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(09/20/19 5:54pm)
Physics graduate student Yu Qian has passed away, according to a University-wide email sent Thursday by Dean of Students Allen Groves. At the time of his death, Qian was working in Oak Ridge, Tenn. at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he planned to collect data for his Ph.D. thesis.
(09/18/19 3:08am)
The Civil War monument of Robert E. Lee located in Emancipation Park was found defaced Sunday morning with “1619” marked on the statue’s base in black spray paint. The message is in reference to the year enslaved Africans were first brought to North America.
(09/16/19 2:07am)
The Board of Visitors met in the Rotunda Boardroom Thursday afternoon for its Buildings and Grounds Committee meeting, during which the Board discussed annual reports on sustainability and infrastructure. The University’s Committee on Sustainability discussed its 2016-2020 Sustainability Plan and announced that this December the University will meet its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent between 2009 and 2025, meaning the goal will be reached six years ahead of schedule.
(09/10/19 11:07pm)
The Daily Progress reported last week that Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against James Alex Fields Jr., the self-proclaimed neo-Nazi responsible for Heyer’s death. Fields drove his car into a crowd of peaceful counter-protestors who demonstrated in opposition to the violent white supremacist Unite the Right rallies of Aug. 11 and 12, 2017, killing Heyer and injuring dozens of others.
(09/03/19 2:22pm)
Third-year College student Ellen Yates and fourth-year College student Rachael Hazlett were appointed to the position of Vice President for Administration and Chair of the Financial Accessibility Committee, respectively, last Tuesday, filling the positions left vacant by fourth-year Batten student Taylor Overton and third-year Curry student Nia Augustine.
(09/03/19 1:24am)
First-year College student and Charlottesville native Zyahna Bryant was appointed to the Virginia African American Advisory Board Friday by Governor Ralph Northam’s administration. Northam (D-Va.) approved the creation of the advisory board in March, to promote “the development of economic, professional, cultural, educational and governmental links between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the African American community in Virginia.”
(08/26/19 11:56pm)
First-year students of the Class of 2023 and transfer students gathered on the Lawn Sunday evening for their convocation ceremony, which was followed by an additional ceremony inducting new students into the University’s longstanding tradition of the Honor system. New students heard from student leaders as well as University President Jim Ryan and Donna Byrd, an entrepreneur and College alumna. There are 3,920 students in the Class of 2023 and 623 transfer students of the Class of 2021 and 2022.
(08/15/19 6:26pm)
Rising third-year College student Henry Reed passed away Aug. 8 after “emergency surgery and a courageous battle to recover from significant complications” in the treatment a previously undiagnosed brain tumor, according to a University-wide email from Dean of Students Allen Groves sent Wednesday evening. Reed was hospitalized at Johns Hopkins July 31.
(07/16/19 2:03am)
A state court sentenced neo-Nazi James Fields Jr. to life in prison Monday, plus 419 years and $480,000 in fines due to Fields’ violent role in the white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally held in Charlottesville in August 2017. Fields drove his car into counter-protestors who had been demonstrating in opposition to the white supremacist and neo-Nazi messages, killing 32-year-old Charlottesville resident Heather Heyer and injuring dozens others.
(06/13/19 10:45pm)
The University has revealed plans to move the Multicultural Student Center and LGBTQ Center from their current location in the lower level of Newcomb Hall, in order to expand the spaces’ capacity. The project will move the MSC to what was previously the Game Room on the second floor of Newcomb, while the LGBTQ Center will be moved to a location on the third floor that has not yet been decided.
(05/02/19 1:42am)
University Hall is set to be imploded May 25 at 10 a.m. The site served as the home of the University’s basketball programs for 50 years, before it was closed to the public in 2015.
(04/26/19 2:34pm)
North Korea charged the U.S. $2 million for the medical treatment of Otto Warmbier and insisted the envoy sent to retrieve the comatose University student from Pyongyang in 2017 sign a pledge that the U.S. would pay before giving permission to leave.
(04/24/19 8:22pm)
Students, faculty and administrators met Tuesday evening in Alumni Hall to discuss the future of ethnic studies at the University during a symposium hosted by the Asian Leaders Council and Latinx Student Alliance. The symposium, titled “We Are Not Invisible: A Case For Ethnic Studies” fostered discussion among approximately 50 attendees about scholarship on topics such as race, ethnicity and the experience of indigenous populations.
(04/23/19 10:22pm)
The Multicultural Student Center hosted Multicultural Peer Educators for an open workshop titled “The Cycle of Socialization” Thursday. Fourth-year College student Nathan Pal and first-year College student Priya Batheja led a discussion on the continuous cycle of conscious and subconscious socialization and how this cycle leads to oppression.
(04/18/19 4:36am)
The Latinx Student Alliance and Latinx Leadership Council kicked off the first ever Latinx Alumni Weekend last Friday by commemorating the launch of a historical website, which documents the development of Hispanic and Latinx student groups at the University. The website provides a directory that contains links to an explanation of each organization’s mission, history and work on Grounds. Natalia Heguaburo, a fourth-year College student and LSA historian, led the project and said it will act as “a living repository” to serve generations of students with a more accurate and representative history.
(04/10/19 9:57pm)
After the men’s basketball team’s Elite Eight victory over Purdue March 30, 600 dedicated student fans began preparations to make the trek to Minneapolis, Minn. to support the team in Saturday’s Final Four game. The team proceeded to win Saturday’s game against Auburn, and students who purchased the $40 student ticket for the Final Four game were given free tickets to Monday night’s national championship game against Texas Tech — which the Cavaliers won for the first time in program history. Standing between the students and the tournament, however, was an 18-hour drive to Minneapolis or costly flight tickets while missing at least two days of missed classes.
(04/04/19 2:40am)
As the 2018-2019 academic year begins to wind down, the University’s Honor and Judiciary Committees are beginning the annual process of transitioning administrations which formally took place April 1. In an interview with The Cavalier Daily, Ory Streeter, fourth-year Medical student and outgoing Honor chair, and Kevin Warshaw, fourth-year Engineering student and outgoing UJC chair, reflected upon their time in office and the achievements of their respective organizations during the past year.
(04/11/19 8:40pm)
The University Judiciary Committee and the Honor Committee representatives voted for incoming chairs in internal elections held in late March — electing third-year College student Shannon Cason to UJC Chair and third-year College student Lillie Lyon to Honor Chair. Before officially beginning their terms April 1, Cason and Lyon — who respectively succeeded fourth-year Engineering student Kevin Warshaw and fourth-year Medical student Ory Streeter — spoke to the developing outreach roles within their committees and how education may be approached under their administration.
(03/28/19 2:26am)
The rate of homelessness in Charlottesville has nearly doubled in the past five years, and community groups have taken up the task of providing support for those who are left most vulnerable by local housing challenges.
(03/27/19 3:07am)
The University Judiciary Committee met Saturday morning for its internal election of new voting members, where representatives elected third-year College student Shannon Cason as committee chair. Representatives also voted on the four vice chair positions for trials, sanctions, first years and graduate students.