15: Number of current Board of Visitors members who contributed to the campaigns of the governors who appointed them
13: Number of Board members who graduated from the University
17: Total number of people on the Board
1.157 million: Amount, in dollars, that Board member William H. Goodwin has contributed to (mostly Republican) candidates and causes in the last 20 years, according to the Virginia Public Access Project
33: Approximate number of restaurants and diners on the Corner
35: Percentage of first-year students who voted in the First Year Council election
0.45: The reported blood alcohol content of a student who went to the hospital after a rush incident at Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity in the spring
62: Percentage of University faculty who are tenured or tenure-track
166: Number of University students who studied abroad in mainland China during the 2012-13 academic year
862: Number of jobs created by business ventures with research-and-development ties to the University
329 million: Amount of external funding those same business ventures have generated
49-0: Final score of the Sept. 21 Virginia football victory against VMI
1: Number of seniors on the Virginia volleyball roster
2-1: Final score of the Oct. 1 Virginia soccer victory against VCU
3: Number of days the government shutdown has been in effect, as of press time
106 million: Approximate amount, in dollars, of funding the University received from the National Institute of Health in fiscal year 2013
1,950: Number of votes garnered by a Speak Up UVA petition protesting space restrictions that boxed performance-arts groups out of academic spaces
2: Number of Love Connection dates “Kurt” has gone on
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