January 2007

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

Benefactors Society board welcomes new members

Breaking ground for the South Lawn

Better connections, better advising

U.Va. rocks in fall magazine rankings

New digs in old buildings

’Hoos choose science: U.Va. works hard to train future leaders

Building community
The South Lawn design provides gathering places large and small.

Campaign for the College targets the undergraduate experience

Well traveled
Isabelle Brantley leaves places better than she found them.

TA today, star teacher tomorrow
Matt Lassiter clears up some misconceptions about graduate students in the classroom.

Fateful journey
Asmara Mebrahtu’s detour at the library paved the way to scholarly success.

Beakers, books, faraway places
Undergraduate research spans the disciplines and the globe.

Now what?
Melissa Kirsch answers that question and more for young women just starting out in the world.

Play ball
Conor Lastowka knows how to show you a good time.

Poetry picked her
Claudia Emerson didn’t expect to be a poet, much less a prize winner.

Voices of violence
Roberta Culbertson works toward an understanding of how survivors communicate — and what they have survived.