Divest U.Va. holds political education event on fossil fuel divestment
By Eileen Powell | October 24, 2021The panel highlighted the disproportionate harm of climate change on poor communities and communities of color, both in the U.S. and globally.
The panel highlighted the disproportionate harm of climate change on poor communities and communities of color, both in the U.S. and globally.
Many are campaigning for the new universal learning management system to be Canvas.
Currently in Scott Stadium, the University prohibits the band from playing wind instruments in the stands, claiming excessive risk of COVID-19 spread.
Global Week will officially begin Saturday, Oct. 23 at 11 a.m. with three information sessions held at Hotel A regarding education abroad at the University.
There are currently 47 active cases of COVID-19 within the University community, which brings the total case count for the fall semester to 712.
UNOC is a community-based crisis response program that will remove the University Police Department from nonviolent mental health crises involving students.
The endowment is invested in order to grow the principal and provide a rate of return that will ensure that the University has a reliable source of income for future investing and expenditures.
The decision comes just one day after the University announced that all employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8.
Ninety-five percent of University employees are vaccinated as of Thursday.
Advocacy Chair of the MRC Amanda Campbell said that the Memory Mondays series is an educational endeavor designed to put the spotlight on student organizations and activism.
The event "Democracy Dreams: José Martí and Cuba in the Nineteenth Century" is part of the Democracy Initiative’s Touchstones of Democracy Series.
By investing a portion of its endowment in the fossil fuel industry, Divest U.Va. wrote in its petition that the University was directly contributing to the global increase in carbon dioxide emissions.
The Class of 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 were invited to the event, which was held at the Ting Pavilion on the Downtown Mall from 9:00 p.m. to midnight.
The letter contains the signatures of over 110 students and is undersigned by 12 organizations including the Black Law Students Association, the National Lawyers Guild at U.Va. Law and Student Council’s executive board.
Garcia wanted more historical information about Central Americans to come from direct sources and the communities that were involved instead of from scholarly articles whose information was often incorrect.
In a closed session Tuesday lasting over an hour, council members discussed Boyles stepping down. At the end of the meeting a vote was taken, with council members unanimously accepting his request.
This is also the first reported case of a “peeping Tom” incident.
Clemons Library had to change their operating hours due to the behavior of some students towards library staff.
In 2019, the waste diversion rate for the Green Game was 64 percent.
Of the 56 active cases of COVID-19 within the University community, 33 are students.