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​By the numbers

The Managing Board examines notable numerals from the preceding month

114,911 – number of jobs in Charlottesville, as of late September

30 – number of people Governor Terry McAuliffe appointed to a state task force to combat sexual violence on Virginia campuses

5 billion – dollar value of the University’s endowment

15.3 – percent of applicants accepted to Honor

28.1 – percent of applicants accepted to Student Council

2 million – amount of money, in dollars, Mark Warner raised for his senate campaign in the third quarter

1.8 million – amount of money, in dollars, Ed Gillespie raised for his senate campaign in the third quarter

3 – number of felony counts Jesse Matthew has been indicted for in Fairfax

40 – number of days since Hannah Graham went missing

5 – number of years since Morgan Harrington’s disappearance

25 – number of years since the founding of the University Women’s Center

308 – students who signed the Hoos Got Your Back pledge Thursday

3,000 – number of young alumni expected to return to Grounds this weekend for Homecomings

91 – number of films the Virginia Film Festival is screening this November

24 – number of hours a day the new Virginia Ebola hotline is open

1 – number of people in the United States who have died from Ebola

2,000 – number of students the University prepared to give flu shots to on Wednesday

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