Douglas Muir, an executive lecturer in the Engineering School and the Darden School, returned to teach his classes Monday after a week-long leave of absence.
Student Council members considered student concerns and discussed internal committee reports at its Tuesday night meeting.
Institute Director Deborah McDowell said the transition to a department will allow the institute to more directly affect curriculum and faculty hires.
The future of Earth is a rather glum topic, Inglis said, but is one worth talking about.
“We are working to build a better system for Chinese applicants,” Roberts said. “But that shouldn’t suggest the Chinese applicants at the University have not applied in an honest way. Chinese students are very important to us and do great things at the University.”
“If we don’t balance the federal budget, that burden falls on young people,” Johnson said. “Spending more money than what you take in, that burden is going to fall on young people and that is unfair.”
The trial of Former Assoc. Dean of Students Nicole Eramo’s $7.5 million defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine, Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Wenner Media, Inc. began Monday with the selection of the jury.
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign announced last Wednesday that it would pull out of Virginia, focusing its resources in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio and Florida.
Freedom of speech in academia was the subject of the University’s third biennial Jefferson Symposium late last week.
Over the past two weeks, the Honor Committee has been discussing the plans to possibly update the Informed Retraction policy. An Informed Retraction, which is an extension of the Conscientious Retraction, allows accused students to plead guilty to charges brought to them by the committee.
The upcoming November election will be, for many students, the first presidential election they participate in. As a result, students may be spending more time discussing their views and sharing ideas about the two main candidates: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Eramo also released deposition testimony videos to ABC to be used for the television segment.
In response to concerns about safety on the Corner, the Office of the Vice President for Research cut hours for OpenGrounds, a workspace and meeting site for students and faculty.
“We will not be silenced” and “Black Lives Matter” were just some of the slogans on signs held by over 70 protesters at the Albemarle-Charlottesville chapter of the NAACP's gathering outside of Bella’s Restaurant Friday.
Garrett has been a supporter of Trump, but condemned Trump’s comments in a criticism of the nominee.
While the ASU recognized that many students have already chosen who they are going to vote for in November, the purpose of this event was to explain more about where each candidate stands on various policies.
The Iota Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha held a panel Thursday to discuss slavery and admissions at the University.
Some students leave the University for a variety of reasons, including physical and mental health reasons, personal family needs or the wish to transfer to another institution.
The ranking, which is done based on order of merit, included 5,508 ROTC candidates.
Moorer said he is thrilled by the level of engagement so far.
