university of virginia

     

Edgar Allan Poe's room at this Charlottesville school is kept the way it was when he studied there in 1826

Trivia about university of virginia

  • Katie Couric was an associate editor of The Cavalier Daily while at this Charlottesville school
  • Thomas Jefferson planned the curriculum & hired the first faculty for this university
  • James Madison was Rector No. 2 of this university; James Monroe was a member of the 1st governing body
  • When Custer marched into Charlottesville in 1865, faculty leaders convinced him to spare this university (whew!)
  • The Thomas Jefferson Medals for architecture & for law are given annually at this university