The 2013-14 academic school year saw a record-breaking 886,052 international students attending undergraduate and graduate colleges and universities in the United States. This pushes the international student population to four percent of all students enrolled in higher-level education, and their numbers appear to be growing.
The University’s International Studies Office, in partnership with the Global Development Studies Program and the Department of Anthropology, hosts a seminar series titled CORE — Cultural Orientation, Reflection and Engagement.
Recent statistics from the University’s International Studies Office revealed one in four students from the Class of 2014 studied abroad during their time at the University.
University President Teresa Sullivan issued a statement in response to the arrest of third-year College student Martese Johnson.
Martese Johnson, a third-year student in the College and a member of the Honor Committee and Kappa Alpha fraternity, was arrested at around 12:45 a.m. on Mar. 18 in front of Trinity Irish Pub on the Corner.
John D. Arras, University Porterfield professor of biomedical ethics and of philosophy and public health sciences, died of a stroke March 16 in Galveston, Texas while on a spring break vacation.
U.S. News and World Report released its latest survey of national graduate school rankings, placing both the Darden School and the Law School in the top 10 in their respective fields.
The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs hosted the final of Three Minute Thesis Competition Monday in the Harrison Institute & Small Special Collections Library. This academic competition challenges doctoral students to describe their dissertations within three minutes to a general, non-specialized audience.
The University College Republicans hosted guest speaker Frank Atkinson Tuesday. Atkinson is a member of the Board of Visitors and chairman of McGuireWoods Consulting LLC.
Faculty of Sweet Briar College released a statement Tuesday opposing the closure of the College and are seeking an immediate meeting with the administration to discuss alternatives.
Student Council discussed their views on recent events at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Maryland and were updated on the revisions to the University’s Sexual Misconduct Policy Tuesday.
College Ranker ranked Charlottesville 40 out of the “Top 50 Best College Towns to Live in Forever.” The site provides resources on various aspects of collegiate life.
The Commerce School released admission decisions last week.
According to a recent study conducted by the Institute of Medicine, raising the legal age for the purchase of tobacco products would lower initiation rates for smokers, reduce the prevalence of smoking and save hundreds of thousands of people from premature death and lung cancer.
Malena Magnolia, an interdisciplinary mixed media artist from Richmond and Charlottesville, took photographs in front of the Rotunda on Monday as part of an art exhibition about sexual assault she will be holding in early April.
The Law School held a panel Monday to discuss career opportunities in child advocacy. The panel led a conversation about their individual experiences as child advocacy lawyers and gave career advice to Law students.
The Women, Gender & Sexuality Department hosted a lecture entitled “Perverse Ambitions, Deviant Careers: Toward a Queer History of the Modern American Workplace” by Assoc. Prof. Margot Canaday from Princeton University.
U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, D-VA, Barbara Boxer, D-CA, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, introduced a the latest version of the Survivor Outreach and Support on Campus Act to the Senate March 11.
The University announced this past week the appointment of Carolyn Devine Saint as the University’s new Chief Audit Executive.
