Alumna Establishes Jeanette Lancaster Fund for Faculty Excellence

October 1, 2007 - Nursing School alumna Rebecca Ruegger donates $500,000 to establish the Jeanette Lancaster Fund for Faculty Excellence. Full Text

$1 Million Gift Honors Outgoing Education Dean David Breneman

May 8, 2007 - Daniel Meyers, a Boston businessman who chairs the Curry School of Education Foundation board, recently pledged a $1 million challenge gift to name the courtyard between the current and future education buildings in honor of dean David W. Breneman. Full Text

Arthur Garson, Dean of U.Va.'s School of Medicine, Named University's Next Vice President and Provost

April 27, 2007 - Dr. Arthur "Tim" Garson Jr., an internationally recognized pediatric cardiologist who has served as vice president and dean of the University of Virginia's School of Medicine since 2002, today was named vice president and provost, effective July 1, 2007. Full Text

Frank Batten Sr. Gives $100 Million to Create New School of Leadership and Public Policy at U.Va.

April 12, 2007 - President John T. Casteen III and Frank Batten Sr., one of the University's most loyal supporters, announced today that Batten is giving $100 million to create the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Full Text

New Commission to Focus on Future of U.Va.

March 30, 2007 - President John T. Casteen III has charged the Commission on the Future of the University to leverage the University of Virginia's distinctive characteristics and to create a plan that will look at state-of-the-art projects, cultural change and best-in-class analysis. Full Text

Philip Morris USA Supports Medical Research and Business Leadership with $25 Million Gift to U.Va.

February 09, 2007 - The University of Virginia announced today that it will receive a $25 million gift from Richmond-based Philip Morris USA. The gift will create a partnership between the two organizations that will support independent research in a number of key areas in which they share a common interest. Full Text

Entrepreneur Sheila C. Johnson's $5 Million Gift to Curry School of Education Will Create New Center for Human Services

December 06, 2006 - Businesswoman Sheila C. Johnson, an advocate for the protection of children and co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), has pledged $5 million to U.Va.'s Curry School of Education to establish a center for human services at the school. Full Text

U.Va. School of Nursing Awarded $1 Million Matching Grant for Simulation Lab

November 30, 2006 - The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation awarded a $1 million matching grant to the University of Virginia School of Nursing toward the expansion and renovation of the School's Clinical Simulation Learning Center. Full Text

Mellon Foundation to Support Digital Humanities Project at U.Va.

November 13, 2006 - With a $798,000 gift to the University of Virginia, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York City has extended its support for digital scholarship in the humanities. The gift will fund Interpretive Tools for Online Humanities, a continuation of the internationally recognized work of Jerome McGann, the John Stewart Bryan Professor of English at U.Va. Full Text

Wachovia Signs Sponsorship Agreement with U.Va. Athletics

October 31, 2006 - Wachovia Corporation and the University of Virginia athletics department announced a seven-year partnership featuring the Wachovia brand mark on the basketball court in the John Paul Jones Arena. Full Text

U.Va. Alum, Chicago Bears Running Back Thomas Jones Establishes Scholarship Fund

October 21, 2006 - Thomas Jones, former Atlantic Coast football Player of the Year at the University of Virginia and current Chicago Bears running back, has established a scholarship fund at his alma mater designated for students from a five-county area of Southwest Virginia. Full Text

President and Mrs. Casteen Make $500,000 Commitment to Scholarship Support for Children of U.Va. Employees

October 04, 2006 - During the official launch of U.Va.'s $3 billion campaign, University President John T. Casteen III and his wife, Betsy Foote Casteen, made a $500,000 gift, stipulating that the funds be used to provide scholarship support for the children of staff and faculty. Full Text

Barbers Make $1 Million Gift to U.Va.

October 01, 2006 - Former University of Virginia football stars and current National Football League All-Pros Ronde and Tiki Barber and their families have made a $1 million gift to their alma mater. Full Text

2006 Graduate Callan Blount Helps Shape Future of South Lawn

October 01, 2006 - Early in her fourth year, Callan Blount began thinking about what she could do to enhance undergraduate education at the University. A major gift for the South Lawn, with its combination of state-of-the-art classrooms, faculty offices, and meeting space, seemed an ideal way to shape the future of academic life on Grounds. Full Text

U.Va. Breaks Ground on South Lawn

September 29, 2006 - U.Va. dignitaries, alumni and friends broke ground today for a long-anticipated complex of buildings and grounds known as the South Lawn Project. Full Text