The celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month began Tuesday with an opening ceremony featuring spoken word poet, Jason Chu.
The Board of Visitors heard an oral report last week from O’Melveny and Myers, LLP on the status of their independent review of the University’s response to the 2012 sexual assault detailed in Rolling Stone. The firm is scheduled to release a final written report sometime in April.
In commemoration of International Transgender Day of Visibility the University’s Queer Student Union hosted transgender activist Janet Mock as a part of Pride Week.
The University Center for Politics hosted Ambassador of the Argentine Republic Cecilia Nahón Monday, with the Latin American Studies Program as part of the Center’s Global Perspectives on Democracy Program’s Ambassador Series.
The Black Law Students Association hosted Law alumnus Eric Broyles Monday for a lecture entitled, “Encounters with Police: A Black Man’s Guide to Survival.”
The Seven Society announced it will donate $77,000 to CAPS and $37,000 to the Women’s Center in light of the events of last semester.
The University released a revised interim Policy on Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment and Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence this afternoon.
The University Judiciary Committee held elections Sunday evening to determine the four voting members of the executive committee.
Sharon Davie, the University Women’s Center founding director, has announced she will be retiring at the end of the academic year, vacating a position she has held for 25 years.
The Charlottesville City Council approved expenditure amendments to the proposed budget Thursday night, restoring funding to the Public Housing Association of Residents.
American Civil Liberties Union attorney Ben Wizner — legal advisor to Edward Snowden — spoke at the Law School Wednesday.
A fraud examiner was recently commissioned by Saving Sweet Briar, Inc. to review the financial documents and data of Sweet Briar College.
Fourth-year College students Sidney Gafford and Tina Mensa-Kwao organized a symbol of solidarity for third-year College student Martese Johnson Thursday by having Lawn residents place tablecloths on every Lawn room door.
The Board of Visitors Finance Committee’s decision to approve a substantial tuition increase this week has been met with significant concerns about the Board’s lack of transparency throughout the decision-making process.
Amherst County Attorney Ellen Bowyer issued a warning Wednesday afternoon to Sweet Briar College President James Jones and the college’s Board of Directors regarding how the college’s leadership will handle the school’s endowment — valued approximately at $94 million — which will remain outstanding following the school’s scheduled close at the conclusion of this academic year.
Dominion announced Tuesday that it will begin accepting applications for over $1.5 million in educational program grants focusing on energy, the environment and conservation. Schools in areas served by Dominion — including Virginia, parts of Ohio and upstate New York — are eligible to apply for the grants.
The Green Dot Program held its launch event at the University’s Amphitheatre Thursday in an effort to familiarize the University community attendees with the program and to gather information on sexual assault bystander intervention. The program aims not only to train students to become better bystanders but also to encourage community engagement and mobilization against sexual assault and violence.
The initial hearing of third-year College student Martese Johnson took place Thursday morning at the Charlottesville General District Court regarding his arrest last Wednesday morning. Johnson was released on bond, and is scheduled to return to the court May 28.
The University Board of Visitors voted Wednesday to name Alderman Road Residence Hall Building 6 the Gibbons House in recognition of William Gibbons and his wife Isabella Gibbons, two slaves who worked in the Academical Village between 1840 and 1863.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asst. History Prof. Lerna Ekmekcioglu spoke to students and members of the University community Tuesday about the 1915 Armenian Genocide, commemorating the centennial of the event.
