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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