U.Va. bans hoverboards on Grounds
By Alexis Gravely | January 20, 2016Popular hoverboard toys have been banned at the University, according to an announcement by the University chief of police.
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.
The University announced the death of first-year student John Paul Popovich on Dec. 18. Popovich died in his sleep of natural causes at his home in Sterling, Va., according to his family.
Parents and community members responded to a controversial Arabic calligraphy assignment at an Augusta County School Board meeting Thursday at Wilson Memorial High School.
University Professors Jim Aylor, Cassandra Fraser and Mark Yeager have been chosen as Fellows in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The Rotunda will be partially open for Final Exercises this spring, according to an announcement from the University Office of Major Events.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Glen Conrad denied objections to the University’s disclosure of education records to Rolling Stone, writer Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Wenner Media.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s appeal of his conviction on charges of public corruption.
University second-year student Paul Kim died Tuesday while at home.
The National Organization for Women (NOW) issued an open letter to University President Teresa Sullivan Jan. 6 asking that she help to curb the “re-victimization” of “Jackie.”
After recent comments made by public figures against Islam, two University faculty members created a petition of support for the Muslim community.
The lawyers representing Erdely and Rolling Stone magazine have moved to dismiss the complaint of three University graduates and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members.
The suspect of an abduction on Jefferson Park Avenue has been taken into custody after an hours long incident involving both Charlottesville Police and a SWAT team.
This week, a class in the Batten school gave away $35,000 in grants to five different local nonprofit organizations.
Charlottesville Police responded to a call for “shots fired” in the Corner area at approximately 2:22 a.m.
Augusta County schools were closed Friday after receiving numerous phone calls and emails from parents regarding a world geography assignment which included copying Arabic calligraphy.
The University Judiciary Council and Honor Committee released case statistics summarizing the activities of the University’s disciplinary groups over the Fall 2015 semester.
A jury will hear University student Martese Johnson’s $3 million lawsuit against Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control next October.