Melissa Levy obtained her Ph.D. through the Curry School and became influential in creating the Youth and Social Innovation major, which she now teaches in. Levy also collaborates with the Women’s Center on the Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP).

The Maxine Platzer Lynn Women's Center is pleased to announce that Margaret Edwards, LPC, will be our new Program Director for Counseling & Wellness Service

I’ve spent a lot of time putting things in boxes and taking them back out again in the past two years. I’ve moved from five states away to Virginia to take the position here at the Women’s Center.

HOOS ARE BOLD IN THE FACE OF A CHALLENGE

Rachel Most may have said it best in accepting our 2017 Elizabeth Zintl Leadership Award last fall: “We need to recognize one another, support each other, hold one another up, and push each other forwar

Get to know Body Positive team intern, Peaches! 

Anda Webb has been working for the University of Virginia since 1987.

Get to know Social Media Marketing Team intern AND YWLP Big Sister, Anna Taylor!

Get to know YWLP intern, Elizabeth O'Roark! 

Year: Fourth Year
Major: English (Spanish Minor)
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

As often as the early history of basketball appears in trivia games and PE class quizzes, the special place that basketball holds in the history of women’s athletics is still unknown to many.