University furthers commitment to arts
By Grace Erard | November 20, 2014The University is increasing investment in arts around Grounds in an attempt to make art more important to the University student experience.
The University is increasing investment in arts around Grounds in an attempt to make art more important to the University student experience.
Twenty sculptures line public plots on Charlottesville roads, a culmination of the city's effort to make art more publically accessible. The sculptures — 10 permanent structures and 10 placed for a one-year period — are hosted by ArtInPlace, a non-profit corporation which has been working since 2001.
Each semester students in popular majors such as computer science, economics, and politics encounter long wait lists as they sign up for courses and try to fulfill major requirements.
As part of Substance Abuse Prevention week at the University, Dr. Aaron White led a discussion on the physiology of blackouts Tuesday night.
Former ABC News White House correspondent Ann Compton delivered a lecture at the Miller Center on Tuesday evening as part of its annual American Forum program, discussing her years covering Washington politics and the relationship between the government and media.
Education publication Graduate Programs released its 2014 list of the top 50 law schools in the nation, with the University Law School placing seventh.
Student Council met Tuesday at the Darden School to hear from U.Va. Students United and representatives from the Darden Student Association.
This past summer, the University's three Academic Employee Communication Councils merged into a collective representative body: the Staff Senate. Since then, the Staff Senate has been working to get on its feet, hoping eventually to address work-life quality and general welfare issues which affect University staff.
The Women’s Center will host a free legal clinic next Tuesday for local lawyers to offer pro bono legal advice to University employees and members of the Charlottesville community.
As a part of International Education Week, the Provost's office sponsored a Passport Drive in Newcomb Ballroom Tuesday, and it will return for a second day Wednesday from 10 a.m.
Thursday will mark two years since the disappearance of Charlottesville resident Dashan Smith, a transgender woman known to family and friends as Sage.
Thanks to a donation from Blue Ridge Capital President and Board of Visitors member John Griffin, a 1985 Commerce School graduate, 107 members of the Class of 2018 became recipients of the Blue Ridge Scholarship, a full scholarship for high-achieving, low-income students.
Popular sports blog Streaking the Lawn released a new campaign November 10 to raise money for the One Love Foundation through fan support for the men’s basketball team. In STL’s campaign, the blog challenges fans to make a “Pack Line Pledge” to donate money whenever the men’s basketball team holds their opponent to a score under 50 points.
Charlottesville Police responded to a sexual assault in the 100 block of Chancellor Street around 2:40 a.m. Saturday.
Late second-year College student Hannah Graham died from "homicidal violence," Albemarle County Police confirmed Tuesday afternoon. The chief medical examiner has not released a full autopsy report yet, and Albemarle County Police spokesperson Carter Johnson said the homicide was of "undetermined etiology."
The Latino Student Alliance launched Advocacy Week Monday, aiming to raise awareness among members of the University about the difficulties of becoming a U.S. citizen.
The University’s Miller Center released the first installment of interviews for the Clinton Presidential History Project Friday at the end of a symposium on the Clinton administration.
The Global Development Organization and the Building Goodness Foundation met Monday evening for a discussion about sustainability in relationships.
The Charlottesville Health Department is investigating the cause of a gastrointestinal illness which sent about 15 students, mostly first years, to University Emergency Services during the weekend.
Albemarle County Sheriff Chip Harding said he wants to see an expansion of the Virginia DNA databanks. Harding said he believes that if Jesse Matthew had his DNA collected in 2010 when he was charged with a misdemeanor, the DNA would have matched the 2005 sexual assault case.