Dark Matter, a transgender South Asian performance art duo, performed at the University Chapel Sunday. Based in New York City, the duo is comprised of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian, who met at Stanford in 2009.
The University Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team will sponsor Substance Abuse Prevention Week this week in an annual effort to curb the “fourth-year fifth” and promote safe, celebratory drinking during the day of the last home football game.
Former U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor visited the Batten School Friday to guest lecture on “The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Economic Growth Agenda.”
The Building and Grounds Committee and the Finance Committee of the Board of Visitors met Friday to consider renovations on the Inn at Darden and changes in the process by which minor capital projects are approved.
The Board of Visitors Advancement Committee met Friday to discuss the transformation of university culture and campaign initiatives to help further the University’s national prominence.
All U.Va students studying in France are safe, said University President Teresa Sullivan Saturday in an email statement following the Paris terrorist attacks.
The Black Student Alliance and the University Chapter of the NAACP held a gathering Thursday night at the Garrett Hall bus stop to demonstrate solidarity with student activists at Yale, the University of Missouri and Howard University.
The Board of Visitors approved on Thursday the goals of the Committee on The University of Virginia’s College at Wise for the upcoming financial year.
The Board of Visitors’ Executive Committee met Thursday to discuss student and faculty diversity initiatives.
The 2015 Virginia Film Festival concluded this week, bringing in a record-breaking number of tickets sold and films shown in its 28th year.
A 5K run is being held this Saturday at Darden Towe Park to support the Wounded Warrior Project, the Charlottesville Fire Department and the Charlottesville Police Department.
Student Council released a survey Wednesday to assess the student body’s interest in creating a centrally located nap room on Grounds.
Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove and Law School Dean Paul Mahoney will address the Class of 2016 during Spring Convocation, the University announced Thursday.
The Cavalier Daily has highlighted the most important issues to be discussed at these meetings, which are open to the public, and will be held in the auditorium of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.
A local organization staffed by University students and other community volunteers held a ceremony Wednesday honoring local World War II veterans.
The Virginia House Education Committee held a summit at the Curry School of Education Monday and Tuesday to discuss topics which will arise at the 2016 General Assembly session. The primary focus of the summit was virtual education.
TEDxUVA held their third annual student speaker competition Tuesday at Boylan Heights. The competition gave students a chance to talk about ideas in front of their peers.
The University’s chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority held a candlelight vigil Wednesday for deceased sorority sister Sandra Bland. Bland was found dead in her jail cell in Waller County, Texas July 13, 2015.
As both the men’s and women’s basketball teams open their seasons Friday, many players aspiring to become professional basketball stars will take the floor.
