The Dalai Lama (left) joins Desmond Tutu (seated) and U.Va. religious studies professor Jeffrey Hopkins (right) on the University Lawn.

Nobel Peace Laureates exchange views during an historic two-day gathering on the University Grounds. Laureates attending include the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Betty Williams, Oscar Arias Sánchez, Jody Williams, and José Ramos-Horta.

Linda Bunker, U.Va. educator known for her advocacy of women's participation in sports, is presented the Billie Jean King Contribution Award, acknowledging her contributions to the development of women's sports.

U.Va. faculty and staff pledge nearly $400,000 for charitable causes in the annual United Way/Combined Virginia Campaign, exceeding both last year's total and this year's goal.

Fall Convocation ceremonies on the Lawn include President Casteen's presentation of the Thomas Jefferson Award to Deputy Librarian Kendon L. Stubbs (top); a keynote address by former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Robert L. Kellogg (top right); and a demonstration by the Living Wage Campaign (below).

Jeffrey David Manns becomes the 43rd U.Va. graduate to earn a Rhodes Scholarship. U.Va. has the highest number of Rhodes Scholars of any state-supported institution in the nation.

University President John T. Casteen III is elected president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, one of six accreditation authorities in the United States.

Robert Lynn Canady, professor in the Curry School of Education, is named Educator of the Year by the Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Juanita Garcia Robles, widow of Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Alfonso Garcia Robles, presents the University her husband's 1100-volume personal library.

Government professor Larry Sabato (below, left) moderates the 1998 Post-Election Conference held at U.Va. Participants include (left to right) Lanny Davis, former Clinton lawyer; David Bossie, GOP strategist; Arianna Huffington, syndicated columnist; and Doug Bailey, publisher of National Journal's Hotline.

U.Va. students launch an online magazine, the angle.com.

Attorney General Mark L. Earley speaks to student leaders in the Rotunda's Dome Room, praising their efforts to combat binge drinking on campus.

President Casteen is named as one of three recipients of the National Institute of Social Sciences ' Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service to Humanity.

Dean of Continuing Education, Sondra Stallard

The Board of Visitors approves a new (and first ever) part-time adult degree program, the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, administered through Continuing Education.

Virginia 2020 planning commissioners develop work plans in the four target areas marked for improvement: fine and performing arts, science and technology, international activities, and public service.

President Casteen, shown above (far right) and area legislators (left to right) Rep. Mitchell Van Yahres, Rep. Paul Harris, and Sen. Emily Couric convene a joint public meeting in Charlottesville to discuss legislative issues concerning higher education.

Debbie Ryan, Virginia's head women's basketball coach, celebrates her 300th victory February 21. The 1999 season marked Ryan's 22nd year anniversary at U.Va.

Jazz artists Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock perform at U.Va.'s Jazz Fest, organized by the student-run Arts Board.

The State Council of Higher Education in Virginia names Edmund P. Russell III, assistant professor in the engineering school, as an Outstanding Faculty member, the Commonwealth's highest honor for college and university faculty.

The University library acquires two rare and privately printed booklets of poetry written by T.S. Eliot, including a poem, "Virginia,"presumed to have been written after Eliot's visit to the University.

U.Va. receives 17,000 applications--the highest number ever--for the 1999 entering class.

African-American history month is celebrated with an address on ethical revolutions of the 20th century by internationally known African scholar Ali A. Mazrui (shown above, left, with M. Rick Turner, Dean of African-American Affairs).

The literary journal, Meridian, publishes two uncollected poems by Robert Frost discovered in the University's Special Collections Library by English graduate student and Meridian editor Ted Genoways.

President Casteen affirms the University's commitment to diversity at a Faculty Senate meeting, commenting on a charge by a private think tank that U.Va. admission policies are racially biased. In October, the Board of Visitors supports expansion of outreach efforts in the admission office, declaring its policies legal and defensible.

As part of the Rea Visiting Writer program in the English department, National Book Award- winning writer Andrea Barrett reads from her latest novel.

Annette Gordon-Reed, of New York Law School (left), and University Press director Nancy Essig discuss Gordon-Reed's new book on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, published by the Press.

Julian Bond, national chairman of the NAACP and U.Va. professor of history, moderates a panel discussion on "Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson: History, Memory, and Civic Culture." Participants also include three Pulitzer Prize-winning historians.

The 5th annual Virginia Festival of the Book brings nationally acclaimed writers, including Alice McDermott and Allan Gurganus, to Charlottesville to join U.Va. authors Stephen Cushman, Rita Dove, George Garrett, and Gregory Orr.

Jim Massa of Cisco Systems, Inc. and Vint Cerf of MCI Worldcom, Inc. unveil the Virginia Internet Teaching Laboratory funded by a $1 million equipment gift to the engineering school.

Founder's Day activities include awarding the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Award in law to Elaine Jones (above left), who in 1970 became the first African-American to graduate from the law school, and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Medal in architecture to Richard Rogers, a major figure of modern architecture.

University architect Elizabeth W. Lawson is elected by the American Institute of Architects to its prestigious College of Fellows.

Cell biologist John C. Herr is named the Christopher J. Henderson Inventor of the Year by the U.Va. Patent Foundation.

"In Celebration of Teaching" awards are bestowed upon Thomas F.X. Noble (below left), professor of history and Brian Owensby (below right), assistant professor of history.

As the U.Va. campaign reaches $761 million, surpassing the University's original goal more than a year ahead of schedule, President Casteen delivers his annual State of the University address to students, faculty, and staff in Old Cabell Hall.

5,300 women and men cross the Lawn for the last time as students in the presence of 30,000 family members and guests as members of the Class of 1999 receive their degrees. 

Howard H. Baker Jr., former U.S. Senator from Tennessee, delivers the commencement address and urges students "not to neglect the internal life--of the mind, the heart, and the soul." Valediction exercises included a talk by Sara James (Col '79) of "Dateline NBC."

Thirty U.Va. faculty members receive Harrison Awards in recognition of their devotion and skill as undergraduate advisers.

Law School Dean Robert E. Scott and Commonwealth Professor of Biology Michael Menaker are elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The association members are recognized for their achievements in science, scholarship, the arts, and public affairs.

The Faculty Senate awards grants to thirty-one academic initiatives designed to promote excellent teaching. 

The Virginia men's lacrosse team wins the NCAA men's lacrosse championship, capturing the title for the first time since its 1972 win.

The Office of African-American Affairs presents its 1999 Outstanding Faculty Award to William E. Jackson, associate professor and chair of the German department, for his support of African-American students over the past three decades.

Baki Ilkin, Ambassador of the Turkish Republic, speaks at the Dome Room on international relations.

The CMC raises a record $910,000 as part of the Children's Miracle Network telethon.

Robert T. Canevari, known for his steadfast commitment to students, retires after nearly thirty years as dean of students. Canevari was honored at Final Exercises with a tribute from the Seven Society and the establishment of the Robert T. Canevari Award.

Alumni and their families from nine classes return to U.Va. for a weekend of reunion activities, beginning with a traditional march down the Lawn.

U.Va.'s athletic program ranks 8th in the final 1998-99 Division I Sears Director's Cup Standing, the first time the Virginia program has made the top 10.

The University submits its 2000-06 capital budget plan to Gov. Jim Gilmore. The list includes requests to renovate Fayerweather Hall, home of the University's art department and a new studio art building and parking facility.

Peter Waldman, professor of architecture, wins the 103rd Rome Prize Competition, which is awarded by the American Academy in Rome.

Engineering students drive their custom-built, solar-powered car from Washington D.C. to Florida as part of Sunrayce '99.

The Virginia Quarterly Review summer issue includes a previously unpublished short story, "Lucas Beauchamp," written by William Faulkner more than 50 years ago.

The drama department's Heritage Repertory Theatre begins its 26th summer season with record ticket sales and critical acclaim." West Side Story"was one of the highlights of the year.  

The presidents of the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering meet with members of U.Va.'s Science and Technology Planning Commission to discuss national perspectives on planning in science and technology.

The Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education convenes at the Rotunda to discuss methods of assessing outcomes and state funding formulas.

Citing accreditation difficulties, U.Va. decides against opening a branch college in the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar.

U.Va. remains in the top 25 of U.S. News & World Report's rankings and is named 2nd best public college or university in the nation.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awards the University its 1999 Green Lights Education Partner of the Year Award for success in global climate protection through the use of energy-efficient technologies in University buildings

The University institutes voluntary water restrictions as the region faces drought conditions. By August, rainfall totals are down 34 percent from normal.

Nearly 3,000 1st-year students from 46 states and 66 foreign countries arrive in Charlottesville, move into residence halls, and become the class of 2003.

Julie Novak, professor of nursing, is recognized by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates for Outstanding Dedication and Service.

Religious studies professor James Childress (below), a member of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, presents the report of his Human Subjects subcommittee to President Clinton at a White House ceremony.

Mary Elizabeth"Tipper" Gore, wife of Vice President Gore, meets with U.Va. students (above) from government professor Larry Sabato's class during a stop at the University of Virginia.

Environmental sciences professor George Hornberger (right) wins the 1999 Excellence Award from the American Geophysical Union.

Nigerian writer and recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in literature, Wole Soyinka (above, left), gives a series of lectures at the University on the theme of African expression and censorship.

The NIH chooses U.Va.'s Health System as one of its sites of excellence and awards researchers $5.7 million for the study of Parkinson's Disease.

The Board of Visitors establishes the Jeanette Lancaster Alumni Professorship in Nursing, making Lancaster, dean of the nursing school, the first female dean to be honored by a professorship at U.Va.

The University's College at Wise launches the first public radio station in Southwest Virginia, WISE-FM.

The first pictorial overview of the University in three decades is published by the University Press of Virginia and the University Bookstore. The University of Virginia: A Pictorial History captures both the rich heritage and constant change that distinguish the University.

Matthew Holden Jr. (right), professor of government and foreign affairs, gives the keynote address to students at Fall Convo-cation ceremonies. Raymond J. Nelson, professor of English and former dean of Arts and Sciences, receives U.Va.'s highest honor, the Thomas Jefferson Award.

The engineering school's Office of Minority Programs wins a Presidential Award for its efforts to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rate of minority students.

The 12th annual film festival includes workshops with special effects creator Stan Winston, actor Sigourney Weaver, and a new theme, TechnoVisions.

The University hosts e-summit@virginia.edu, with participation by alumni leaders of the Internet and digital revolution, such as Yahoo! CEO, Tim Koogle (Engr '73)(right).

Rebecca Rimel (Nurs '73) (right), president and CEO of the Pew Charitable Trusts, is named the 1999 Distinguished Alumna by the University's Women's Center.