This was Virginia Magazine's original news story about Casteen's passing. The full obituary is available here. John T. Casteen III (Col ’65, Grad ’66, ’70), a first-generation college student born in ...

On Oct. 22, 2012, a University of Virginia landscaping crew began clearing topsoil from land just north of the University Cemetery. Founded in 1828, the cemetery provides a final resting place for ...

From wildlife invasions to streakers on skateboards, the Lawn pavilions have a hominess all their own.

Legends on the Court A look back at UVA basketball from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall ...

In a change both stunning and at least 50 years in coming, the University of Virginia Honor System will no longer expel students who violate the Honor Code. Following a University-wide student vote ...

Note: This story is developing; see the Fall issue of Virginia Magazine for more in-depth coverage. UVA President James E. Ryan (Law ’92) announced his resignation Friday afternoon, amid growing ...

Robert Pianta, outgoing Dean of the School of Education and Human Development Dan Addison Robert Pianta, who has led the School of Education and Human Development since 2007, will step down as dean at ...

Greta Garbo once famously quipped, “I want to be alone,” but recent studies by UVA psychology professor Timothy D. Wilson indicate the reclusive actress may have regretted that wish. Wilson conducted ...

For the first time in 22 years, the Virginia baseball program has new leadership. Just over a week after the departure of longtime coach Brian O’Connor, who led the Cavaliers to seven College World ...

Editor’s note: This is a condensed version of a story that ran in Virginia Magazine’s Fall 2024 edition. For the full version, click here. Just five or six people showed up to start “Charlottesville’s ...

In many cultures, from the Navajo to the Australian aborigines to the Aztec, stars not only represented glittering mythological stories, they also signaled the appropriate time to sow and to harvest, ...

"Galactic bones" are dense, infrared dark clouds that define the centers of the spiral arms of our galaxy. Follow the dark spots across each of these images to see the bone. As a first-year history ...