John Augustus Herring, III, former director of Newcomb Hall, assistant dean and significant donor to the University's LGBTQ communities, passed away Friday at the age of 82. Herring was a Virginia Military Institute graduate and U.S.
Third-year Engineering student Alex Reber represented the University yesterday at a panel discussion in Richmond which discussed the impacts of drugs and alcohol on the safety of college campuses.
Charlottesville Police are investigating a stabbing which occurred at 1 a.m.
At its representative body meeting yesterday evening, Student Council passed a budget which allocated about $17,000 to fund summer and fall initiatives for the next few months.
When legislation took effect in January which requires women's health clinics to meet stricter regulations, clinics across the state began searching for a way to comply while continuing to offer the same services to their patients.
President Barack Obama held a conference call yesterday afternoon with college students from around the nation to speak about the costs of higher education.
Alumni donations to universities, specifically those from younger alumni, have dropped in the past few years, according to a report released last week by Blackbaud, Inc., an organization which provides information and services to non-profit groups.
Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Baliles, director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs, presented a report yesterday afternoon in Washington, D.C.
The man who helped convince the Board of Visitors to fund the present-day University Hospital, former University Vice President for Health Affairs William 'Harry' Henry Muller Jr.
Top Colleges Online, a website which evaluates colleges and degree programs, released a list yesterday of the 50 "most amazing examples of college architecture" ranking the University first for the architecture of the Rotunda.
The Honor Committee yesterday evening considered making an honor system tutorial, which was previously optional for first-year students, mandatory for all students at the beginning of the fall semester.
The family of former University student Yeardley Love plans to file a wrongful death suit in Charlottesville Circuit Court, the attorney of Yeardley Love's mother Sharon Love indicated Thursday.
Charlottesville Police announced last week they have charged three University students with credit card fraud. Police arrested fourth-year College student Jake Mauriello April 16 and charged him with credit card theft.
The University Alumni Association's Jefferson Trust awarded 13 grants, totaling $523,653, to University projects Friday. Among this year's recipients were Women's Center Director Jennifer Merritt and Education Prof.
The City of Charlottesville yesterday named April Distracted Driving Awareness Month as part of a nationwide push to encourage drivers to be more cautious. Charlottesville City Fire Chief Charles Werner read a statement from Mayor Satyendra Huja in front of City Hall on the Downtown Mall yesterday morning which called distracted driving a "serious, life-threatening practice that is preventable." Werner estimated one in five road fatalities resulted from distracted driving, whereas Huja said about 80 percent of all crashes could be attributed to a driver not paying full attention.
The University, in partnership with IBM, launched the Computing for Sustainable Water project yesterday, according to a University press release.
The University yesterday hosted the first day of its fourth annual Venture Summit, a two-day event for University innovators to pitch ideas to potential investors representing about $20 billion in active capital funds. W.
The University announced yesterday the Concoran Department of History will establish a permanent position called the Julian Bond Professorship in Civil Rights and Social Justice to honor History Prof.
The Virginia Senate passed its biennial budget yesterday evening in a special session, after failing to pass the $85 billion bill Tuesday. The budget passed 21-19, with Sen.
