Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) signed 21 bills into law by April 7 focused on K-12 education.
Mitchell said he plans to prioritize building Student Council’s long-term financial stability through an endowment, expanding access and awareness of mental health resources and increasing the Council’s visibility and engagement with the broader student body.
Representatives also swore in third-year College student Saehee Pérez as Student Council vice president for administration and third-year Batten student Harper Tran as vice president for organizations.
The University’s Office of Engagement, housed within the External Relations office, hosted their final webinar of the semester in their “Leader to Leader — Insights from U.Va. Leadership” series Wednesday which featured Lori McMahon, University vice president for research and professor of Neuroscience.
According to representatives from the International Studies Office, the ban on issuing student visas is prompting many students to consider extending their studies at the University to remain in the United States.
The Honor Committee met Sunday for its final meeting of the 2025-26 academic year to discuss a recommendation of how to handle student unresponsiveness after students are notified of an alleged violation of the University’s honor code.
As the Spring 2026 semester comes to an end and final exams commence, groups across the University are providing students with resources to support their mental and academic wellbeing during finals week Thursday through May 8.
Objectives detailed by Gilmore include communication with University administration, overseeing the UBE’s budget, increasing student engagement and conducting an annual internal review.
Charlottesville’s two downtown parking garages began operating with “Metropolis Technologies” — an artificial intelligence system — in December.
Prolific jazz musicians Woody Herman and Chris Barber, also known as “the Louis Armstrong of Europe”, set out to perform exhilarating renditions of their hits on Grounds at Cabell Hall
“The Honor Committee and the University Judiciary Committee no longer organize or offer implicit bias training for their members that include impermissible content regarding race or other protected characteristics,” the report stated.
The University’s March 31 civil rights compliance report to the Department of Justice detailed a new set of changes within the Division of Student Affairs, including the discontinuation of funding for and administration of several affinity-based student initiatives and graduation-related ceremonies.
On Grounds, Naval ROTC was established in 1940, making the University the 10th in the nation to have the program.
The Ambassador Series event was hosted by the Center’s Global Perspectives on Democracy program in partnership with U.Va. Global.
The House of Delegates and state Senate accepted the majority of Spanberger’s recommendations, according to VPM, but legislators did not accept amendments to marquee bills on gun control, drug affordability and collective bargaining.
The report suggested increasing the fees private student housing developers pay to support affordable housing in the City.
The Board of Visitors Finance Committee unanimously approved an increase in tuition, dining rates and other mandatory fees for the 2026-27 school year April 16.
The legislation is set to incrementally raise Virginia’s minimum wage from its current amount of $12.77 per hour to $13.75 per hour on Jan. 1, 2027 and to $15 per hour on Jan. 1, 2028.
Sahasra Molletti, co-chair for the Faculty Advisory Committee, Batten representative and second-year College student, was elected to serve as the new vice chair for the graduate community for the term.
Tuesday was election day in Virginia — voters across the Commonwealth had been voting for weeks on whether to approve a Democrat-led plan to redraw the state's congressional maps before the midterm elections in November.
