The Charlottesville Police Department will soon serve the community with a set of new squad cars, following a Monday City Council vote approving $213,758 worth of new vehicles for the department.Charlottesville Police spokesperson Lt.
University Facilities and Management responded to a gas leak at North Grounds Monday morning. During excavation at the North Grounds Mechanical Plant, which is currently under construction, a natural gas line was damaged.
The Black Student Alliance, the University chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Sustained Dialogue hosted an open forum to discuss possible solutions to deal with police brutality and media misrepresentation in today’s culture.
Student Council met Tuesday to hear from leaders of sexual violence prevention coalition and Dean of Students Allen Groves.
The University’s Center for Politics’ Global Perspectives on Democracy Program is currently hosting 39 students from Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru as part of its Youth Ambassadors Program.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced Monday a plan to create a statewide re-entry coordinator position to help recently released prison inmates adjust to life outside of jail in hopes of reducing recidivism.
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors discussed the implementation of the White House’s "Not Alone" campaign in their meetings this month. Not Alone is White house initiative to prevent sexual assault at university campuses around the U.S.
Charlottesville Police are continuing their search for second-year College student Hannah Graham Tuesday. Graham was last heard from early Saturday morning when she sent a text message to one of her friends, according to a statement from the Charlottesville Police Department.
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (D - VA) met with leaders of the General Assembly Monday morning to discuss cutting the two-year state budget.
The Honor Committee launched a new process for evaluating prospective support officers Sunday, involving a University community member acting alongside two existing Honor Committee officers as interviewers.
University President Teresa Sullivan sent an email Monday afternoon notifying the University community of a patient being treated at the Medical Center who had been tested for Ebola.
The search for a missing University College student Hannah Graham is underway. She was last heard from early Saturday morning.
On September 21, New York City will host the People’s Climate March, the largest march against climate change in history.
The Board of Visitors’ Committee on Diversity and Inclusion held its inaugural meeting Friday to discuss the results of a study on wages of female faculty at the University.
The Board of Visitors met in full Friday afternoon to highlight committee discussions, including NCAA regulations, building renovations and the University’s financial situation.The Board reviewed plans and funding for major renovation projects scheduled for Clemons Library and the McCormick Road and Gooch/Dillard Residence Areas, and examined the new contract that the University completed with Aramark, which will remain the vendor for dining services for the next 20 years.
The Board of Visitors’ Student Affairs and Athletics Committee met Friday to discuss the University’s strategies for the prevention of sexual violence at the University.
By Katherine WilkinThe Charlottesville LGBTQ community and supporters came together Saturday in Lee Park, adjacent to the Downtown Mall, for the third annual CVille Pride Festival.CVille Pride spokesperson Amy Sarah Marshall said the event was an opportunity for the LGBTQ community to experience a sense of belonging.“The festival gives people, not just in Charlottesville proper but the region, an opportunity to be in a safe place, where they know that being in this park on this day for this many hours, they can be completely themselves without fear of recrimination,” Marshall said.
Nursing School Dean Dorrie Fontaine and Associate Dean Kenneth White published an editorial last week in the Richmond Times Dispatch expressing discontent with the public support for the field of nursing, calling for the empowerment of nurses everywhere.“We’re not [just] talking about the U.Va.
The Honor Committee has worked this semester to launch a new outreach campaign called “Everyone is Honor,” designed to expand University participation in the honor system.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring visited the University Friday to discuss the role of the Attorney General’s office with regard to same-sex marriage and campus safety across the commonwealth.
