The Charlottesville Tree Commission announced a new method for protecting trees important to the Charlottesville community in a Feb. 6 press release.
The Honor Committee will hold a panel on Feb 17 in the University Chapel to discuss with students three proposed referenda which — if passed — will open the possibility for a multi-sanction system. The Committee members will also share with panel attendees some of their opinions and thoughts on the issue, as well as allow students to ask questions on each of the referenda.
The Virginia House of Delegates passed two bills Thursday to increase college affordability. Del. Nick Rush (R-Christiansburg) sponsored legislation that enables students to earn a flat rate degree in high demand fields. The bill, sponsored by Del. Ben Cline (R-Rockbridge), creates a discounted bachelor’s degree program earned primarily through online courses but also through community college and four-year university courses.
Two bills are being considered by the Virginia legislature — motions which would require Resident Advisors to make mental health determinations on students who display behavior indicating self harm.
The Virginia Senate moved Monday to strike down Senate Bill 1132, a bill which would have allowed individuals to carry concealed handguns on school property outside of regular hours.
The University announced last week the Fourth Year Trustees had secured actor, writer and comedian Ed Helms as the speaker for the Class of 2015 Valedictory Exercises on May 15.
Fourth-year College student Jack Crawford-Brown and College of William & Mary graduate JP Mohler launched a new app Wednesday at the University. Named Splash Anonymous, the app is a social media platform designed to foster greater community interaction and was loosely inspired by the app Yik Yak.
The University released a response to the inquiry made Dec. 1 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, asking the University to outline its policies for handling reports of sexual assaults.
The Virginia Senate moved Monday to strike down Senate Bill 1132 , a bill which would have allowed individuals to carry concealed handguns on school property outside of regular hours.
Politics and Public Policy Prof. James Savage led an OpenGrounds discussion Thursday on how art functions as political commentary. The discussion focused on the Jan. 7 attack in which 12 people were killed and 11 others were injured in the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
University medical researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the spread of lung cancer after investigating a substance secreted by cancerous lung cells which stimulates metastasis, or the spread of cancerous tumor cells to other parts of the body.
Six University law students with the Black Law Students Association joined in training judges and lawyers for nine days in Kampala, Uganda to update the city’s old educational programs. Working with the International Law Institute’s African Centre for Legal Excellence, the group also developed programs for new legal domains.
Two LGBTQ anti-discrimination bills passed through the Virginia Senate Tuesday with bipartisan support.
Virginia Senate Courts of Justice Committee killed a bill Jan. 31 which would decriminalize simple marijuana possession.
University administrators selected two safety applications, LiveSafe and Circle of 6, as finalists for an application that will be recommended to the University community and incorporated into the Office of Emergency Preparedness's existing measures.
One Less helped create The Teach Safe Relationships Act bill with Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine. The bill was presented Tuesday to the Senate floor.
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.
