The Board of Visitors and Student Council held an open forum meeting Monday for 20 University students to discuss academic and student affairs with Board of Visitors member Barbara Fried.
The University chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity filed a $25 million lawsuit Monday against Rolling Stone and Sabrina Erdely following an article published Nov. 19, 2014 detailing an alleged gang rape at the fraternity house Sept. 28, 2012.
In an effort to raise funds for Charlottesville Community Bikes, five students in the Commerce School class Project Management organized Doughnut Duo, a race involving eating doughnuts amid running a two mile race.
University Law School Prof. David Martin was recently awarded the Excellence in International Migration Scholarship Award by the Center for Migration Studies in New York City.
The University will offer a new class next semester titled “Slavery and Its Legacies.”
The Charlottesville Police Department issued 2,260 parking tickets in October, roughly a 50 percent increase from the 1,502 issued during October 2014.
The Queer Student Union’s held its Drag Bingo event on Sunday afternoon in Newcomb Ballroom.
A new advising center is coming to the second floor of Clemons Library to provide students a place to access resources for personal, career and academic advising.
Robert Tracci defeated current Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney Denise Lunsford in Tuesday’s election, claiming 51 percent of the vote.
The University is kicking off the second day of Diversity Dialogues, a series of workshops in which students, faculty and staff can come together to discuss different forms of diversity at the University.
Two former U.S. Congressmen spoke on Thursday at the University Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy regarding the current lack — yet importance — of political bipartisanship.
Safe Ride will be transitioned from the University Police’s jurisdiction to Parking and Transportation’s leadership by the summer of 2016, a move meant to expand the service’s capacity.
State and local elections saw low voter turnout in the off-year election this year, according to preliminary voting statistics from the Virginia Department of Elections.
The University swim team held their second annual swimathon Oct. 24 to raise money for the University’s Children’s Hospital.
Since its construction in 2006, the Freedom of Speech Monument in downtown Charlottesville has allowed city residents and visitors to express opinions, promote nonprofits and small businesses and bring attention to important issues in the community.
The Board of Visitors is focusing on structural improvements for the future of the Arts Department at the University.
The Department of Media Studies has altered their major declaration process in favor of an application format with the intent of decreasing the number of students within the major.
State legislators and University administration actively tried to influence the conclusion and release of the Office for Civil Rights’ Title IX investigation of the University by lobbying the U.S. Department of Education, according to The Washington Post.
Residents of Charlottesville and its surrounding regions headed out to vote Tuesday for municipal seats as well as state House and Senate seats.
Jesse Matthew’s defense team may call up to 14 witnesses at a motions hearing set to occur next week.
