This small sign affixed to a Brooks Hall basement door has, by most guesses, been in place perhaps 20 years. No one seems to know who put it there or why. This is only our third installment of “So Hoos Asking,” and we’ve already run into a stumper. To unravel a mystery at Brooks Hall, we have

Malcolm Bell, professor emeritus in the McIntire Department of Art at the University of Virginia and department chair from 1978 to 1985, died Jan. 7 of pneumonia. He was 82 years old. Bell was a specialist in classical archaeology and an “archetypical professor,” said his friend and colleague David

Archaeologists have unearthed what is thought to be the earliest cistern at the University of Virginia and found new evidence of an outbuilding that may have housed enslaved people. Located just southwest of Pavilion V, the cistern was part of the University’s early water distribution system

In the field of archaeology, no amount of research can replace the value of hands-in-the-dirt experience. That is why Tyler Jo Smith, Professor of Classical Art/Archaeology and the Director of the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Program at UVA, has for the past two summers brought a group of her

Victoria Valdes is the manager of the 3D Design Lab at the Department of Art in Ruffin Hall and helps students and faculty materialize their 3D printing visions. When most people think about 3D models, they picture a layered plastic piece, maybe a toy or a pencil holder, something that has a simple

Will Rourk’s love of history is infectious. Rourk, a 3D technologies specialist at the University of Virginia Library’s Scholars’ Lab, documents historic architecture and artifacts, large and small, by 3D scanning them with state-of-the-art equipment. His enthusiasm shows in his smile as he talks

Benjamin Leonard (Archaeology major 2010) has been a Senior Editor at Archaeology Magazine since 2019. He has also worked as both Associate Editor and Acquisitions Editor for Oxford University Press. As a specialist in Roman archaeology, Ben has excavated at Pompeii and written on a wide variety of

UVa alumn, Dr. Justin Walsh (Associate Professor at Chapman University), along with his co-principal investigator Dr. Alice Gorman (Flinders University in Australia) won the Archaeological Institute of America’s 2023 Award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology for their project, Sampling

September 20, 2022. Richard Guy Wilson, UVA professor emeritus of architectural history, speaks on the history of this iconic building on Grounds. READ MORE

March 10, 2022. UVA alumnus Hayden Bassett is leading a team of specialists who are monitoring and mapping Ukraine’s cultural heritage and seeking ways to encourage its preservation.