U.Va. endorses Harvard report on college admissions
By Kathleen Smith | January 26, 2016Harvard University issued a report last week calling for widespread changes in the college admissions process and how to evaluate prospective students.
Harvard University issued a report last week calling for widespread changes in the college admissions process and how to evaluate prospective students.
Student Council held its first general body meeting of the semester Tuesday night, addressing a number of updates including University safety initiatives and service and art on Grounds.
A proposal to change the status of Women, Gender and Sexuality studies from a program to a department was recently approved by Executive Vice President and Provost Thomas Katsouleas.
GOP plans to replace Virginia Supreme Court Justice and University Alumna Jane Roush have been put on hold after Sen. Sturtevant announced he would not support her intended replacement.
Batten School Dean Allan C. Stam said the school has begun assessing expansion of its current space or moving to a new location.
A federal judge has placed Martese Johnson’s civil lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on hold for 10 days.
Students have mixed feelings about what the bill could mean for the University community.
Following an “incident” at the Yanggakdo International Hotel, third-year Commerce student Otto Warmbier was detained at the Pyongyang Airport in North Korea on Jan. 2.
The University Office of Undergraduate Admissions released its early action offers for the Class of 2020 Friday.
Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds recently proposed a bill to reform the state’s redistricting process by establishing a redistricting commission.
Much of the state was closed this weekend as a result of Winter Storm Jonas.
The University’s School of Architecture is kicking off the spring semester with its fifth annual Vortex.
Private information from over 1,400 University employees was accessed in a recent data breach, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Third-year Commerce student Otto Frederick Warmbier was arrested in North Korea Friday, according to reports from the North Korean state news agency.
More than 70 students and other members of the University community gathered Wednesday to hear Gary Flowers speak in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared Virginia in a state of emergency in a press release at 8 a.m. Thursday morning due to the impending heavy winter storm.
Popular hoverboard toys have been banned at the University, according to an announcement by the University chief of police.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) recently proposed a $9 million program which would make effective birth control and contraceptives available to women with limited health insurance.
Maurie McInnis — the University’s vice provost for academic affairs — was recently appointed the Provost of the University of Texas at Austin.
A federal judge declared Jan. 12 that Jackie — the primary source in the Rolling Stone article published November 2014 and subsequently retracted — must release documents related to Assoc. Dean Nicole Eramo’s pending defamation lawsuit.