April 2007

Letters et cetera
Readers respond to past issues of Arts & Sciences magazine.

Good news for grad students

The circus comes to Grounds

Dean Ayers to head U of R

The Annual Fund supports student career services
Career services for Arts & Sciences students are among the many programs that receive Annual Fund support.

Honoring the past
Landscape plans for the South Lawn include preservation of an 18th-century home site and a cemetery.

The Virginia Film Festival
This annual celebration has been bringing the people behind and in front of the cameras together with scholars and fans alike for 20 years now.

School of rock
A documentary by U.Va. alumni takes a loving look at the Charlottesville music scene of the ’70s and ’80s.

Speed
Fueled by caffeine, pizza and adrenaline, competitors make quick work of creating films.

9 to 5
Kevin Everson’s films focus on work.

That's entertainment
U.Va. alumni produce, direct, write, act in and promote the movies.

Good chemistry
Ian Harrison wants to move a sustainable energy future closer to reality.

Wisdom from walls
Overwhelmed by a new culture, Elizabeth Dyer found a way to make the abstract concrete.

Computer fix
Gary McGraw’s work helps protect the software that makes the world go ’round.