Holding signs and chanting, hundreds of faculty members, graduate instructors, staff and students gathered at Beta Bridge for the “Take Back the Party: End Rape Now!” rally Saturday night.
Students and Charlottesville community members held a protest in front of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house Saturday afternoon.
University President Teresa Sullivan announced the suspension of “all fraternal organizations and associated social activities" until Jan. 9 in an email to the University community Saturday.
University students hosted a “Slut Walk” Friday afternoon to protest rape culture and sexual assault on Grounds. Protesters walked from the Amphitheatre, to the Lawn, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house and Brooks Hall, before ending at Peabody Hall, where they wrote on Post-it notes and stuck them to the building's doors.
Transgender Rights Advocate Scott Schofield spoke at a vigil for the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, co-hosted by Sigma Omicron Roe, the first gender-neutral fraternity on Grounds, and the Queer Student Union. Schofield invoked support for those affected by acts of violence against the transgender community.
The Presidential Management Fellows announced their 2015 semi-finalists, which included ten students from the Batten School. The number of semi-finalists from the Batten school for the Presidential Management Fellows has doubled since last year.
The recently released Rolling Stone article portraying a graphic gang rape of a then-first-year student by seven men at a fraternity party has produced a wave of reactions among the University's alumni.
Second-year College student Peter D’Agostino died Thursday afternoon from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The Virginia Supreme Court rejected today the appeal of the second-degree murder conviction of former University lacrosse player and student George Huguely.
Charlottesville Police responded to a reported suicide at 1309 Wertland Street at 2:08 p.m. Thursday afternoon. That person is now deceased.
University President Teresa Sullivan Wednesday asked the Charlottesville Police Department to investigate an incident of sexual misconduct between a then-first-year student and several members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity which allegedly occurred in September 2012. The incident was the subject of an article published online Wednesday morning by Rolling Stone Magazine — an article which also detailed numerous other assaults which allegedly took place at the University.
SMART29, a coalition of business owners and neighbors near the planned Route 29 tunnel under Rio Road, held a conference where they released a traffic study regarding the grade separate on the Route 29 Rio Road area.
The University Center for Politics hosted its 16th Annual American Democracy Conference Thursday to discuss the results of the elections from earlier this month, as well as the next election cycle in 2016. The conference featured a myriad of veterans from both the Republican and Democratic parties to discuss these topics on two panels.
University students and faculty have responded in full force to an article published in Rolling Stone magazine Wednesday — many voicing their opposition to sexual assault and misconduct on Grounds. The article detailed the alleged gang rape of a then-first-year student by several members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity in Sept. 2012.
The Virginia State Health Department has determined norovirus to be the cause of the recent gastrointestinal illness among University students. It is still unknown, however, whether the source of the outbreak is food-borne or from person-to-person contact.
On November 17, 2014 at the Virginia-1 (VA-1) Tourism Summit in Reston, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the creation of the LGBT Tourism Task Force as part of an initiative to increase LGBTQ tourism in Virginia. McAuliffe expressed interest in developing Virginia’s tourism sector by exhibiting the state as an LGBTQ-friendly destination.
The George Washington National Forest recently released their Draft Forest Land and Resource Management Plan, which will allow for fracking on 10,000 acres of the forest under lease and other land currently owned by private parties. This land comprises part of the total 1.1 million acres of forest land.
Lawyer Mark Filip, who was selected by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring to lead a review of the University’s sexual misconduct policy at the request of the Board of Visitors, was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, archives confirm.
An anonymous letter submitted to various news organizations claims responsibility for the vandalism of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house which occurred early Thursday morning. The letter was submitted via email shortly after 4 p.m.
Governor Terry McAuliffe and retiring dean of the Darden School Bob Bruner will serve as commencement speakers for the Class of 2015, the University announced this morning.
