The pipeline itself runs from North Dakota to Illinois through South Dakota and Iowa and is the subject of environmental and cultural concerns.
Raucher said the anticipated completion date for conceptual design is June 2017 and will be followed by fundraising efforts before working drawings and implementation can be completed.
Albemarle voters will decide in a referendum whether the county will be authorized to issue $35 million in general obligation bonds to fund a school renovation projects throughout the county.
Sabrina Kim, University student ambassador for Students for Trump, said the coalition's existence does not change Students for Trump’s goals or plans.
Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, gave a talk at Old Cabell Hall Tuesday night.
The University’s Board of Visitors approved the proposed renaming of Jordan Hall to Pinn Hall in Thursday’s meeting. The building, which serves as a medical research facility, is renamed for Vivian Pinn, who graduated from the U.Va. School of Medicine in 1967.
University President Teresa Sullivan spoke to members regarding plans for the University’s bicentennial celebration and explained the Strategic Investment Fund in more detail.
On Tuesday, students gathered in the amphitheater at the Chick-fil-A Chill Out event to learn more about stress and anxiety management.
The University has had over 500 alumni go on to become corps members for Teach for America since 1991.
The U.Va. Center for Politics called on presidential debate moderators to adopt a set of debate standards intended to allow the debates to proceed as fairly and informatively as possible.
Supporters of declaring Election Day a state holiday often argue people are too busy at work to vote; however, there are no studies proving a correlation between having Election Day off of work and higher voter turnout.
Although the BOV looked at proposals dealing with AccessUVa — the University’s financial aid program — none passed at the meeting.
University Architect Alice Raucher said the vision for Brandon Avenue includes another upper-class student residential complex and a new student health facility.
ResearchUVa focuses on reducing the amount of administrative and bureaucratic work professors are required to do in the research process.
Topics included a planned curriculum overhaul, new guidelines on student athlete time demands, the creation of two new professorships and the promotion of the University’s African and African-American Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality programs to departmental status.
The University’s Native American Student Union issued a statement of solidarity last Saturday with the Standing Rock Sioux in their legal battle and demonstrations against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Some businesses have noticed a high rate of recurring students that continuously use the meal plan as their source for food.
With only about three percent of the state’s total votes coming from the area in 2012, “Trump is not going to necessarily lose Virginia because he doesn't have an office in the [Charlottesville] area,” Skelley said.
Eramo’s suit is set to go to trial Oct. 17.
John Glier, the President and CEO of philanthropic management consulting company Grenzebach Glier and Associates, presented to the committee on how to attract and sustain donors through campaigns.
