The Institute for Education Science has awarded University faculty members $9.2 million for four different educational research projects.
At a Dec. 19 Board of Visitors special meeting, University President Teresa Sullivan announced several new safety programs set to begin in the spring semester, which include updating on Grounds cameras, partnering with Corner merchants to implement cameras, increasing on-Grounds lighting and lighted crosswalks, creating a patrol system around grounds, hiring new sexual assault counselors and hiring two Title IX investigators.
Several University deans are seeking student advice on how to address sexual assault at the University and how to turn this feedback into a course of action.
The University posted its proposed new sexual misconduct policy Wednesday, more explicitly establishing how and by what means victims can respond to sexual assault, expanding the definition of what the University views as sexual assault and modifying the procedures surrounding the reporting and judicial processes related to circumstances of misconduct.
The University received 16,185 early action applications this year — the highest volume recorded since 2011, when the option was first added to the application.
Charlottesville Bus Lines, a local association that solicits poetry from students and Charlottesville residents to display inside city buses, announced its annual contest this week.
Students doing multiple on-Grounds jobs reported the University does not adjust its salaries for inflation, or the general increase the price of everyday purchases over time. Student wages seem to be, on average, about 18 to 20 cents lower per hour than if they were adjusted for inflation.
Charlottesville’s general registrar and a former electoral board member are facing several felony charges regarding the improper use of city-owned cellphones.
The Board of Visitors Finance Committee met Thursday, approving renovations for McCormick Road residence areas, Gooch-Dillard residence areas and Clemons Library.
A growing number of innovative risk-management solutions are sprouting up at universities nationwide — increasingly aimed at combatting sexual assault on campuses.
