U.Va. Center for Politics appoints two new resident scholars
By Lilly Whitner | November 19, 2019Barbara Comstock and Jamelle Bouie will be working for the Center for Politics as guest speakers and panelists for the University.
Barbara Comstock and Jamelle Bouie will be working for the Center for Politics as guest speakers and panelists for the University.
The City hosted a discussion with members of the Shoshone-Bannock tribe and Monacan Indian Nation and concluded that the statue will be removed.
The statue, located on University property by the intersection of West Main Street and Jefferson Park Avenue, has been widely criticized for its depiction of an attack on a Native American family.
Researchers, policy makers, professors, and students were invited to the symposium to discuss democracy and social justice.
President Ryan said the University will reinstate the 21-gun salute next year and make an effort to minimize any disruptions to classes.
Goodwin and Ramos were both found guilty of malicious wounding against Harris, who was protesting against the demonstrators in the Unite the Right rally of 2017.
The event organizers provided a guideline of possible questions for students to ask about the curriculum, application and essay-writing processes, and diversity, identity and life at Batten and McIntire.
Student Council will offer 70 free STI tests for students at the end of the fall semester but is hopeful testing can be made more accessible to students.
The University has been discussing ways to improve its advising structure in order to better engage students and ensure more meaningful student-advisor relationships.
Student Council's interpretive signage and a petition circulated by a group of first-years call for further recognition of the history of slavery on Grounds.
Parking and Transportation provided instructions for filing a claim with insurance and an offer to have damaged cars professionally washed and waxed.
Exactly 1,051 ballots were cast in the Virginia Senate race in the University Precinct, compared to 224 in 2015. In the Venable Precinct, the 2019 election saw 573 ballots, up from 110 in 2015.
University Architect Alice Raucher updated the community on major construction projects that are currently underway.
The Committee discussed amending its bylaws to allow both counsel in a case to make a motion to amend the disposition in front of a pre-hearing panel prior to the trial.
President Ryan released a public statement on social media, citing two main reasons for the change — to minimize noise disruption to students inn class and to prevent concern about gun violence on Grounds.
10th & Page would be the last of the three neighborhoods to be surveyed, and the survey would include approximately 350 properties from in or before 1959.
The Board will vote on the proposed tuition increase of three to four percent at its meeting Dec. 6.
The total impact of the donation is $36.5 billion when combined with matching by the University’s Bicentennial Scholars Fund and Bicentennial Professors Fund.
Wednesday's event allowed people to hear from the Honor Executive Committee at a dinner event on the South Lawn.
A public comment period will be held from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. in the South Meeting Room of Newcomb tomorrow to consider the proposed increase.