The University’s Women’s Center received a $3 million dollar donation last week – the largest donation in the Center’s history – from University alumna Maxine Platzer Lynn.
The Memorial for Enslaved Laborers organization held a student forum Monday evening to discuss University President Teresa Sullivan’s new commission on slavery and plans for the group’s proposed memorial. Memorial committee chair Edna Turay, a fourth-year College student who will serve on Sullivan’s commission, opened the forum by outlining the goals of the 27-member commission, comprised of administrators, alumni, local residents and students.
An anonymous group of students posted an open letter to the University community Saturday announcing the resurrection of the O.W.L.
The Miller Center of Public Affairs hosted a forum on President Kennedy’s approach to Latin American affairs on Monday in honor of the upcoming 50-year anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination. The forum was broken up into three panels consisting of three speakers, each discussing separate aspects of President Kennedy’s diplomacy with Latin America during his time as president and how his foreign policies apply to political controversies today.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received approximately 3,800 complaints about private student loans from October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013, according to a regular report released Wednesday.
The governor’s automatic, individualized system of rights restoration, established on July 15, 2013, has restored the rights of 1,566 non-violent convicted felons so far. Convicted felons in Virginia lose several rights, including the right to vote, to run for or hold public office and to serve on juries.
The Office of the State Inspector General said an assistant to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli inappropriately used Commonwealth resources to provide improper legal advise to two energy producers in Virginia in a report released Tuesday.
Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Robert Sarvis spoke to University students and community members Thursday, discussing his role as a third-party candidate in the November election.
Kim Tanzer will not seek a second five-year term as Dean of the School of Architecture, the University announced Thursday.
Friends and family of Morgan Harrington gathered Thursday afternoon on Copeley Bridge to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the 20-year-old Virginia Tech student’s disappearance.
Students, faculty, staff and members of the Charlottesville community gathered Wednesday in the Small Special Collections Library to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Alderman Library.
Politics Prof. Larry Sabato revealed a controversial study Tuesday about the life of President John F. Kennedy, with new insights into his 1963 assassination. Sabato held a press conference at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. to present his findings and to promote his new book, “The Kennedy Half Century.”
Three members of the Virginia House of Delegates, Rob Krupicka Jr., D-Alexandria, Alfonso Lopez, D-Arlington-Fairfax, and Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax County, wrote a letter to Board of Visitors rector George Martin on Oct.
Three members of the Virginia House of Delegates, Rob Krupicka, D-Alexandria; Alfonso Lopez, D-Arlington; and Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax County, wrote a letter Oct. 9 to Rector George Martin of the University Board of Visitors to object to cuts to AccessUVa.
Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington and renowned holistic health doctor and author Deepak Chopra led several hundred members of the University community in a large-scale public meditation session on the Lawn Tuesday afternoon.
Lacy Hall, a new 20,000 square-foot facility in the University’s Engineering School was dedicated Friday as a place for interactive learning among engineering students.
Nearly 200 students came to a town hall meeting held by the Minority Rights Coalition Thursday to discuss the role of minority groups on Grounds.
The University announced Wednesday that R. Edward Howell, vice president and CEO of the University of Virginia Medical Center, will retire in July 2014.
The University announced Wednesday the reappointment of Dorrie Fontaine to a second five-year term as Dean of the University of Virginia School of Nursing.
The Women’s Center has partnered with the Avon Foundation to launch a social media campaign to engage University students in the fight against gender violence.
