Students hope to soon officially launch a University chapter of Help Save the Next Girl, a national organization founded by Gil and Dan Harrington to raise awareness for missing persons and violence against women.
Inside Higher Education released its annual College and University Higher Education Human Resources Officers Survey earlier this week.
College Council approved funding Tuesday to pave and redesign the pathway in front of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity house overlooking Mad Bowl. Proponents of the sidewalk argued that the current pathway was unsafe to walk on, especially at night when many intoxicated students use the path to cross from Madison Avenue to Rugby Road, and during inclement weather during which the path becomes muddy and slippery.
Virginia State Police released a statement Monday confirming a forensic link between second-year College student Hannah Graham’s recent disappearance and Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington’s death in 2009.
University professor emeritus Charles Wright began his term as poet laureate for the United States Thursday.
The University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education has received funding to conduct research around the U.S. to help improve teaching methods in the STEM fields - science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences commissioned an initiative early last year known as the Institute of World Languages (IWL) to promote language learning and instruction at the University.
Virginia State Police released a statement Monday morning confirming a forensic link between the death of 20-year old Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington and the disappearance of second-year College student Hannah Graham.
University President Teresa Sullivan said the University would increase the number of SafeRide vans and SafeRide’s hours in an email message sent to the University community last Tuesday. The time extensions were sent to the community in error, however, and Sullivan included the correct hours in an email to students sent last Friday. While the University has added a fourth van, no changes to SafeRide operating hours has been made.
The Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group coordinated volunteer efforts last week in the city-wide search for missing second-year College student Hannah Graham, who was last seen early in the morning Sept. 13. More than a week later, members of the Contracted Independent Organization continue to help police search for Graham.
In response to increasingly frequent drug-related cases in Virginia, a number of politicians are taking a stand.
The Curry School selected Patricia Lampkin, vice president and chief student affairs officer, as the recipient of its 2014 Distinguished Alumna Award for her exemplary work and dedication to the University.
Students and members of the Charlottesville community gathered at the Rotunda Friday to rally against gender-based violence at the University and in the greater Charlottesville area.Fourth-year College student Greg Lewis, a leader of the rally, said it was held in response to the disappearance of second-year College student Hannah Graham, as well as what he said is a pattern of sexual assault and gender-based violence at the University.
The University LGBTQ Center co-sponsored an HIV/AIDS testing event Friday with Thrive of Charlottesville, a non-profit organization aimed at providing medical care to the Charlottesville community.
In an effort to improve Virginia’s image in the wake of the recent corruption scandal involving former Gov. Bob McDonnell, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe held a press conference Thursday to discuss the importance of ethics reforms.
With midterm elections a little more than a month away, the Senate campaigns of Democrat Mark Warner, Republican Ed Gillespie and Libertarian Robert Sarvis are in full swing.
Orange ribbons were distributed at Scott Stadium, on the Lawn and to various student organizations Saturday in recognition of Hannah Graham, the second-year College student who has been missing since Sept.
FBI agents escorted Jesse Matthew from a private plane at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Regional airport to the Charlottesville-Albemarle Regional Jail Friday evening at approximately 5:45 p.m. Matthew remains incarcerated without bond, charged with abduction with intent to defile in the disappearance of second-year College student Hannah Graham.
The Jefferson Area Tea Party held its second official presentation of an ongoing series titled "The Pros and Cons of Economic Development in Albemarle County” Thursday evening.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Wednesday Virginia is receiving $22 million in federal funds through the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. The government will allocate the funds over the next seven years to 16 school districts in Virginia, according to a press release.
