Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the passing of late second-year College student Shelley Goldsmith.
The University announced Tuesday that Academy Award winning actor Kevin Spacey will address the University as the second annual President’s Speaker for the Arts.
Student Council met Tuesday to discuss community concerns and their newly proposed fall budget.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe contacted Virginia’s public colleges and universities last Wednesday requesting they prepare strategies in anticipation of a five percent decrease in state appropriations this coming fiscal year, and a seven percent decrease the following year.
The Department of Justice announced the conviction of Monticello High School Athletic Director Fitzgerald Barnes in public a press release Friday. Barnes was involved in a bid-rigging scheme taking place at high schools around the Charlottesville area.
Three University students are establishing a Contracted Independent Organization on Grounds this fall in support of redistricting reform.
Student Council will renew its SpeakUpUVa initiative in hopes of creating an easier and more user-friendly outlet for students to voice concerns.
Charlottesville City Council will vote Tuesday on whether or not to accept a grant to train city police officers on making youth arrests.
Popular ride-sharing program Uber pulled into Charlottesville last week. On Thursday, Uber launched services in 24 new cities across the U.S., most of which are college towns. “Part of our effort is to bring reliable and safe transportation to everyone, everywhere,” Uber spokesperson Taylor Bennett said.
The Honor Committee and the University Judiciary Committee met Sunday to discuss the coming semester and review outreach and recruitment initiatives.
The University announced Thursday it will renew its dining contract with Aramark, the dining service provider which manages the University’s residential and retail dining centers, catering and vending services, and athletics-related concessions.
Yesterday afternoon, the Sexual Assault Leadership Council hosted a summit to congregate student leaders and a “small representation of community stakeholders” to discuss sexual assault prevention at the University and how peer educators could address the University student body more broadly.
As the new school year begins, Student Council has big plans to better assist University students and address particular concerns.
University Career Services will host On-Grounds Interviewing at Bryant Hall beginning September 22 as students commence their search for a career right here at the University. On-Grounds Interviewing, or OGI, occurs both in the fall and the spring, and invites an array of employers who look for students to fill full-time and part-time positions.
A growing number of innovative risk-management solutions are sprouting up at universities nationwide — increasingly aimed at combatting sexual assault on campuses.
The Virginia Department of Education released the Standards of Learning test results from the 2013-14 school year Wednesday. Student test scores in math increased, from a 71 percent pass rate in 2012-13 to 74 percent this year.
A recent internal study showed female professors at the University are paid $3,638 less than their male colleagues on average.
Members of the Charlottesville community met with local law enforcement officials Wednesday night at Ebenezer Baptist Church to attend a forum titled “Can Ferguson Happen Here?”
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors voted 5-1 to send a resolution to VDOT affirming the community’s backing of a plan known as Route 29 Solutions. The plan will improve the way traffic flows along one of the most congested areas of the busy north-west corridor.
Due to a major budget shortfall, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has ordered state agency heads to cut their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.
