The Alumni Association hosted its annual “Cocktails and Conversations” for Fourth Years in the College of Arts and Sciences on Thursday.
The bystander awareness campaign #HOOSGotYourBack held Pledge Day Thursday to promote its message of bystander intervention. More than 300students signed a pledge committing themselves to combat sexual violence on Grounds as part of the event.
The Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic will present Henderson v. U.S. in front of the Supreme Court next February. The case concerns individual property rights in the face of government restrictions on convicted individuals possessing firearms.
The Virginia Department of Health has launched an Ebola hotline to help answer concerned Virginians’ questions and provide the most up-to-date information available on the highly contagious virus.
The Virginia Tech chapter of Help Save The Next Girl held a candlelight vigil to honor Hannah Graham Wednesday night. The vigil featured speeches from Erica Grant, president of Help Save The Next Girl, and Faculty Advisor Jane Vance.
Charlottesville Bus Lines, a local association that solicits poetry from students and Charlottesville residents to display inside city buses, announced its annual contest this week.
The Honor Committee decided on a temporary solution to the procedural ambiguity it has faced in cases of bad debt, opting to deal with cases by relying on previous bylaws while Committee members continue to explore long-term solutions.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent report, the “Annual Report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman,” describes an increase in complaints from private student loan borrowers and offers recommendations on how to improve the student loan system.
University students will be able to use their student ID cards in the upcoming November midterm elections, a fact which Student Council Legislative Affairs Committee co-chair Zach Cohen said minimizes the impact of the state's new voter identification laws, which critics say will disproportionately affect minority and low-income voters.
While serving as an advisor to President George W. Bush, Republican Senate hopeful Ed Gillespie voiced his support for privatizing Social Security, a stance that Democratic incumbent senator Mark Warner has heavily criticized in debates and attack ads during the election.
Various organizations on Grounds are hosting Homecomings events this upcoming week for current students and alumni. These events, which include cookouts, receptions and tailgates, are open to students within the University community as well as to the public in Charlottesville.
After a lengthy debate Monday night, Charlottesville City Council deferred a decision on a set of new Council procedures and guidelines of operation.
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.
