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(11/29/18 3:21am)
Charlottesville’s two representatives in the Virginia General Assembly — Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath) and Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville), the outgoing minority leader in the Virginia House of Delegates — held a joint town hall meeting Tuesday evening at Monticello High School to discuss the upcoming Virginia General Assembly session, which begins in January. The Democratic caucus in the legislature saw sweeping gains in the 2017 off-year elections, and Democrats are looking to flip the state house blue in the upcoming 2019 elections.
(11/14/18 4:50am)
The Multicultural Student Center, which has provided a space in the basement of Newcomb Hall for underrepresented students at the University since 2016, celebrated its second anniversary at U.Va.
(10/25/18 3:38am)
In the second year of the implementation of the New College Curriculum — an alternative general education track offered in the College of Arts and Sciences — the number of students enrolled in the program has increased by one third and retention rates have doubled.
(10/12/18 4:42am)
Former third-year College student Cayden Jacob Dalton waived his right to a preliminary hearing for his two felony charges of strangulation and abduction Thursday at the General District Court in downtown Charlottesville.
(09/26/18 4:24am)
Along with certain Albemarle residents in the area, students living in first-year dorms, Lawn and Range rooms, Brown Residential College and Lambeth Apartments, will now vote at Slaughter Recreation Center instead of the former voting precinct of soon-to be-demolished University Hall as a result of changes approved by the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors.
(09/21/18 5:59am)
University President Jim Ryan told The Cavalier Daily in an interview earlier this month that he does not support a University-wide cancellation of classes on Election Day, pushing back against a long-term goal of Student Council.
(09/04/18 12:42pm)
Former diplomat and political appointee John Negroponte will be appointed to a yearlong endowed professorship in the Miller Center for Public Affairs. Negroponte is a former U.S. ambassador and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, and he served as the nation’s first Director of National Intelligence. The appointment is expected to be formally announced by the Center Tuesday.
(04/30/18 4:12am)
The City of Charlottesville hosted a forum at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center last Tuesday to allow for 13 candidates seeking membership on a seven-member Police Civilian Review Board to answer questions from community members.
(04/26/18 5:39am)
Last month, Thierry Dupuis, the interim chief of the Charlottesville Police Department, presented to Charlottesville City Council the CPD’s report detailing the records from a 2017 investigative detentions report. Using 2016 census statistics and the proportions found in the report, The Cavalier Daily found that people identifying as black or African American were affected at roughly a nine times higher rate than the white residents of Charlottesville by CPD’s stop and frisk policies.
(04/18/18 5:14am)
The University Office for Sustainability and University Dining hosted a climate solutions expo Tuesday in which students, faculty and community members gathered in the Newcomb Hall ballroom to share and present ideas to combat the effects of climate change and increase sustainability.
(04/12/18 5:46am)
Two panels consisting of political leaders, journalists and scholars convened at the Paramount Wednesday to discuss political polarization and unity in the context of the American presidency as part of this year’s Tom Tom Founders Festival. The event was hosted with the Miller Center of Public Affairs.
(03/30/18 3:03am)
The Miller Center of Public Affairs hosted a panel discussion featuring E.J. Dionne and Peter Wehner Tuesday to examine whether the United States depends upon laws or norms in the context of contemporary American politics.
(03/21/18 5:20am)
The University Law School hosted a debate Tuesday in which panelists discussed the legality of abortion in the United States and the ethical implications of the practice. More than 100 attendees were present at the event. The Advocates for Life at Virginia Law and the University and the University Law School Federalist Society also co-sponsored the event.
(03/15/18 3:14am)
The University held a “community conversation” in Old Cabell Hall Tuesday where local community leaders and other speakers reflected upon the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in Virginia and at the University and discussed contemporary race relations. The event was hosted by the Office for Diversity and Equity and sponsored by Virginia’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission.
(03/02/18 4:20am)
The Honor Audit Commission released a report this week evaluating the current state of the honor system at the University and identifying areas where the system can improve. Through student and faculty survey data and comparisons to systems at peer institutions, the report identified an overlap of students who feel the Honor Committee represents student opinions but does not effectively represents the diversity of the student body. The survey work also found a majority of student and faculty respondents support an Honor penalty which varies depending on the severity of the offense.