Top Stories of 2008

A wave of new deans, controversies about cartoons and signs, election fever and an economic chill helped define the past year

Who is Kitty Landers?

Regina Taufen (Col '99)
creates wacky artist for TV pilot

Gilly Sullivan, longtime association director, dies

U.Va. named best value among public schools

University set to lose $23 million in state funds

Scientists use supercomputers for 3-D art models

Preaching Activism

Brad Braxton (Col '91) assumes mantle at renowned Riverside church in Manhattan

Elephant Speak
The 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people, but few animals—and no elephants—perished. Michael Garstang is studying elephant communications to understand why.

Picture This
Images in the Virginia Magazine Photo Contest capture the spirit of the University.

The University of Virginia Magazine
E-Newsletter is distributed in months when
the quarterly print magazine is not published.