This is the second daily webinar organized by the Center, a product of the combined efforts of the Miller Center, the Democracy Initiative and the new Institute of Democracy to provide expert guidance on deconstructing the post-election climate.
Dr. Cameron Webb conceded the race to Republican candidate Bob Good early Wednesday morning. The Webb campaign conceded when the number of outstanding ballots was unable to make up the difference between Webb and Republican candidate Bob Good.
College Republicans and University Democrats are planning on hosting viewing parties to watch the outcome of the 2020 Elections. These clubs have hosted election watch parties in previous years, but as a result of the pandemic, the parties this year will be smaller and socially distanced.
Events included a “Policing and Protests 101” information session Oct. 26 and an undocUVA training Wednesday which discussed community issues of policing and the roles of the three organizations in their activist work.
President Ryan acknowledged that students have faced feelings of isolation and stress over the course of the semester and that the University is working to bring more students into classrooms in the spring.
So far, Drs. Chintan Ramani and Alexandra Kadl have said that their patients have been in relatively good health at the six week check-up.
Legendary film composer Thomas Newman discusses his eclectic career at the Virginia Film Festival.
The University recommends students get a flu shot by the end of October.
Absentee ballots can either be mailed to a designated election office or dropped off at its corresponding polling place.
With the general election coming up on Nov. 3, the tight race for Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District is garnering national attention.
Voters in the Fifth District — which includes the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County — will choose between Webb and Republican candidate Bob Good on the ballot for the Nov. 3 general election.
While the University would prefer people gathering outside to inside, student behavior sometimes does not align with administrative expectations.
According to the dashboard, there were an average of seven cases per day last week, including the newly reported positive test results from the weekend.
Amendment One establishes a sixteen-person panel, made up of eight legislators and eight non-legislators, that would draw electoral maps.
Voter registration in Virginia ends Tuesday, although Virginia’s voter registration website went down until the early afternoon for more than five and a half hours due to a cut cable.
Monday’s update said that there were only 99 active cases in the University community, down from the 219 reported last Thursday.
The University remains concerned that the number of positive COVID-19 cases are “still a little high."
45 individuals tested positive on Friday, ten on Saturday and zero on Sunday. This is the first time zero cases have been reported on any given day since data collection on the tracker began.
With the Oct. 13 voter registration deadline approaching, Charlottesville and student groups are working to ensure that every student has the ability to vote this November.
In total, 729 cases have been reported to the University since August 17. Of these, 240 are active, meaning that these individuals tested positive within the past 10 days and require isolation on- or off-Grounds.
