Cornerstone News

The sixth annual Tom Tom Founders Festival, expected to draw its largest crowd yet – nearly 40,000 people over the course of seven days – kicks off Monday. This burgeoning tradition has become a staple of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia’s spring calendar

After she graduates next month from the University of Virginia in just three years, art history major Emily Cox will continue her studies at the University of Oxford in England as UVA’s first participant in the Mica and Ahmet Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities.

For her compassionate and successful efforts, UVA’s Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center has named Carolyn Miles its 2017 Distinguished Alumna and will present her the award on April 26 at a private reception.

The University of Virginia builds some of the most sophisticated astronomical instruments on Earth, and they are enabling new discoveries in our galaxy and beyond.

UVa Faculty, Students, and Alumni receive accolades for their many valuable contributions in their fields.

Research is a cornerstone of the undergraduate student experience at the University of Virginia, with about 54 percent of graduating fourth-year students indicating that they had completed a significant research, design or creative project as part of their undergraduate program of study.