In the spring 2026 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, the University Medical Center received a “B” grade — the second-highest grade awarded by The Leapfrog Group — with a numerical score of 3.18, just 0.02 points below the threshold for an “A.”
The meeting featured presentations from Kenyon Bonner, vice president and chief student affairs officer, along with three students who shared their experiences at the University.
The Board of Visitors’ Health System Board met Thursday and discussed recent leadership changes across the Health System, presented a new set of strategic pillars and priorities and distributed information on the history and current status of U.Va. Health’s telemedicine offerings.
The Board of Visitors’ Buildings and Grounds Committee convened Thursday afternoon to approve the U.Va. Health Transitional Care Hospital renovation and the namings of 13 exterior spaces at Aggarwall Hall.
Chindawongse spoke about his home country’s history with the U.S., relations with other nations in Southeast Asia and Thailand’s economy and social progress.
She reflected on how the role of the Supreme Court Justice has evolved since she clerked for former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and how she approaches legal issues.
The proposed change would allow the Committee to better determine whether a sanctioned student's appeal is legitimate and would establish new qualifications that an appeal would need to meet to be allowed to continue through the appeal process.
Professors in three University departments described their experience with AI use in their own classrooms where large language models pushed them to rewrite assignments, restructure exams and in some cases, rebuild entire courses.
The full University Board of Visitors will convene Wednesday through Friday to discuss artificial intelligence strategy, updates regarding the provost and dean searches as well as the buildings, finances and compliance of the University.
The Charlottesville City Council convened for a regular meeting Sept. 8, where residents and City officials presented accounts of the clearing and subsequent early operations at the emergency shelter.
College at Wise Chancellor Donna Henry began the meeting by presenting Board members with a five-year comparison of its fall enrollment statistics.
The “U Ask, U.Va. Answers” speaker series is hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research with the goal of presenting University research to the Charlottesville community and sparking curiosity in the public.
According to the University’s website, the program is intended to function as a coordinating hub for the College's digital, computational and AI-based approaches to humanistic inquiry.
In comparison to other nonprofit level 1 trauma centers in Virginia, the University Medical Center had the highest self-pay rate — the amount charged to patients who pay out-of-pocket rather than through insurance — for Emergency Department facility fees and was among the most expensive for other treatment services, including CT scans and various blood tests, based on published pricing data.
Sloane runs the Sloane Lab at the University, an interdisciplinary research group focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence and cultural, economic, material and political conditions.
