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.
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.
