University student group Hoos for Life partnered with Students for Life of America to plant 915 commemorative pink crosses on the South Lawn Tuesday as part of an all-day event titled “The Planned Parenthood Project.”
A jury found 21-year-old Charlottesville resident Manneh Vay guilty Friday, Oct. 4 of the rape of a 17-year-old female University student.
Council said a significant portion of the University community expressed discontent with the restrictions in recent online poll mediated on Council’s website.
University graduates’ degrees have a lower return on investments than those of graduates from Washington & Lee University, Virginia Tech and the College of William & Mary, according to a recently released study by Affordable Colleges Online. The University’s ROI is $924,000; the top three Virginia schools all topped $1 million.
The University’s Hoos Well program hosted the Benefits and Wellness Fair Monday, bringing together more than 30 vendors to discuss health and wellness with University employees.
College Dean Meredith Woo will step down in May, she announced in an email to students Monday morning. Woo has served as dean of the graduate and undergraduate Arts & Sciences schools since 2008.
The Miller Center of Public Affairs hosted Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Rohde Monday morning for a forum on US-Middle Eastern relations, entitled “Escape From the Quagmire?
The Fourth-Year Trustees announced Denver quarterback Peyton Manning will be this year’s Valediction speaker. You took to social media to express your opinions.
College Dean Meredith Woo will step down in May, she announced in an email to students Monday morning.
“No cuts, no fees- education should be free!” Chants rallied from Brooks Hall all the way to the top of Carr’s Hill, as students convened Sunday morning to deliver a letter to President Sullivan demanding a meeting to address concerns about Access UVa, Living Wage, policies towards undocumented students, and a lack of diversity at the University.
In an organization as complex as the University, it is difficult for one person to remain fully attuned to the needs of multiple communities — from undergraduate students to physicians in the Medical Center. So University President Teresa Sullivan has called assembling an effective leadership team a top priority.
“About 65 percent of students that are graduating from U.Va. have done some significant research,” Cullaty said. “This [number] primarily comes through coursework,” he said.
During the halftime show of Virginia’s battle with Ball State on Saturday, the Fourth Year Trustees announced that Denver Broncos Quarterback Peyton Manning would be the 2014 Valediction speaker. Manning’s wife, Ashley Manning, graduated the Commerce School in 1997.
New Student Council bylaws have simplified the organization’s voting and decision processes, Michael Promisel, fourth-year College student and chairman of Student Council’s representative body, said Wednesday. Student Council revised their bylaws last February in an attempt to reorganize the structure of the meetings and increase member participation.
The University Police Department released its Annual Security Report Monday, providing information about specific crimes reported in 2012, as well as crime statistics, safety assessments and information regarding University Police services and policies.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a former University law professor and father of multiple University graduates, spoke Thursday to a packed Newcomb Ballroom as the guest speaker for the St.
The University Bookstore and the Medical Center recently coordinated to launch the University Bookstore Pharmacy, a fully-functioning pharmacy that provides prescription services and medication counseling.
The Center for Politics’ Crystal Ball released an article Thursday titled “The Politics of the Shutdown: If Republicans get the blame, moderates will pay the price,” which argued the government shutdown may reflect poorly upon the Republican Party leading into the 2014 midterm elections.
Students, faculty and community members will gather at the University next Wednesday to celebrate Alderman Library’s 75th anniversary.
Recent data from the Virginia Public Access Project shows 15 of the 17 current Board of Visitors members contributed to the campaigns of the governors who nominated them, reflecting a statewide trend of political contributors being placed on public university governing bodies.
