Freedom of speech in academia was the subject of the University’s third biennial Jefferson Symposium late last week.
The report contains information related to University initiatives designed to promote student safety, statistics on crimes committed on-Grounds and an overview of disciplinary policies.
A group of unidentified individuals damaged a column base on the Lawn-facing side of the Rotunda earlier this month.
Topics included a planned curriculum overhaul, new guidelines on student athlete time demands, the creation of two new professorships and the promotion of the University’s African and African-American Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality programs to departmental status.
University administrators have been asked to provide further information on the school’s controversial Strategic Investment Fund to the House of Delegates Appropriations Committee next month.
Starting later this month, the Charlottesville Police Department will conduct a 12-week citizens’ police academy, offering members of the local community a firsthand look at their daily operations.
Political organizations on Grounds are gearing up for a busy campaign season as the November election approaches.
The federal Department of Education opened a new investigation on July 22 into the handling of sexual assault cases at the University.
The family of Humayun Khan, a College graduate and member of the University’s Army ROTC program, has been at the center of political debate in recent days after appearing on-stage at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
In a 4-3 ruling last week, the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down Governor Terry McAuliffe’s previous executive orders re-enfranchising felons en masse.
