The International Relations Organization hosted a panel Wednesday titled “China’s Third Revolution? Reform, Conservatism or Decay under Xi Jinping,” featuring Batten School Dean Harry Harding. His talk focused on his suggestion that modern China has experienced two revolutions thus far, but is in need of another to address deep-seated issues in the nation.
A Virginia Court of Appeals affirmed Tuesday the second-degree murder conviction of former University student and varsity lacrosse player George Huguely.
The percentage of honor offense reports filed against minority students relative to the undergraduate minority population has been a source of recurring criticism of the honor system.
University full-time faculty are even less diverse than the student body, according to data obtained from the University.
A recent University psychological study found that young children perceive that their white peers experience higher levels of pain than their black peers in equal situations.
The University’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service reported the population of foreign-borns in Virginia is rising — and not by a small margin — in a brief released this week.
The University received two bomb threats late Wednesday morning, causing two separate medical facilities to evacuate.
A Virginia Court of Appeals affirmed today the second-degree murder conviction of George Huguely, a former University student and varsity lacrosse player.
The University announced it had cancelled classes at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, March 3. The cancellation marks the third instructional day the University has lost to snow this academic year.
The University Board of Elections announced the results of this year’s student body elections Friday evening at Jefferson Hall, including an uncontested College Judiciary Committee election and several more hotly-contested class- and school-specific races.
The University Board of Elections released the election results for next year’s Student Council President, Vice-President for Organization and Vice-President of Administration on Friday evening in Jefferson Hall. Third-year Engineering Student Jalen Ross, second-year College student Kyle West and third-year College student Sky Miller won the three positions, respectively.
The newly-elected members of the Honor Committee were announced Friday evening in Jefferson Hall — third-year College students Nick Lee, Nick Hine, Meg Gould and Henley Hopkinson joined second-year Martese Johnson as the College’s five representatives.
Dr. Mark Kester will co-direct the University’s Institute for Nanoscale and Quantum Scientific and Technological Advanced Research, the University announced last week. The institute, nicknamed nanoSTAR, uses both graduate and undergraduate students and provides opportunities for cross-school collaboration for University researchers.
The University is currently working to further develop Morven Farms, a 2,913 acre University-owned property just south of Monticello and Ash Lawn-Highland, and will partner with architectural firm Hart Howerton to explore opportunities for continued growth and improving present initiatives at the farm.
Last year’s student body elections, which culminated in the passing of an amendment to the Honor Committee’s constitution, saw a turnout rate of 50.27 percent, up from the 40.53 percent rate in Spring 2013. University Board of Election Results tomorrow will show whether students broke this low turnout trend.
The Minority Rights Coalition ended its recruitment process for members of new committees earlier this month and is now having interviews for the potential members. The new committees will help the broader organization provide services to the student body.
The past year-and-a-half has seen the University dive headfirst into the once-foreign frontier of online education, notably through its offering of more than a dozen massive open online courses, or MOOCs.
Queer & Allied Activism was re-established at the University Tuesday evening. More than 20 individuals — including two University staff members — convened in the University’s LGBTQ Center for the first meeting since the activist organization dissolved last spring.
The African Studies Initiative hosted United States Ambassador Designate Larry André Tuesday evening for a lecture about recent conflict in South Sudan. André’s talk focused on the history of South Sudan — which became an independent nation in 2011 and has recently faced a series of ethnic conflicts.
The University announced last week the appointment of Virginia Evans to the position of Chief Information Officer.
