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(06/10/15 7:23pm)
University Law Dean Paul G. Mahoney announced Monday his plans to step down June 30, 2016. In his eight years as dean, Mahoney added 26 professors to the faculty, launched a curricular program and fundraised successfully.
(04/27/15 3:10am)
The new year has ushered in a number of new bills from the Virginia General Assembly pertaining to students and other members of the University community. These include a bill addressing the reporting of sexual assault cases, mental health assistance and barring discrimination of the LGBTQ community.
(03/30/15 2:36am)
The Charlottesville City Council approved expenditure amendments to the proposed budget Thursday night, restoring funding to the Public Housing Association of Residents despite the organization’s low ratings by the Agency Budget Review Team.
(03/23/15 4:15am)
Legislation to remove law enforcement powers from the ABC has received renewed attention following questions of excessive force in the arrest of third-year College student Martese Johnson by Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control agents early Wednesday morning.
(03/02/15 4:38am)
The Federal Communications Commission passed new regulations Thursday which effectively establish net neutrality — a move intended to promote an open internet. Per the ruling, Internet service providers can no longer discriminate against their competitor’s content by blocking it or deliberately slowing it down. Previously, network capacity could be used for any purpose after being purchased.
(02/25/15 4:06am)
The Virginia General Assembly unanimously passed a bill enabling women to breastfeed in public. Breast feeding is currently only permitted on property which is owned, leased or controlled by the Commonwealth, as well as inside private homes.
(02/16/15 6:29am)
A Virginia House General Laws Subcommittee tabled Senate Bill 785, a motion which would have protected lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender public employees from discrimination in the workplace. Though the bill passed the Senate with bipartisan support, it cannot be considered for the remainder of the session.
(02/09/15 6:57am)
The Virginia House of Delegates passed two bills Thursday to improve college affordability.
(02/02/15 4:34am)
The Z Society announced a $30,000 donation to the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ Faculty Forward initiative in a letter addressed to faculty Friday. The donation itself was made in September.
(01/26/15 7:19am)
Last Friday, all 31 of the University’s fraternities signed a new Fraternal Organization Agreement addendum, agreeing to new safety measures for social events. But some students have called into question the stringency of the requirements, which mandate sober brothers at each drink station and at stairs to residential rooms, regulate the types of alcohol present and how it is served, and require guest lists for all social functions. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, James Madison University and Virginia Tech, among others, similar safety measures already exist.
(01/21/15 4:43am)
A new police substation on the Corner opened Thursday in an effort to increase law enforcement presence in the area. The temporary substation, housed in a grey pod building, is located across from the Corner and next to the Women’s Center.
(12/05/14 3:09pm)
Three Virginia delegates proposed a bill to revise existing college safety laws regarding sexual assault, the latest in a sea of local and national responses to address the prevalence of sexual assault — most recently brought to the forefront of public attention after a Rolling Stone article detailed several cases of sexual assault at the University.
(11/19/14 4:59am)
The Women’s Center will host a free legal clinic next Tuesday for local lawyers to offer pro bono legal advice to University employees and members of the Charlottesville community.
(11/12/14 6:28am)
The Virginia State Crime Commission presented its Missing Persons and Search and Rescue study to lawmakers Monday in response to resolutions from the state government. The study aims to provide methods for improved coordination and deployment of search and rescue cases.
(11/05/14 6:11am)
The Board of Visitors recently convened a special committee on research for the first time in more than two years. The newly established committee will meet next Thursday to discuss the research funding at the University.
(10/29/14 5:20am)
With the spring 2015 semester course catalogue available for students' perusal — and the beginning of enrollment just more than a week away for most students — a large swath of the University community will turn to non-University resources in deciding which courses to take.
(10/22/14 5:21am)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit revoked the quantitative benchmarks previously used in determining what constitutes “fair use” of copyright material Friday — a decision which could have implications down the road for colleges and universities and their use of electronic resources.
(10/01/14 3:35am)
The American Academy of Pediatrics published an article Monday endorsing the use of Intrauterine Devices as their preferred method of birth control among teens, moving it ahead of the birth control pill.
(09/17/14 3:58am)
The University’s Center for Politics’ Global Perspectives on Democracy Program is currently hosting 39 students from Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru as part of its Youth Ambassadors Program.
(09/10/14 3:21am)
This past Sunday, 39 year-old Sherri King, a managing director of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, passed away at the University Medical Center after suffering from a blood clot in the brain.
King was a valued and highly-regarded member of UVIMCO, said UVIMCO Chief Executive Officer Larry Kochard. In addition to playing a prominent figure in managing the company’s short term assets, King was well-liked and respected by her associates.
“She had that rare combination of being very smart, resourceful, analytical, friendly, patient, collaborative, and incredibly nice,” Kochard said. “Everyone here admired and adored her, and everyone here is really struggling with her passing.”
UVIMCO is the management company that handles the University’s long-term funds, investments and foundations.The company is responsible for investing the endowment the University holds, valued at $6 billion according to the annual report in June 2013. This endowment is one of the five largest for a public institution of higher education, and one of the 20 largest for all universities in the United States.
Kochard was close with one of King’s mentors from Wall Street, Dave Carlson.
“I connected very quickly with Sherri, she had a lot of qualities that I had admired in her mentor,” Kochard said. “I think the world of Dave, and I knew if he liked her as much as he did then she was special, which she was.”
King was born December 3, 1974 in Germany, where her father was stationed with the U.S. military. She moved to the United States with her family when she was young and grew up in Charlottesville. She attended Duke University and received her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics in 1996. She then went on to study at New York University’s Stern School of Business, obtaining her MBA in finance in 2000.
King spent 15 years of her professional life working on Wall Street, and held managing director positions at multiple large banks, including Credit Suisse, Bear Sterns and JP Morgan Chase.
King’s husband, Patrick O’Connor, returned to Charlottesville to raise her three children, Stella, Boden and Lennox. She began working for UVIMCO in March 2012 and was responsible for fixed income credit investments and risk management.
The UVIMCO fund includes both a Long-Term Pool and Short-Term Pool to form a balanced financial portfolio and provide access to funds when needed. The Board of Directors and Managing Staff, which included King, control the funds and choose investment options on behalf of the University.
Despite her senior position at the University, King remained very involved outside of work. She was passionate about education, both of her own children and of inner-city youths. She served on the board of her children’s school, the Montessori School of Charlottesville, and was a board member of New Heights Youth Incorporated, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing academic support and college counseling to students in New York City.
King’s unexpected death is a hard loss for her colleagues, friends and family.
“We are doing a number of things to mourn and honor her history and legacy, while remaining respectful of the family and their mourning,” Kochard said. “Over the next days and weeks it will be ongoing.”
In addition to her husband, King is survived by her parents and three children: Stella, 6; Boden, 4; and Lennox, 2.