The Miller Center launched a new webpage Thursday titled Great Issues. The site relates scholarly research on historical events with modern policy issues, and offers valuable information from field experts in the form of short, digestible video clips.
The University was rated the best value public college by the Princeton Review in their new book released Tuesday. The University was ranked sixteenth in the top 50 “best value” colleges, private or public, and ranked eighth in terms of alumni network strength.
University President Teresa Sullivan has organized a search committee to determine potential candidates for the University’s next executive vice president and provost.
Although the Charlottesville Police Department has faced a staffing shortage for several years, Charlottesville crime rates have still declined over the past decade.
Both houses of the Virginia legislature are voting on bills which would allow the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control to operate outside of government authority. The new organization would be called the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority.
Exchange students from the People’s Republic of China arrived at the University and met with the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. The economics and business undergraduate students will engage in discussions at both institutions and will be in Charlottesville for two weeks.
Student Council met Tuesday to hear budget appeals from the Vietnamese Student Association and the Indian Student Association. Both CIOs made requests to alter funding allocations.
The State House of Delegates passed legislation last Friday to allow transportation network companies to be licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
University student group Liberty in North Korea hosted an event Monday titled How to Stop Genocide in North Korea. Four North Korean refugees attended the meeting and spoke about their experiences living in and escaping from North Korea, as well as how to effect change among a totalitarian regime.
The House of Delegates passed a bill on Friday, Jan 23 which will cap the percentage of student fees supporting athletics in all Virginia higher-level-education institutions. House Bill 1897 — sponsored by Del. Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights — requires schools to limit student fees funding their athletic department budgets.
The University has commenced an internal evaluation of University President Teresa Sullivan to determine whether to extend her current contract. Sullivan’s contract is set to expire July 31, 2016.
Charlottesville City Council met Monday night to discuss the city’s continued recognition of a state holiday honoring Confederate State Army Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
Ragged Mountain Running Shop is currently organizing a marathon, dubbed the C-VILLE-athon, to take place over a year. Co-sponsored with the C-Ville Weekly, the C-VILLE-athon will consist of 34 non-profit races held around Charlottesville, to benefit local causes. Events include the Fourth Year 5K and the Charlottesville Ten Miler.
The Virginia Department of Transportation’s planned highway improvements along the Charlottesville and Albemarle portions of Route 29 — $84 million worth of projects — have sparked a debate in the local community over construction impacts.
Del. Dave LaRock, R-Hamilton, recently proposed legislation that would outlaw abortions after 20 weeks. The bill would make it a felony for doctors to perform an abortion after period except in cases of emergency.
University President Teresa Sullivan addressed the University community Friday with an update on recent and upcoming initiatives, and discussed the ongoing University self-examination brought on by the critiques of last semester.
The Z Society announced a $30,000 donation to the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ Faculty Forward initiative in a letter addressed to faculty Friday. The donation itself was made in September.
The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society hosted Sarah Slamen, a reproductive rights advocate and political consultant, Friday evening as the first speaker of its Spring 2015 Distinguished Speaker Series.
National sorority presidents requested National Panhellenic Conference sororities with University charters refrain from participating in the 2015 Boys Bid Night last Saturday in a move which generated discontent and confusion from alumni and sorority members.
The last of the Rotunda’s old marble column capitals were removed Friday afternoon to make room for the installation of new, recrafted capitals. The first 10 new capitals are expected to arrive in the United States from Carrara, Italy in the next few weeks. The last six are expected in the spring.
