Parents and community members responded to a controversial Arabic calligraphy assignment at an Augusta County School Board meeting Thursday at Wilson Memorial High School.
University Professors Jim Aylor, Cassandra Fraser and Mark Yeager have been chosen as Fellows in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The Rotunda will be partially open for Final Exercises this spring, according to an announcement from the University Office of Major Events.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Glen Conrad denied objections to the University’s disclosure of education records to Rolling Stone, writer Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Wenner Media.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s appeal of his conviction on charges of public corruption.
University second-year student Paul Kim died Tuesday while at home.
The National Organization for Women (NOW) issued an open letter to University President Teresa Sullivan Jan. 6 asking that she help to curb the “re-victimization” of “Jackie.”
After recent comments made by public figures against Islam, two University faculty members created a petition of support for the Muslim community.
The lawyers representing Erdely and Rolling Stone magazine have moved to dismiss the complaint of three University graduates and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members.
The suspect of an abduction on Jefferson Park Avenue has been taken into custody after an hours long incident involving both Charlottesville Police and a SWAT team.
This week, a class in the Batten school gave away $35,000 in grants to five different local nonprofit organizations.
Charlottesville Police responded to a call for “shots fired” in the Corner area at approximately 2:22 a.m.
Augusta County schools were closed Friday after receiving numerous phone calls and emails from parents regarding a world geography assignment which included copying Arabic calligraphy.
The University Judiciary Council and Honor Committee released case statistics summarizing the activities of the University’s disciplinary groups over the Fall 2015 semester.
A jury will hear University student Martese Johnson’s $3 million lawsuit against Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control next October.
The Honor Committee’s main goal this semester has been to work toward creating a proposal for a multiple sanction system. The two proposed constitutional amendments that the Committee has drafted will be on the ballot in February.
A hearing to compel Jackie to submit phone and communication records as part of an ongoing lawsuit filed by Assoc. Dean of Students Nicole Eramo has been transferred from Alexandria to Charlottesville.
This year an online Corks & Curls Museum featuring digitized versions of all of the University’s past yearbooks will be launched.
Private schools in Central Virginia continue to grow despite national statistics showing a decline in private school enrollment since 2009.
The defense argued that its previous motion to suppress evidence for unconstitutional search and seizure should be withdrawn from the record.
