Libraries Dean Unsworth responds to protests surrounding Alderman shelving
By Victoria Dancu | September 26, 2018Renovations will take away shelving space from the interior of Alderman stacks, but there is disagreement as to the quantity.
Renovations will take away shelving space from the interior of Alderman stacks, but there is disagreement as to the quantity.
The demolition of the Cavalier Inn is part of a redevelopment project along the Ivy Corridor.
Student Council, University Democrats and College Republicans have been pushing for no exams — and eventually, classes — on Election Day.
Ryan outlined his priorities in an interview with The Cavalier Daily earlier this month.
The new degree programs remain subject to approval by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Former University administrator Betsy Ackerson filed the lawsuit in February 2017.
The Alderman Library renovations are expected to begin in 2020 and cost $160 million.
The four-story, 156,000 gross square feet Student Health and Wellness Center will include the Student Disability Access Center, Office of Health Promotion and the University's Kinesiology Department.
The original budget for the memorial was $6 million, but after contractors estimated the project would cost at least $7 million, the budget was raised to match the updated figure.
Wage employees are not eligible for paid family leave, but can receive unpaid job-protected absence for 12 weeks.
The University has not changed its academic operating schedule as of Tuesday evening.
Reflecting on the efforts of the Deans Working Group a year after its formation
The University has settled with Betsy Ackerson, according to court records.
University President Jim Ryan and Medical School alumna Dr. Vivian Pinn were among the speakers at Sunday’s event.
The President’s Commission on Slavery and the University released its cumulative report in late July.
Heaphy led an independent review that described the University Police Department's response to the white supremacist torchlit march at U.Va. as "woefully inadequate."
With the fall semester looming, some students question their financial ability to return to U.Va.
“We do nothing more than recognize our common humanity to say to those who were attacked around the statue last year: I am sorry,” Ryan said Saturday. “We are sorry.”
Metal detectors and crowd size limits will be among the security measures imposed Saturday night on a planned demonstration by student activism group U.Va. Students United at the North Plaza of the Rotunda.
The heightened police presence on and around Grounds has been a cause for alarm among some students, particularly within minority communities.