First-year College students Caroline Kenny and Erin Murphy recently started a petition to install gender-neutral bathrooms in all first-year residence halls.
Former University student and lacrosse player George Huguely, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2010 killing of his girlfriend Yeardley Love — also a University student — is trying to take his case to the United States Supreme Court after a series of failed appeals in Virginia.
American Civil Liberties Union attorney Ben Wizner — legal advisor to Edward Snowden — spoke at the Law School Wednesday.
The University announced Wednesday the opening of its new office in Shanghai, China.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board granted the Lane/Corman Joint Venture a $116.7 million contract Wednesday to improve the Route 29 corridor in Albemarle County.
University medical researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the spread of lung cancer after investigating a substance secreted by cancerous lung cells which stimulates metastasis, or the spread of cancerous tumor cells to other parts of the body.
Virginia Senate Courts of Justice Committee killed a bill Jan. 31 which would decriminalize simple marijuana possession.
The Presidential Management Fellows announced their 2015 semi-finalists, which included ten students from the Batten School. The number of semi-finalists from the Batten school for the Presidential Management Fellows has doubled since last year.
In an effort to ameliorate tensions and strengthen U.S.-China economic relations, President Obama announced a new reciprocity agreement between the two countries Monday.
Now four month's into the 2014-15 fiscal year, University administrators are ironing out the kinks in a new budget model, which is shadowing the existing model this year before being fully implemented July 1.
