when he began waking up in the middle of the night screaming and clutching his chest, saying he dreamed his heart exploded when he was in Hollywood.
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Back to the future: Readers remember the high-tech from their college days; Bennettball: To get a look at UVA’s all-time winningest coach, we played by his rules; Virginia is for lovers: An ode to Cavalier couples, from a chance encounter on Tinder to a proposal bainted on Beta Bridge; Constitutional Crossfire: How a student gazette landed UVA at the high court
Blue Books—VIRGINIA Magazine
With the permission of some good-natured UVA students and faculty, we’ve captured moments from final exams, from an an essay spilling over to the back cover to an exhausted parting note to a professor. Blue exam books originated at Butler University in the late 1920s. First printed by Lesh Paper Co., they were given blue covers because Butler ...
How UVA fared in updated U.S. News rankings - Virginia Magazine
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 …
The Many Faces of Cavman—VIRGINIA Magazine
Here are just a few of the many faces of the Cavalier. 1933 An ad in the Washington Post featured this caricature of the Virginia Cavalier fighting a VMI cadet. The ad promised that the results of the Oct. 28, 1933, football game would be printed in the next day’s paper. 1937 Prohibition ended just a few years before the printing of this decal.
UVA admissions brings back early decision - Virginia Magazine
Bob Scott. The early decision admission option is back for prospective students, 13 years after UVA ended it amid concerns it benefited well-heeled applicants who didn’t need financial aid. This fall, students will have three admission pathways: apply early decision by Oct. 15 with a Dec. 15 notification date; apply early action by Nov. 1 ...
It was about time: A timeline of women at UVA - Virginia Magazine
1954. Mary Slaughter (Educ ’54), daughter of a UVA physical education professor, plays on the men’s tennis team, becoming the first woman to letter in a sport at UVA. After the season, the ACC bans women from men’s teams. Slaughter transfers to the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina, now UNC-Greensboro.
How Walt Whitman disguised his poems about male love—and …
Fredson Bowers didn’t know what he would find when he began digging into the disordered stack of 230 loose pages—all from 19th-century Walt Whitman manuscripts—that landed on his desk in 1951. But for Bowers, a revered UVA English professor, the papers formed a massive puzzle waiting to be fit ...
UVA Law remains at No. 8 in latest U.S. News rankings - Virginia …
2023年5月22日 · For the third year in a row, U.S. News & World Report ranks UVA No. 8 in its annual ranking of law schools, tying with Columbia University. They follow New York University, Harvard and Duke, tied at No. 5. The publication delayed the release of its 2023-24 Best Graduate Schools list after several schools, including the UVA School of Law, suspended cooperation with the rankings.
It’s now harder than ever to get into UVA—VIRGINIA Magazine
It’s now harder than ever to get into UVA. Back in 1992, when the parents of some of today’s high school juniors were heading to college, the odds of getting into UVA weren’t bad. That year, UVA offered admission to 43 percent of the 12,318 students who applied—5,282. This year, the offer rate was less than half that; UVA offered ...