The University announced on Monday that alumnus and Board of Visitors member John Griffin has launched a $4 million challenge grant to establish a scholarship fund and reduce loans for low-income students.
The Batten School has begun its multi-year, international search for new faculty members in the fields of economics and policy analysis, two of the school’s core subjects.
Students celebrated the end of formal fraternity recruitment last Saturday night with the annual “Boys’ Bid Night” festivities.
Charlottesville public defender James Hingeley appeared before City Council this week to advocate for local subsidies to the salaries of public defenders, who earn significantly less than their state prosecutor counterparts.
Last week, the University announced the launch of a new massive open online course through Coursera entitled “Age of Jefferson.” The class, which has never been taught before, will begin Feb. 17.
City Council discussed a contentious proposal to adopt a Strategic Investment Area plan Monday night. The body voted 4-1 to adopt the plan, which outlines goals to redevelop a large plot of land just south of the Downtown Mall.
Philip Zelikow, the associate dean for the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, will conclude his term this semester and will not seek reappointment.
Harsh words and terse documents circled the State Capitol last week, following Attorney General Mark Herring’s announcement that he will refuse to defend the Marshall-Newman Amendment, also known as the Marriage Amendment, which is being challenged in District Court.
Investor Jaffray Woodriff pledged $10 million toward the creation of an endowment for the University’s newly formed Data Science Institute, the University announced Thursday.
The sound of chainsaws echoed across the Lawn Thursday, as workers cut down seven Magnolia trees surrounding the Rotunda. The trees ranged from 60- to close to 100-years-old.
University Librarian Karin Wittenborg was reappointed to another five-year term last Monday. Wittenborg, who leads the team responsible for 11 on-Grounds libraries and a high-density shelving library off-Grounds, has led the library system since 1993.
The Albemarle County School Board held a public hearing Thursday night to discuss the $7 million school budget deficit as well as Superintendent Pam Moran’s $164.28 million funding request.
Neoantigenics LLC, an oncology biotechnology company established in 2012 and grown out of University research partners, has secured patents on technology to better target and eliminate certain types of cancer using natural human proteins.
Monday marked the deadline for second-year College students to apply for the Commerce School’s undergraduate program. The McIntire Undergraduate Admissions Committee will consider applications and expects to notify students of their decision sometime in mid-March.
The Governor’s Task Force on Improving Mental Health Services and Crisis Response recommended new regulations Tuesday regarding the treatment of emergency mental health patients in Virginia.
A bill allowing public officials to be removed from office after being convicted of a sex crime passed unanimously in the Virginia House of Delegates earlier this week. Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, introduced the bill in response to the Christopher Dumler case last year.
The Virginia government will drop its investigation into the financial affairs of former governor Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen in an effort to steer clear of a federal investigation into corruption charges. Last week, a grand jury charged McDonnell and his wife with a 14-count federal indictment.
Del. Lynwood Lewis, D-Virginia Beach, won the Virginia Senate special election in the vacant 6th district by 11 votes Monday after a recount was conducted in several localities.
Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates called for an audit of Virginia Medicaid programs Monday in response to a proposed expansion of the program to low-income Virginians.
The Princeton Review ranked the University as the No. 3 Best Value Public University for 2014, trailing only the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the New College of Florida. Though the University‘s ranking is down from the last year’s first place, it has consistently been selected as among the top three best value public universities. “U.Va.
