University Democrats’s support for divestment initiative sparks internal controversy
By Arshiya Pant | March 14, 2024Other students have expressed similar sentiments in response to public stances that CIOs have taken on the divestment referendum.
Other students have expressed similar sentiments in response to public stances that CIOs have taken on the divestment referendum.
Students and Charlottesville residents united for a march through Grounds and a vigil in front of the Rotunda to raise awareness regarding racial violence.
Subhi Saibaba, events and partnerships intern for PHE and fourth-year College student, said the event helps draw attention to the topic of mental wellness for the whole University.
With only six of these vehicles in the United States, students were surprised to see a giant Weinermobile roll around Grounds.
Rojas will end her term as the Board’s student member in June, when she will then be succeeded by Lisa Kopelnik, current third-year College student and University Judiciary Committee chair.
The University has faced several cybersecurity threats recently, with the latest coming in the form of misleading email scams to students.
The University requested approval from the Board on proposed contracts with Cardinal Health LLC, a pharmaceutical company that will provide CAR T-cell therapies — a therapy used to treat cancer.
The Committee also reviewed a series of current and potential affordable housing investments across the Charlottesville area.
In a statement to U.Va. Today, President Jim Ryan said that the campaign’s success was a crucial step in the University’s 2030 plan, the goal of becoming the best public university by the year 2030.
Ian Baucom, executive vice president and University provost, stated that the Board will continue dialogue surrounding the Israel-Hamas war in future meetings.
The reopening of the library in January, after nearly four years of renovations, spurred debates among University members over the library’s name.
McIntire received a record-high 721 applications for admission this year, marking a roughly 4.4 percent increase from last year’s 690 applicants.
Voter turnout for the Student Council President election dropped slightly from last year, decreasing from just under 20 percent to 17.68 percent.
Kenyon Bonner, vice president and chief student affairs officer, confirmed in a University-wide email Thursday that the incident at Kappa Sigma led to a student being “seriously injured.”
The three co-sponsors of the resolution discussed how the lack of dependency override information disproportionately affects students who do not have sound relationships with their parents or guardians.
The draft lawsuit identifies University President Jim Ryan and U.Va. Board of Visitors members as defendants.
The vice chair for treasury is to be renamed as the vice chair for operations — and will now involve management of the Committee’s financial and operational tasks.
Though University members have advocated for the name change for years, the re-opening of the library in January, after almost four years of renovations, has spurred even more debates.
The candidates discussed expanding Student Council's $750,000 endowment to better fund its Support and Access Services branch.
They argue that the lack of artistic emphasis on Grounds is not because there is a lack of artistic students, but because artists and audiences are not prioritizing the arts as an integral part of campus life.