The UVa Women’s Center is the spearhead organization for DVAM events within the University community.
Virginia’s Commission to Ensure Integrity and Public Confidence in State Government met for the first time Monday to discuss ethical concerns for the state and possible steps to remedy them.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced this week a new policy for preventing Ebola in Virginia. Travelers arriving in Virginia from Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone will be screened to determine their potential risk factor.
With the spring 2015 semester course catalogue available for students' perusal — and the beginning of enrollment just more than a week away for most students — a large swath of the University community will turn to non-University resources in deciding which courses to take.
Politics Prof. Larry Sabato’s latest book, “The Kennedy Half Century” is now available as an extended, paperback version.
In light of a report last week implicating more than 3,000 students in an academic fraud scandal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the school’s accreditor could soon impose serious consequences.
With one week left until the Virginia midterm elections, the University Democrats and College Republicans are working hard to turn out the vote.
In addition to choosing a U.S. Senator and Congressional Representative, Virginia voters will also evaluate a ballot initiative at the polls next Tuesday.
The University is implementing a new mentoring program this year that connects third-year students with alumni volunteers to guide students in choosing a career in their field of study.
U.Va. Sustainability participated in the Gameday Challenge for the fifth consecutive year during the Virginia-North Carolina game, aiming to reduce the amount of waste produced at the football game.Fourth-year Commerce student Lauren Nguyen is the Recycling Team Lead for the U.Va.
Student Council discussed the recently installed fence around the railroad tracks on Chancellor Street and behind the Corner at its Tuesday meeting in Newcomb Theater.
The University hosted the panel discussion “Responding to ISIS: Violence Against Women and Girls” Monday, discussing the violence of the self-styled Islamic State against women and girls and working to brainstorm solutions to address the trauma and ongoing tragedy faced by refugees.
One Less and ADAPT have teamed up to promote bystander intervention and safe partying this Halloween.
The Women’s Initiative, a Charlottesville based group received a $20,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation last week.
Poet Rita Dove received The Carole Weinstein Prize in Poetry and Historian Elizabeth Varon won the Literary Award for Nonfiction for her book "Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War."
The Law School's Immigration Law Program and the Journal of Law and Politics held a symposium Friday to discuss the future of immigration enforcement, focusing on problems in the United States’ immigration enforcement system.
In conjunction with the University Guide Service and the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, the Miller Center hosted the sixth annual “Secrets and Traditions” event Friday. Wayne Cozart, vice president of development of the Alumni Association, led the presentation and examined the history of the secret societies at the University.
Though perhaps little-known to most University students, the Office of the Dean of Students has an endowment funding a no-interest Honor Loan to undergraduate and graduate students in need of emergency financial assistance.
Voters in Charlottesville have just two days left to request a mail-in absentee ballot, and one Charlottesville official says requests so far have been low.
Advising reform is taking shape through several initiatives, including career development programs, an expansion of the first-year COLA advising seminars for Engineering students, a Student Council-led peer advising program and a planned advising center in Clemons Library.
