
President Ryan asserts ‘UVA’s future is ours to shape’, and establishes process to create a shared vision for a new strategic plan.

SuccessUVA
Board of Visitors approves the design of new Student Health and Wellness Center and commits to providing $30 million in funding. Anonymous donor gives $40 million to support the project.

Research Preeminence
Board of Visitors approves the design for Alderman Library renovation.

SuccessUVA
President Ryan announces that Virginia families earning less than $80,000 per year can send their children to UVA tuition-free. UVA also commits to cover tuition, room and board for students from Virginia families earning less than $30,000.

Good Neighbor
President Ryan appoints the UVA-Community working group to identify key issues for improving UVA-Community relations.

Third-Century Faculty
UVA allocates $75 million for additional support of Bicentennial Professors Fund.

School of Data Science
The Quantitative Foundation makes $120 million gift, the largest in UVA history, to create the School of Data Science.

Research Preeminence
Commonwealth of Virginia awards $132 million for Alderman Library renovation. UVA commits to contributing $20 million.

Broadening Our Horizons
Dedication of Sands Family Grounds is held at Darden School of Business facility in Rosslyn.


Third-Century Faculty
Frank M. Sands Sr. makes $68 million gift to the Darden School of Business, the largest in the School's history. The gift includes a major focus on faculty.

Research Preeminence
Library Dean John Unsworth announces plans for renovation of Alderman Library.

Cultivating Staff Success
President Ryan announces “Hoos Building Bridges” Awards to honor those working to connect students, faculty, staff, and community.

Ryan’s ‘Great and Good’ strategic plan wins board endorsement.

School of Data Science
Board of Visitors approves the establishment of the School of Data Science.

Board of Visitors approves ‘Great and Good’ strategic plan for University of Virginia.


School of Data Science
UVA receives official approval to form School of Data Science from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

SuccessUVA
David and Jane Walentas make a $100 million gift to support scholarships for first-generation students, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, and the Darden School of Business.

Research Preeminence
UVA Research tops $412 million in funding, the largest amount in its history.

Good Neighbor
UVA approves and funds the formation of The Equity Center, created to build better relationships with the Charlottesville community and to redress racial and socioeconomic inequality.

Good Neighbor
President Ryan announces the formation of the President’s Council on UVA-Community Partnerships.

Research Preeminence
Greg Olsen makes $25 million gift to the School of Engineering in support of teaching and research, the largest gift in the School's history.

SuccessUVA
President Ryan announces new Contemplative Commons space that will enable collaboration across departments, supported by a $40 million gift from Paul and Sonia Jones.

Cultivating Staff Success
Inaugural “Hoos Building Bridges” Awards honor staff from across the University.

Good Neighbor
Board of Visitors approves ambitious sustainability goals.

Bachelor's Completion
Joanne and Bill Conway make $20 million gift to the School of Nursing, the largest in the School’s history. The gift focuses on assisting both students transferring into the BSN program, and current RNs seeking a BSN degree.

SuccessUVA
UVA opens Multicultural Student Center and other spaces designed to serve a diverse range of student groups.

Citizen-Leaders
UVA ranks 10th nationally – and 1st among public universities – in number of students receiving Fulbright awards.

Research Preeminence
President Ryan and Provost Magill announce The President and Provost’s Fund for Institutionally Related Research to support research that benefits the community.

SuccessUVA
Board of Visitors approves the design for Contemplative Commons.

Citizen-Leaders
Board of Visitors approves the design for a second Brandon Avenue residence hall to house upperclass students.

Third-Century Faculty
Board of Visitors approves additional $50 million investment in Bicentennial Professorships.

Good Neighbor
President Ryan announces UVA will support development of up to 1,500 affordable housing units in Charlottesville.

Good Neighbor
President Ryan and the President’s Council on UVA-Community Partnerships establish three working groups: local economy, early childhood education, and pipelines and pathways, as well as the Affordable Housing Advisory Group.

Good Neighbor
UVA Emergency Assistance Fund provides aid to over 600 furloughed contract workers.

Research Preeminence
The Nau Foundation makes $27.5 million gift to fund democracy initiatives. UVA matches $17 million.

School of Data Science
UVA's Faculty Senate approves undergraduate minor in Data Science.

Citizen-Leaders
Office of Academic Outreach launches the inaugural, annual Public Service Week.

Research Preeminence
Board of Visitors approves the design for Physics Building renovation.

School of Data Science
School of Data Science introduces need-based financial aid for Master of Science in Data Science students.

Research Preeminence
UVA scientists identify an oncogene responsible for glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer.

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy
Emmet-Ivy Landscape design wins the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Excellence in Landscape Architecture Award.

Bachelor's Completion
School of Continuing and Professional Studies professional certificate registrations double in one year.

Citizen-Leaders
UVA offers virtual internships to provide students with an opportunity to explore international work.

Cultivating Staff Success
In the midst of the pandemic, UVA assembles vital mental health and wellness resources for students, faculty, and staff.

Research Preeminence
UVA Environmental Science partners with other institutions to achieve largest known seagrass restoration in the world.

Bachelor's Completion
UVA announces "UVA Edge," a year-long program to provide working adults new opportunities to take college courses.

School of Data Science
School of Data Science and School of Education launch the Collaboratory for the Advancement of Education and Data Science.

SuccessUVA
Board of Visitors approves $30 million in matching funds for scholarships.

Third-Century Faculty
UVA makes $16 million investment to support the Carter G. Woodson Institute.

Research Preeminence
$15 million is awarded to support STEM research in key research areas identified in the strategic plan.

Good Neighbor
UVA opens Center for Community Partnerships in downtown Charlottesville.

Good Neighbor
UVA employees donate $380K to local non-profits through the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC).

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy
Board of Visitors approves the design for a new School of Data Science building at Emmet-Ivy.

School of Data Science
School of Data Science graduates its first cohort of online Master of Science in Data Science students.

Citizen-Leaders
Expanded Hoos Connected program helps new students foster connections with peers.

Research Preeminence
UVA neurosurgeons and the UVA Brain Institute pioneer use of Focused Ultrasound to treat essential tremor.

Good Neighbor
Funding and scope are increased for the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to include community partnerships.

Good Neighbor
UVA partners with Blue Ridge Health District to open second community vaccination site.

Broadening Our Horizons
School of Medicine 3rd- and 4th-year medical students begin training at UVA-INOVA campus.

Citizen-Leaders
UVA Housing and Residence Life announces Connect2Grounds, a 2021-2022 academic year initiative for second-year students to engage actively in a shared-living environment.

Cultivating Staff Success
Pipelines and Pathways Working Group resumes work to improve access for underrepresented groups and ensure that current workers have opportunities for promotion and growth.

Bachelor's Completion
School of Continuing and Professional Studies enrolls its largest Bachelor's Completion class ever.

School of Data Science
School of Data Science Academic Affairs Committee approves Open Access Guidelines and Recommendations, part of an effort to drive innovation across boundaries in a culture of transparency and open access to knowledge.

Broadening Our Horizons
UVA Health signs letter of intent to acquire full ownership of Novant Health-UVA Health System.

SuccessUVA
Anonymous $5 million gift, matched by UVA, strengthens partnership between UVA and PVCC and assists students interested in transferring.

SuccessUVA
Board of Visitors approves the design for Athletics Complex.

Research Preeminence
The President and Provost’s Fund for Institutionally Related Research awards grants to two UVA faculty members conducting research that will benefit the community.

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy
Board of Visitors approves the design for a new hotel and conference center at Emmet-Ivy.

School of Data Science
Board of Visitors approves resolution for a Ph.D. in Data Science through the School of Data Science.

SuccessUVA
The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and School of Continuing and Professional Studies create LaunchPad to prepare students for careers while earning credit.

SuccessUVA
Board of Visitors votes to freeze base undergraduate tuition for 2021-2022 academic year.

SuccessUVA
Princeton Review names UVA the nation's No. 1 public school for financial aid.

Research Preeminence
UVA Brain Institute-led study publishes significant findings on role of gender in development of autism.

Research Preeminence
3Cavaliers seed funding initiative awards research funding for projects that include multidisciplinary collaboration.

Cultivating Staff Success
First class of UVA Edge students includes UVA employees.

Cultivating Staff Success
“Future of Work” working group examines critical workforce lessons learned from the pandemic.

Good Neighbor
UVA Health announces new billing policies and practices that reflect fair and financially responsible guidelines based upon a patient’s ability to pay.

Bachelor's Completion
UVA partners with InStride to help working adults finish their degrees.

Good Neighbor
President Ryan and the President’s Council on UVA-Community Partnerships establish a working group focused on community public health.

Third-Century Faculty
$5 million Mellon grant funds 30 new postdoctoral positions in work touching on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Research Preeminence
Martha and Bruce Karsh make a $50 million gift to establish the Karsh Institute of Democracy, with UVA matching $50 million.

Good Neighbor
UVA Law opens the Community Solutions Clinic that will provide legal aid and services to address racial and socioeconomic equity in Charlottesville.

Bachelor’s Completion
UVA partners with Univision Communications to expand employee development as part of the UVA Edge program and help working adults expand their skills and earn credit toward a college degree.

SuccessUVA
UVA surpasses $500 million in new endowment commitments for undergraduate and graduate scholarships through the Bicentennial Scholarship Program.

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy
UVA breaks ground on the “Ivy Corridor,” which will serve as the home of the School of Data Science, Karsh Institute of Democracy, additional academic and arts buildings, and a hotel/conference center.

Research Preeminence
UVA earns the Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation, joining an elite group of 52 of the most outstanding cancer programs in the nation and becomes Virginia’s only Comprehensive Cancer Center.

SuccessUVA
PVCC and UVA announce first cohort of Piedmont Scholars. The scholarship program, made possible by an anonymous gift and matching UVA funds, creates new opportunities for students who wish to transfer from PVCC to UVA.

Good Neighbor
UVA Health seeks public input for new strategic plan, “One Future Together.”

Research Preeminence
UVA to play leading role in new NSF Center to study the ocean and climate change.

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy
Tessa Ader makes a $50 million gift for a new performing arts center that will provide a home for concerts, dance, theater, and interdisciplinary art forms.

Broadening Our Horizons
President Ryan announces that UVA|NOVA will bring new academic programming and research to Northern Virginia in order to better serve the commonwealth.

SuccessUVA
UVA announces an additional $50 Million in matching dollars for financial need and merit-based scholarships.

SuccessUVA
UVA breaks ground on Contemplative Commons. The new building will make use of outdoor spaces including the nearby Dell Pond, contemplative gardens, and a tree-lined courtyard.

SuccessUVA
UVA opens the new Student Health and Wellness Building on Brandon Avenue. In addition to Student Health, the new building houses several units focused on wellness.

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy
UVA breaks ground on the School of Data Science, the first of several new buildings planned at Emmet-Ivy.

Bachelor’s Completion
School of Continuing and Professional Studies announces a partnership with Google to provide scholarships to working adults seeking a four-year degree.

Third-Century Faculty
UVA awards $19 million in STEM funding to four key research projects: environmental resilience, precision medicine, neuroscience, and digital technology.

School of Data Science
The School of Data Science and the Darden Graduate School of Business announce “Collaboratory for Applied Data Science in Business,” a new research partnership at the intersection of business and data science.

Good Neighbor
UVA employees donate over a half-million dollars to local non-profits through the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC).

Research Preeminence
The Karsh Institute of Democracy announces its inaugural advisory board, a diverse group ranging from a former Supreme Court justice to the co-founder of Reddit.

Good Neighbor
UVA proposes three sites for a new local housing development.

Bachelor’s Completion
UVA and Germanna Community College partner to make it easier to finish a bachelor’s degree completely online.

Good Neighbor
WellAWARE, a UVA Health-led partnership designed to improve health care access for those in Central Virginia neighborhoods with high rates of chronic disease and shorter life expectancies, welcomes its first patients.

SuccessUVA
UVA ranks fifth among public colleges, and first among public flagship universities, in return on investment for low income students receiving Pell Grants.

Broadening Our Horizons
UVA Biocomplexity Institute researchers begin work on the Social Impact Data Commons, a resource designed to provide real time data to policymakers on social, economic, and health trends in their areas. Their initial research focuses on the Northern Virginia region.

Third-Century Faculty
The Board of Visitors approves the establishment of 10 endowed professorships in the College of Arts and Sciences in a variety of fields related to democracy. The professorships will be supported by the Nau Foundation.

Research Preeminence
A team including two UVA researchers develops a new genomic research tool that will help researchers develop more precise disease treatments by drawing on the genetic diversity of people around the world.

Research Preeminence
Researchers at the UVA Cancer Center work to develop immunotherapy treatments for cancer that will provide more precise alternatives to traditional and often invasive treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation.

Good Neighbor
UVA’s Investment Management Company (UVIMCO) announces a new framework for responsibly investing University funds by evaluating investments’ environmental and social impacts.

Good Neighbor
Faculty from the School of Education and School of Engineering help with the Charlottesville Computer Science Community, an initiative to provide training and resources to local educators who teach computer science.

Good Neighbor
UVA’s Equity Center launches a free, community-based, middle school to college pipeline program. Starr Hill Pathways (SHP) represents a generational commitment to the communities surrounding UVA.

Research Preeminence
Work continues on the renovation of Alderman Library as a major addition nears completion and a new connection to Clemons Library is added. The project is scheduled for completion in summer 2023.

Research Preeminence
UVA’s Environmental Resilience Institute receives a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will help create the Climate Equity Atlas, a resource that will look at the intersection of issues related to equity and climate.

SuccessUVA
For the second consecutive year, Princeton Review names UVA the top public university for financial aid.

SuccessUVA
UVA Athletics receives its largest gift commitment in department history, $40 million, from an anonymous former student-athlete. The gift will benefit student athletes as part of the Honor the Future campaign.

School of Data Science
The School of Data Science begins accepting applications for its new Ph.D. program after the degree is approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Research Preeminence
UVA Health announces the creation of the world’s first Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, aimed at revolutionizing cancer care and treatment through the use of focused ultrasound technology.

Good Neighbor
UVA begins its transition to a sustainable transit system with the purchase of 4 battery electric buses, which will be delivered in Fall 2023.

SuccessUVA
Money Magazine ranks UVA third in the nation based on the value of its education. UVA ranked sixth in 2020 and tenth in 2019.

SuccessUVA
The Jefferson Scholars Foundations awards a record number (40) of full scholarships to incoming UVA students. It also awards 12 students the newly created Walentas Scholarship, which is awarded to first-generation college students.

SuccessUVA
UVA breaks ground on a 90,000 square-foot football operations center scheduled to open in the spring of 2024. The new space will include locker rooms, coaches’ offices, meeting rooms, and strength and conditioning facilities.

Research Preeminence
UVA announces a $75 million investment in a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort to pioneer advances in neuroscience, including Alzheimer's research, mapping the brain, and understanding how the brain changes over time.

Good Neighbor
UVA’s Pipelines and Pathways Working Group in conjunction with University leaders, outline four focus areas for creating employment and advancement opportunities for local community members.

Research Preeminence
UVA announces that it will invest $60 million in collaborative efforts to research and perfect clean energy and provide resources and best practices to local communities facing climate challenges.

Research Preeminence
The President and Provost’s Fund for Institutionally Related Research announces its third round of awards. The Fund supports UVA faculty researchers who design projects to improve life and learning at the University, especially for students.

Research Preeminence
New research from the UVA Cancer Center and UVA Children’s Hospital shows promising results in treating two aggressive forms of brain tumor and could also lead to improved treatment of other tumors.

Research Preeminence
UVA researchers discover that a gene associated with deadly brain tumors is also responsible for two forms of childhood cancer. This discovery will help in the development of more targeted treatments for young children.

Citizen-Leaders
UVA launches the Public Service Pathways program designed to help students develop knowledge and skills related to public service as a lifelong practice and potentially a career. The program provides a mix of course options, mentoring, internship opportunities, and alumni connections to assist students.

SuccessUVA
UVA Law launches the Roadmap Scholars Initiative aimed at providing mentors and resources for first-generation and low-income college students interested in the legal profession.

Cultivating Staff Success
UVA announces the “Hoos Making an Impact” program, which gives UVA employees an opportunity to submit innovative ideas to improve the University and help achieve strategic goals related to sustainability.

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy
The final beam is installed in the new UVA School of Data Science building, which will anchor UVA’s new entrance corridor at the intersection of Emmet and Ivy Roads.

Research Preeminence
The National Science Foundation’s Coastlines and People (CoPe) program announces $51 million in awards, which includes a $5 million grant for UVA researchers creating methods to enhance resilience and equity in urban coastal communities.

Research Preeminence
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visits Grounds to announce that UVA has been awarded a grant from the Department of Energy to support research into clean energy technologies. The grant is part of a $540 million package for universities and laboratories seeking to create a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.

Research Preeminence
UVA School of Medicine researchers develop a tool to identify the proteins our genes make. This tool represents a significant advance in biomedical research and will help scientists better understand how cells work and diseases take hold.

Bachelor’s Completion
UVA’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies partners with a number of companies to provide guaranteed interviews to students in certificate programs. This move will help improve the pipeline for both employers and job-seekers in high-demand fields.

Research Preeminence
UVA joins the National Science Foundation’s Mid-South Innovation Corps Hub, one of five such hubs across the country that collectively seek to accelerate the translation of discoveries into new solutions that benefit society.

Research Preeminence
UVA researchers receive a $12 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to study the smallest components of cancers cells to try to disrupt tumor growth.

Research Preeminence
UVA Health researchers discover a molecule in the brain responsible for orchestrating the immune system’s responses to Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Their discovery could help in the treatment of those and other neurological diseases.

Open Grounds at Emmet-Ivy
UVA breaks ground on a $130.5 million hotel and conference center that, along with the School of Data Science, will anchor the Emmet-Ivy entrance corridor.

SuccessUVA
President Ryan announces a $10 million investment in the new Cavalier Fund, which will provide grants to students to help them participate in a wide range of experiences and activities.

Good Neighbor
President Ryan and his administration outline a plan and timeline to address the recommendations of UVA’s Local Economy Working Group, which looks to increase the University’s efforts to work with local businesses.

Citizen-Leaders
UVA announces a new partnership with Jindal Global University, one of the leading private universities in India. The partnership will lead to increased student and scholar exchange and joint research on global topics such as democracy and sustainability.

Research Preeminence
A multi-million-dollar gift, combined with matching funds from the Bicentennial Professors Fund, creates two new professorships at the UVA Center for Politics. The new professorships will focus on addressing declining trust in American democracy and increased polarization.

Research Preeminence
UVA researchers identify a protein that may prove critical to the treatment of neurodegenerative disease and help the brain’s immune cells stave off Alzheimer’s disease.