U.S. News and World Report released its latest survey of national graduate school rankings, placing both the Darden School and the Law School in the top 10 in their respective fields.
The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs hosted the final of Three Minute Thesis Competition Monday in the Harrison Institute & Small Special Collections Library. This academic competition challenges doctoral students to describe their dissertations within three minutes to a general, non-specialized audience.
The University College Republicans hosted guest speaker Frank Atkinson Tuesday. Atkinson is a member of the Board of Visitors and chairman of McGuireWoods Consulting LLC.
Faculty of Sweet Briar College released a statement Tuesday opposing the closure of the College and are seeking an immediate meeting with the administration to discuss alternatives.
Student Council discussed their views on recent events at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Maryland and were updated on the revisions to the University’s Sexual Misconduct Policy Tuesday.
College Ranker ranked Charlottesville 40 out of the “Top 50 Best College Towns to Live in Forever.” The site provides resources on various aspects of collegiate life.
The Commerce School released admission decisions last week.
According to a recent study conducted by the Institute of Medicine, raising the legal age for the purchase of tobacco products would lower initiation rates for smokers, reduce the prevalence of smoking and save hundreds of thousands of people from premature death and lung cancer.
Malena Magnolia, an interdisciplinary mixed media artist from Richmond and Charlottesville, took photographs in front of the Rotunda on Monday as part of an art exhibition about sexual assault she will be holding in early April.
The Law School held a panel Monday to discuss career opportunities in child advocacy. The panel led a conversation about their individual experiences as child advocacy lawyers and gave career advice to Law students.
The Women, Gender & Sexuality Department hosted a lecture entitled “Perverse Ambitions, Deviant Careers: Toward a Queer History of the Modern American Workplace” by Assoc. Prof. Margot Canaday from Princeton University.
U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, D-VA, Barbara Boxer, D-CA, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, introduced a the latest version of the Survivor Outreach and Support on Campus Act to the Senate March 11.
The University announced this past week the appointment of Carolyn Devine Saint as the University’s new Chief Audit Executive.
The University Women's Center is planning events for the coming two weeks to honor March as Women's History Month.
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau announced Wednesday the approval of Palcohol, a powdered alcohol substance.
Saving Sweet Briar, a non-profit organization founded by alumnae of Sweet Briar College to seeking to save the college from its announced closing, has gathered new support from some of the college’s current faculty.
President Obama addressed the importance of higher education and the issue of college affordability Wednesday on a White House phone call with around 50 college journalists from across the nation.
Eight students are in line to become the first QuestBridge Scholarship recipients to graduate from the University.
The Minority Rights Coalition announced Tuesday United For Undergraduate Socioeconomic Diversity will have a representative at MRC meetings beginning March 18.
Sweet Briar College announced Tuesday it will be closing permanently after the end of the 2015 academic year. The liberal arts women's college cited “insurmountable financial challenges” as the reason for its Aug. 25 closing.
