
Engineering dean at University of Texas named 2018 UVA Distinguished Alumna
When University of Virginia alumna Sharon L. Wood was about 8 years old, her father, a civil engineer, took her to a construction site where he was working.

When University of Virginia alumna Sharon L. Wood was about 8 years old, her father, a civil engineer, took her to a construction site where he was working.

Governor McAuliffe and the Science Museum of Virginia’s Richard C. Conti announced the recipients of Virginia’s 2017 Outstanding STEM Awards.

UVA students William Henagan, Abraham Axler and Sarah Koch have received Marshall Scholarships to pursue graduate study in the UK.

A former tennis champ-turned-budding business leader has received the University of Virginia’s Sky Alland Scholarship.

William Antholis, the managing director of the Brookings Institution who has held key positions at the White House and State Department, has been named the new executive director of the UVA Miller Center.

Virginia Professional Communicators – the former Virginia Press Women – has selected Virginia author and philosopher, Marietta McCarty, as its Newsmaker 2014.

William & Mary has raised $22 million in private funds to renovate Walter J. Zable Stadium. Two $6 million gifts, one from Hunter J. Smith ’51 and the other from James W. ’62, J.D. ’64, LL.D. ’00 and Frances G. McGlothlin ’66, will enable the university to move forward with the project to enhance the 79-year-old football facility.

Join the author of Little Big Minds, Marietta McCarty, in Charlottesville in July, to learn more about her approach as she models her teaching style in sharing philosophy with children.
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