Sweet Briar College News

Hundreds of historic Amherst County properties soon will be surveyed, many of which could be added to state and national registers of such structures.

It's everywhere. It can be worn in any season. Anyone can pull it off. No, not it's not underwear.... It's the ubiquitous Duke gear .

The biosolids monitor for Amherst County took issue Tuesday with the Board of Supervisors over its attempt to prevent the spreading of treated sludge on farmland near the Blue Ridge Railway Trail.

The Virginia Glee Club in concert at the 1947 Virginia Music Festival. We've visited the Virginia Glee Club during their spa years in the 1930s , but what was the group doing in the 1940s? Part of that history, the group's participation in the creation of Randall Thompson's "Testament of Freedom" , is well documented.

Click below to play video. Video by Naomi Nix The Daily Princetonian interviews alumni about the process of coeducation as part of a series commemorating its fortieth anniversary.

Sweet Briar College's 10th president, Jo Ellen Parker, was sworn in Saturday during an inauguration ceremony attended by about 800 students, faculty and guests in the college's newly renovated Fitness and Athletics Center Field House.

The slave cemetery at Berry Hill is a piece of "hidden history" because people either wanted to forget a shameful part of the past or they just didn't know about it, said a Sweet Briar College researcher.

Trying to pick which movie to go see can be painstaking if you simply cannot make up your mind.

Students who come down with swine flu at Liberty University have the option of recuperating in a room at the cushiest student dormitory on campus: the Lynchburg Inn, a former hotel turned dormitory to alleviate the school's housing crunch.

Sweet Briar College recently announced the winners of its 2009 ROSE Awards, which are given annually to outstanding employees.

3 with a reception and gallery talk by Taylor. The exhibit runs through Oct. 18. -WHERE: Babcock Gallery, Sweet Briar College -COST: Free -INFO: Contact galleries director Karol Lawson at or 381-6248. SWEET BRIAR - When photographer Medford Taylor returned a call to Sweet Briar's college relations office one afternoon in July, the first thing he ...

When Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Roberts, one other justice was there.

When Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Roberts, one other justice was there.

"My next big idea is the redevelopment of the city, but we have to get the city safe first," said mayoral candidate Mary Norwood.

The annual listing of " America's Best Colleges " has given new bragging rights to Virginia schools.

When Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Roberts, one other justice was there.

Virginia "Ginger" Lutz Elwell, of Sycamore Court, died Thursday, August 13, 2009, at her home.

Bits and pieces of everyday life during the 1700s and 1800s at Tusculum, a mid-18th-century home that once stood in the present-day Clifford area, will go on display this month at Sweet Briar College.

Denise Aspell hopes to combine tradition with new energy as she succeeds J. Carlton Wilkes as director of the Franklin County High School Band.

Denise Aspell hopes to combine tradition with new energy as she succeeds J. Carlton Wilkes as director of the Franklin County High School Band.