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(01/21/20 9:11pm)
After serving in higher education at the University for over 40 years, Patricia M. Lampkin, vice president and chief student affairs officer, has announced the conclusion of her tenure. Although Lampkin plans her official retirement to begin in August, she will remain in the role until the University is able to find a successor.
(11/21/19 3:00am)
With a Democratic majority now in the General Assembly, the 1997 monuments statute that prevents the Charlottesville City Council from removing the Confederate statues downtown has the opportunity to be repealed.
(10/09/19 4:40pm)
The Planning and Coordinating Council met Thursday to discuss replacing itself with a new body — the Land Use and Environmental Planning Committee.
(09/12/19 3:55am)
After years of planning and months of construction, the University will unveil The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers in April 2020.
(08/30/19 6:28pm)
Last Saturday, the University Program Council hosted an A$AP Ferg concert in the Amphitheater as part of their Welcome Week events. Although the concert’s intention was to welcome new and returning students to the University, some students have said the language used at the concert made them feel unwelcome.
(04/18/19 4:22am)
In response to the upcoming Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Board meeting May 9, which will discuss Immigration and Customs Enforcement Policy at the jail, student groups such as DREAMers on Grounds, Political Latinxs United for Movement and Action in Society and University Democrats have mobilized to raise awareness and rally against the jail’s ICE notification policy.
(04/15/19 10:40pm)
The Internship Placement Program from the University’s Career Center and the Office of the Provost has placed University students with both paid and unpaid internships in the Charlottesville area for over 40 years. Based on student’s career interests, admitted applicants can be matched with one of 300 internships that the center sponsors with for a summer, semester or academic-year long program.
(04/05/19 6:35pm)
Former United States President Bill Clinton will be delivering the keynote address at the inaugural Presidential Ideas Festival at the University’s Miller Center. Hosted by University alum and CBS host John Dickerson between May 21-23, “PrezFest” will focus on the notion of “Democracy in Dialogue” and spend three days examining challenges in America today from a presidential perspective.
(04/03/19 1:38am)
Throughout April, the Asian Student Union will host a series of events beginning April 1 to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a range of events for students. The national APAHM takes place in May, but the organization chooses to host its events on Grounds during April so more students will be able to attend and they can celebrate throughout the entire month.
(03/28/19 2:40am)
Among students and faculty at the University, faculty diversity has been a historic issue that the University’s administration has said needs improvement in all departments.
(03/20/19 3:55pm)
The Alliance for the Low-Income and First-Generation Narrative Conference will be held in various locations throughout Grounds Friday, March 22 to Sunday, March 24. With the goal to educate, empower and connect first-generation and low-income students, the conference will have a series of workshops, activities and speeches that will be attended by students and faculty from the University and 21 other institutions across the country.
(02/15/19 2:11am)
The City of Charlottesville began the process of updating its comprehensive plan for the first time in five years and the zoning codes for the City for the first time in 15 years in fall 2018. Although the process of revising the City’s comprehensive plan is legally controlled by the City’s Planning Commission, which is made up of seven voting members, the City has decided to bring in an outside consultant to help with the project as well.
(02/10/19 6:53pm)
As part of the Batten School and the Center for Politics’ National Symposium Series on Democracy — which hosted nationally recognized speakers including Martin Luther King III, Donna Brazile and Adam Schiff — the school hosted an event last night with the Chief White House Correspondent for CNN Jim Acosta. Titled “The Fourth Estate: Enemy of the People?” the talk focused on Acosta’s experience as part of the press force within the White House, specifically focusing on how that has changed during President Donald Trump’s Administration.
(01/25/19 3:32am)
Carr’s Hill — historically the President’s residence — is currently undergoing renovation for the first time in 100 years and is predicted to cost $10 million. The cost of the renovations will be taken from institutional funds and deferred maintenance budgets. Deferred maintenance is maintenance that is, according to the University Budget Office, “deferred on a planned or unplanned basis to a future budget cycle, or postponed until funds are available.”
(01/23/19 6:51am)
As part of the University’s 2019 Community MLK Celebration, the University’s Miller Center of Public Affairs hosted a panel Tuesday afternoon in Newcomb Theater entitled “Race in the Decade since Obama,” which focused on how race relations in United States have changed in the ten years since Obama took office. Melody Barnes — an assistant to the president and director of the White House Domestic Policy Council during the Obama administration — moderated the event. The New York Times’ Lauretta Charlton and Kevin Gaines, Julian Bond prof. of Civil Rights and Social Justice, served as panelists.
(11/30/18 1:56am)
Curry School of Education and Human Development Dean Robert Pianta announced earlier this month that an Ad Hoc Committee on Naming will begin studying potential changes to the school’s name and one of its academic buildings, Ruffner Hall. Both Curry and Ruffner were defenders of slavery, calling into question the use of their names for academic schools and buildings.
(11/14/18 11:42pm)
A University job listing for a “community resource specialist” — whose job would include helping low-wage University employees gain access to “housing, clothing, utilities, and food” — has drawn backlash from some activists, who say the University should increase its wages for all its staff.
(10/23/18 4:49am)
After two major changes — including relocation from the Amphitheater to Sprint Pavilion in Downtown Charlottesville and marketing targeting only the past three years of graduates, instead of the usual four — Young Alumni Reunions hit the town Oct. 13, bringing in thousands of University alumni.
(10/22/18 3:12am)
A public petition demanding the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors to remove the “Johnny Reb” statue in front of the Albemarle County Courthouse has been signed by over 400 people.
(10/03/18 12:43am)
Nicole Hemmer, an assistant professor of presidential studies at the Miller Center, talked about her new podcast, “A12,” to dozens of students, faculty and community members at an event in Nau Hall Monday evening.