Madison House’s Big Siblings program is kicking off the semester with new partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge.
The Office of Sustainability is partnering with Dominion Power to install solar panels on the roof of Ruffner Hall and the University Bookstore within the next few months.
Fourth-year College student Martese Johnson is set to give a TEDx talk in Charlottesville in November. He said his talk will address his bloody arrest last March at the hands of Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control officers, and more broadly the condition of black Americans throughout the country.
Piedmont Virginia Community College will offer full tuition, two year scholarships to valedictorians of public and private high schools in its service area.
As the 2015-16 academic year begins, the Student Ambassadors are working to connect University alumni and prospective students.
Fourth-year College student Margaret Lowe passed away Tuesday. She was pursuing a Classics major at the University while planning to go to medical school, and enjoyed outdoor activities such as biking, swimming and hiking.
The Roosevelt Society—a debating society focused on discussing a liberal perspective of current issues and events—recently applied for CIO status at the University.
The University Career Center on Tuesday began its first on-Grounds interview prep week, a series of events designed for University alumni within certain industries to give students feedback on resumes, interview skills and other job application materials.
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A letter penned by Thomas Jefferson to Richard Richardson, the overseer of Monticello, discussing Jefferson’s rental of slaves will on Sept. 28 be up for auction in Boston.
Charlottesville-based company Apex Clean Energy constructed two test towers in Botetourt County to explore the possibly of a large-scale wind power plant in the area. The test towers will gather information about wind in the area, and be used to determine whether Apex will install 25 wind turbines on private property that has been procured for the plant.
The presidents of many Virginia universities are among the highest paid state employees, as reported under a new state policy.
A forum held at the University Thursday afternoon gave hundreds of students, faculty and community members the opportunity to discuss the recent spate of race-related violence across the country.
The local drug enforcement task force has seen a recent surge in the number of calls related to the use of spice, or synthetic marijuana.
University economists traveled to Richmond Aug. 21 for a biannual conference with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Honor Committee members debated Sunday whether to make changes to the informed retraction, a 2013 policy change that gave students accused of an honor offense the choice to take a year of absence instead of going to trial and facing expulsion.
Student Council is restructuring its recruitment and retainment process by eliminating interviews and applications in an effort to increase inclusivity and diversity.
More than 750 University students lined up at the south end of the Lawn Friday to sign the Hoos Got Your Back pledge, a personal commitment to be active in the fight against sexual and gender-based violence. This is the second year for the pledge — 702 students joined the cause last year.
The Public Housing Association of Residents and the Albemarle-Charlottesville chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are fighting to have the data on the Charlottesville Police Department stop and frisk policy made public.
Wendy Sherman, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, spoke Friday at the Miller Center about the Iran nuclear agreement.
The lawsuit filed by former University student and swim team member Anthony Marcantonio, who alleges he was hazed by other members of the team, has been scheduled for trial in September of 2016.
