The Global Studies Curriculum Committee hosted an open forum to discuss the proposed Global Studies major on Friday. Politics Prof. Jeff Legro, the vice provost for global affairs, said the committee was still working on shaping and organizing the curriculum.
University President Teresa Sullivan attended a conference of college and university presidents at the White House today to discuss expanding access to higher education.
Charlottesville Area Transit announced this week that it will add new, hybrid buses to its fleet this April. The project is part the strategic plan called P3 — Plan, Perform, Perfect.
The Rotunda will be closed during Final Exercises 2015, University officials confirmed at a meeting Thursday in the Rotunda Lower West Oval Room.
Virginia Delegate David Toscano (D-Charlottesville) introduced two bills on Jan. 8 intended to regulate the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Agency (ABC) in response to the actions of several agents in an altercation with then second year University student Elizabeth Daly on April 11. The undercover ABC officers mistook a case of water in the backseat of Daly’s car to be a case of beer and drew weapons, jumped on the hood of the car, and attempted to break the car’s windows.
The ideological balance of power in the state Senate hangs in the balance as a special election to fill the seat vacated by Attorney General Mark Herring, a Democrat, is fast approaching.
At a meeting Monday afternoon, University administrators told several student leaders that the next phase of Rotunda renovations will impact Final Exercises for the Class of 2015 and potentially 2016.
Student Council met Thursday night in Newcomb Theater to discuss new initiatives for the upcoming semester.
Following his inauguration last Saturday, Gov. Terry McAuliffe addressed the Virginia state legislature.
An anonymous vandal scrawled the message “U.Va. hates blacks,” on a sign outside of Student Health late Sunday evening or early Monday morning.
The University school of Architecture Monday commenced its third annual “Vortex” workshop project, entitled “Route 29 after the Sprawl”. Students compete in teams to research solutions to traffic issues on Charlottesville’s Route 29.
Ryan Jones’ medical education led him to make a live-saving diagnosis last March when a mock examination took a serious turn for the worse.
After four years of stagnant production on the unfinished skeleton of the Landmark Hotel on the Downtown Mall, Charlottesville City Council must determine the fate of the East Water Street building.
The New York Times reported Thursday that Republican strategist Ed Gillespie will likely challenge incumbent Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., in 2014. The news brought heightened focus to an election Warner had been widely predicted by analysts to win handedly.
The Office for Diversity and Equity has partnered with student groups and community organizations to present the 2014 Community Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration next week.
A mental health bill proposed by University students has made its way to the Courts of Justice subcommittee in the Virginia House of Delegates. House Bill 206 asks public university governing boards to improve efforts in “identifying symptoms of depression earlier, [and making] it easier for students to find mental health resources at their school…”
Virginia senator John Edwards, D-Roanoke submitted a bill in December that would allow the University’s alumni to appoint several of the members of the University’s Board of Visitors.
Derrick Johnson, Sr., 27, was charged with raping a Charlottesville resident by force earlier this month on the 1200 block of Jefferson Park Avenue, according to a University Police press release.
The University is awaiting the release of a list of names of those thought to have purchased a fake ID from a distributor on Rugby Road. The three individuals involved in the distribution were arrested in May after federal investigators raided the suspected headquarters. To date, legal action has only been taken against the three individuals associated with the distributor.
Lawyers representing former University student and convicted murderer George Huguely faced a three judge appeal panel in Richmond on December 12.
