With the advent of the iPod in 2001, students discussed their go-to means of listening to music.
Archivists Finn Trainer and Clara Franklin recount Jim Ryan's tenure as the 9th President of the University.
The Day of Silence Project, founded in 1996, encouraged students to remain silent for a day to protest the silence surrounding LGBTQ+ issues and to raise awareness about homophobia.
From The Purple Shadows breaking into the Dean of Students’s office to multiple student athletes accused of honor code violations, the graduating class’s four years were a wild ride.
Virginia State Garden Week, an initiative which began in 1929, opened up historic homes and gardens to visitors across the state. Among those opened were the University’s Pavilion gardens, the President’s House, as well as Monticello and Monroe’s Ash Lawn.
The University announced plans for a 120,000 square foot performing and visual arts center and art museum, claiming the project has been on the horizon for many years.
The Easters Weekend tradition originated in 1828 when UVA students started taking dancing lessons from professors on Grounds.
This selection of important University happenings tells of an orgy in the Webb Lounge, presented by the Counselor’s Committee on Human Sexuality, as well as a reassignment of lawn residents to the McKim Nursing Dormitory after condemning the lawn for inadequate facilities and pestilence.
A faculty jazz quintet performed songs representing New Orleans’s influence on the jazz world and music at large. Bassist Pete Spaar, whose family hailed from New Orleans, urged students to remember the city and its people after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
The women’s basketball team secured their spot in the Sweet 16 after a 72-67 win against the Florida Gators and a 71-68 win against the Dartmouth Big Green.
In 1957, third-year College student Dave Apple petitioned to put his name on the ballot for the College presidential election as an independent.
The University Police’s first female captain, Sylvia Bailey, discusses the impact of her gender on her ability to do police work.
Renowned writer and poet Maya Angelou gave an address to a full crowd in Old Cabell Hall, in which she spoke on education, literature and her own life and writing.
The Image Awards, hosted by the Office of African American Affairs, the Black Student Alliance and the Black Leadership Institute, recognized students and faculty members for their commitment toward the Black community of the University– and to cap off Black History Month 2009.
A new trend noticed in 1954 was the shift from traditional Valentine’s day cards for serious romantics to more comical options to give out to your friends.
