Middle East analyst Asaf Romirowsky addressed students Tuesday on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition, the Women’s Center and Sigma Psi Zeta held a panel Tuesday to discuss domestic violence in the National Football League.
With the 2016 presidential election just two years away, a newly formed student committee is leading an effort to bring a presidential debate to the University.
Student Council met in the Commerce School Tuesday to discuss student safety.
University Student Health will hold its annual student flu shot clinic Wednesday in Newcomb Hall.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit revoked the quantitative benchmarks previously used in determining what constitutes “fair use” of copyright material Friday — a decision which could have implications down the road for colleges and universities and their use of electronic resources.
University neurosurgeons Dr. Chris Shaffrey and Dr. Justin Smith have been named among the 18 best spinal surgeons in North America by professional newsletter Orthopedics This Week. The doctors were selected based on nominations and “a survey of … ‘thought leaders in the field,’” according to the publication.
The newly-established Minority Health International Research Training program will afford underrepresented students additional opportunities in cutting-edge global health research.
Attorney General Mark Herring voiced his support Monday for the proposed Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act, a bill currently before the United States Senate which would aid the prevention of human trafficking by providing greater oversight of websites which supply “adult services.”
Students will be able to access DataZoa data series starting this week through University libraries using their student emails.
A grand jury in Fairfax County indicted Jesse Matthew on three felony charges Monday in connection with a 2005 sexual assault case.
Student group Action Against Ebola is hosting Ebola Awareness Week this week to raise funds for and student awareness of the outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Student Council, the Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures and the Disability Access Committee are sponsoring Disability Acceptance Week this week in an effort to increase acceptance of and foster discussion about disabilities within the University community.
The City of Charlottesville held its annual City Services Fair Friday afternoon at City Hall Plaza on the Downtown Mall.
The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday the publication of final changes made to the Clery Act by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. The new changes include requiring institutions to report incidents of stalking and incorporate a statement of policy about programs aimed at curbing dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in its annual security report.
A Texas nurse has been infected with Ebola on American soil, after treating a Liberian man who died from the virus in Dallas Oct.
In remembrance of the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, Harrington’s parents hosted a memorial service Friday on Copeley Road Bridge, where Harrington was last seen before her body was found in January 2010 at a farm 10 miles away from Grounds.
University of Hong Kong visiting Prof. Alejandro Reyes addressed University students Friday regarding current protests in Hong Kong, often called the “Umbrella Revolution."“I have been working on the Hong Kong protests all summer long,” said fourth-year College student Gabriel Noronha, one of the organizers of the event.
John Simon, University executive vice president and provost, will become the next president of Lehigh University, the school announced last Friday. He expressed that he was particularly proud of the Provost Office’s work in establishing the Advance Research Institute and the Data Science Institute, in addition to addressing faculty pay through the salary equity study released earlier this semester.
A search team with the Chesterfield County Sheriff's office found human remains in an area off Old Lynchburg Road in southern Albemarle County shortly before noon Saturday. The remains have not yet been identified, but Albemarle County Police Chief Steve Sellers said the investigation into the disappearance of second-year College student Hannah Graham is now a "death investigation" which will be handled by the Albemarle County Police Department.
