Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton spoke to members of the University Board of Visitors Thursday about problems within Virginia’s education system, proposing potential solutions.
The Board of Visitors Finance Committee met Thursday, approving renovations for McCormick Road residence areas, Gooch-Dillard residence areas and Clemons Library.
Elizabeth Meyer began a two-year term as Dean of the Architecture school in July. Meyer, a long-time faculty member and graduate of the School of Architecture, succeeded Kim Tanzer as dean.
Alderman Library, the heart of the University library system, houses approximately three million volumes — valued together at $104 million — and serves as a major study space for students. The library is beginning to show signs of age, however, and renovation planning is already underway.
The Board of Visitors Subcommittee on Finance met Wednesday at the Special Collections Library to discuss progress on the University’s six-year financial strategy, known as the Cornerstone Plan, which was initiated in 2013.
Dr. Nancy Dunlap announced Wednesday she plans to step down as dean of the Medical School in November.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe proposed a new plan to expand health care coverage to more than 25,000 Virginians this Monday, putting forth a more modest proposal than previously presented by the Affordable Care Act.
The University launched a new policy on sexual assault this past August, which leaves ambiguous the role of various employees, including student employees, at the University.
The Law School’s Student Conduct Committee has existed for decades. Renamed last spring when the school codified longstanding practices, however, the committee now faces a potential overlap in jurisdiction with the Honor Committee and University Judiciary Committee.
The University announced Monday that this year’s Fall Convocation speaker will be History Prof. Gary Gallagher.
For the 11th year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the University as the No. 2 public university in the nation.
Student Council met Tuesday to approve its finances plan for the 2014-2015 academic year and hear reports from student leaders.
U.Va. Students United, a new on-Grounds group dedicated to student activism, had their first interest meeting of the semester Tuesday to discuss issues ranging from AccessUVa funding to minority student representation at the University.
Stanford doctoral candidate Jonathan Mayer claims to have found several security weaknesses in the online course platform Coursera.
This past Sunday, 39 year-old Sherri King, a managing director of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, passed away at the University Medical Center after suffering from a blood clot in the brain.
Tiffany Truong, Senior Writer Neurosurgery Prof. John A. Jane, Sr. of the University Health System received the Governor’s Award for Career Excellence last Thursday.
Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, visited the University Monday to discuss mental health care reform, emphasizing the efforts students can make to support their peers and their community in issues of mental health.
Students in Clemons Library around 1 a.m. Monday morning witnessed a seemingly anti-Semitic performance by a group of newly-cast members of First Year Players.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring appointed Roscoe C. Roberts as legal counsel to the University. Announced Friday, Roberts will succeed Paul Forch, who served as University general counsel from 1996 until his retirement in August. Roberts has worked as the legal counsel for Virginia State University since 2003, and will join the University community in October.
Jonathan Urick, a class of 2013 Law School graduate, will clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in the 2015-16 term.
