The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill recently announced the results of an independent investigation into academic fraud at the university.
Student leaders constructed a memorial to honor and celebrate late second-year College student Hannah Graham Sunday morning at the Whispering Wall.
With the advent of online textbooks, large-scale publishing houses have been forced to evolve to allow quick, affordable access to printed texts — or else risk financial failure.
To conclude Disability Acceptance Week at the University, keynote speaker Robert McRuer gave a lecture in Minor Hall Friday.
The Medical Examiner’s Office in Richmond positively identified the remains found last Saturday as belonging to second-year College student Hannah Graham.
The Graduate Student Consulting and Beyond Club held a panel Thursday night to discuss Science and Technology Policy and various careers surrounding the field. The panel, held at Garrett Hall, aimed to discuss such issues as the disconnect between the sciences and policy, how society and government uses technological knowledge, how science and technology policy decisions are made and how to start a successful science and policy career.
The Alumni Association hosted its annual “Cocktails and Conversations” for Fourth Years in the College of Arts and Sciences on Thursday.
The bystander awareness campaign #HOOSGotYourBack held Pledge Day Thursday to promote its message of bystander intervention. More than 300students signed a pledge committing themselves to combat sexual violence on Grounds as part of the event.
The Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic will present Henderson v. U.S. in front of the Supreme Court next February. The case concerns individual property rights in the face of government restrictions on convicted individuals possessing firearms.
The Virginia Department of Health has launched an Ebola hotline to help answer concerned Virginians’ questions and provide the most up-to-date information available on the highly contagious virus.
The Virginia Tech chapter of Help Save The Next Girl held a candlelight vigil to honor Hannah Graham Wednesday night. The vigil featured speeches from Erica Grant, president of Help Save The Next Girl, and Faculty Advisor Jane Vance.
Charlottesville Bus Lines, a local association that solicits poetry from students and Charlottesville residents to display inside city buses, announced its annual contest this week.
The Honor Committee decided on a temporary solution to the procedural ambiguity it has faced in cases of bad debt, opting to deal with cases by relying on previous bylaws while Committee members continue to explore long-term solutions.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent report, the “Annual Report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman,” describes an increase in complaints from private student loan borrowers and offers recommendations on how to improve the student loan system.
University students will be able to use their student ID cards in the upcoming November midterm elections, a fact which Student Council Legislative Affairs Committee co-chair Zach Cohen said minimizes the impact of the state's new voter identification laws, which critics say will disproportionately affect minority and low-income voters.
While serving as an advisor to President George W. Bush, Republican Senate hopeful Ed Gillespie voiced his support for privatizing Social Security, a stance that Democratic incumbent senator Mark Warner has heavily criticized in debates and attack ads during the election.
Various organizations on Grounds are hosting Homecomings events this upcoming week for current students and alumni. These events, which include cookouts, receptions and tailgates, are open to students within the University community as well as to the public in Charlottesville.
After a lengthy debate Monday night, Charlottesville City Council deferred a decision on a set of new Council procedures and guidelines of operation.
Middle East analyst Asaf Romirowsky addressed students Tuesday on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition, the Women’s Center and Sigma Psi Zeta held a panel Tuesday to discuss domestic violence in the National Football League.
