February 2025

UVA art professor Maria Villanueva’s collages of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the area’s urban spaces are presented on giant scrolls and welcome viewers to find their own favorite place in the visual narrative.

Image-heavy article describing the collection of architectural drawings of iconic UVA buildings done by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White.

A photoessay featuring details and interesting views of The Edgar Shannon Library at the University of Virginia

A look at current and upcoming exhibitions at the University of Virginia Library

University Librarian John Unsworth, who oversaw a four-year renovation to the main UVA library and a two-year pandemic that shut down the libraries and all of Grounds, has announced he will retire at the end of the academic year.

In nature, bright colors are often indicative of danger — poisonous spiders and insects (and their imitators) often adorn themselves with electric coloring as a warning to potential predators. Turns out, some books inadvertently do the same. Read more about the Poison Book Project, and efforts at UVA Library to find and identify these unique volumes.

Thorud, an Associate Librarian in UVA Library’s Robertson Media Center, urges students and faculty to come by and learn about filmmaking, podcasting, and music production.

Featured in this post are two collections of primary sources for historical research, a biography of a Union Army soldier, and a history of the Freedman’s Bank by a UVA history professor.