Where Am I? (November 2017)

Congratulations to Susan Gantz (Col ’99 L/M) who won a $25 gift card to the UVA Bookstore by correctly answering that this is the UVA Cemetery, at the corner of Alderman and McCormick Roads.

Highlights

Two commissions take on a complicated landscape

UVA appoints a new group to reassess names and memorials on Grounds and another to reaffirm free speech principles.

Undergraduate application rates hit records

A few factors likely contributed to surging rates across all schools and from students of diverse backgrounds.

On the shelf

From academic research to rollicking fiction, UVA alumni and faculty members have been churning out books on a variety of topics. Here’s a look at some of them.

College life in quarantine

For some UVA students, isolation and quarantine have brought new challenges to an already unusual year.