The Chesapeake Bay Foundation announced the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, a plan to restore the Bay, will increase the economic benefits of the Bay by $22.5 billion, part of an economic report released Monday.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe awarded $1.6 million in grants Wednesday to 29 schools in 13 divisions to support existing year-round education programs and help schools implement new programs in the 2014-15 or the 2015-16 school years.
The Route 29 Project Delivery Advisory Committee reconvened on Thursday to discuss updates for the solutions package. The project aims to reduce congestion and improve safety and the movement of traffic from Route 29 onto the Route 250 Bypass, as well as improve the flow of traffic continuing south on Route 29, or Emmet Street, into Charlottesville.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring joined the attorney generals of the other 49 states and the District of Columbia, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission in a $105 million settlement with AT&T Mobility.
The University Federalist Society hosted Law Prof. Douglas Laycock to discuss his involvement as a defense attorney in the Supreme Court case Holt v. Hobbs on Thursday.
Members of Sustained Dialogue and Teach for America co-hosted an open forum Tuesday to discuss the nation’s opportunity gap and rural inequalities with Teach for America corp members.
Print shop and framing business Freeman Victorius, a store on the Corner for more than 60 years, is moving from their location in the next couple months due to an increase in property rent.
The International Relations Organization and the Class of 2015 Board of Trustees held a career panel at Jefferson Hall on Wednesday to discuss navigating the job-searching process. Approximately 90 students, many of them fourth-years, attended to listen to a panel of four University alums give advice about post-undergraduate life.
Virginia ranked 43rd out of 48 states in energy efficiency in a recent study by WalletHub, a personal finance website.
Student Council has held a voter registration drive in recent weeks to garner attention about next month’s midterm elections. Student Council’s Legislative Affairs Committee designed the drive to make voter registration as easy and simple as possible for students, who typically have low turnout in midterm elections.
University officials announced Dr. Randolph J. Canterbury accepted his appointment to Interim Medical School Dean earlier this week. His term is set to start on December 1, 2014.
In July, Forbes magazine listed the University as the 19th richest school in the country, with an endowment just surpassing $5 billion ? good for the fifth richest public school in the nation.Handling the annual budget, managing the endowment, and making sure payments are actually dispersed proves an extensive operation.The approved budget for the current fiscal year ? which began July 1 — calls for $2.8 billion in spending — a number higher than the GDP of more than 30 countries.
More than 650 anthropologists — including University Anthropology Prof. Richard Handler — are responding to a call by many Palestinian civil society organizations to boycott academic institutions affiliated with Israel.
Attorney Michael Hallahan requested that Nelson County Commonwealth Attorney Anthony Martin re-examine DNA samples and social media activity from the Alexis Murphy missing persons case.
University Law Prof. Douglas Laycock appeared before the Supreme Court Tuesday to argue the religious liberties case Holt v. Hobbs.
The University’s Center for Survey Research is partnering with Voice Of the People, a non-partisan organization advocating for the “founding principles” of democracy by offering a robust survey of public opinion.
A panel of University faculty and guests convened Tuesday to discuss the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa and illustrate issues of treatment and prevention.
The University announced Tuesday same-sex spouses of all benefit-eligible faculty and staff will be allowed to enroll in the University Health Plan.
Virginia Tech announced a policy change last week that will protect transgender individuals as part of the school’s comprehensive anti-discriminatory statement.
A panel of federal judges Tuesday ruled Virginia’s congressional district map unconstitutional because of racial gerrymandering in the 3rd District.
