Thursday's panel explored the country’s current political reality in light of ideal democratic aspirations.
Ryan credited much of the fall semester’s success to the University’s increase in COVID-19 testing capacity. Capacity for saliva-based screening has now reached 5,000 tests per day.
The snow, which is forecasted to begin late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, will likely be the first significant snowfall for the Charlottesville area in more than a year.
Out of all 47,827 applicants in the University’s early decision, early action and regular decision cycles this year, 42 percent chose not to submit test scores.
When vaccinations first started, the team was operating out of an eight-seat clinic with eight vaccinators working — a size that allowed roughly 200 vaccinations a day.
As Johns Hopkins’ Chief Diversity Officer, Golden realized few weeks into the pandemic that Black, Indigenous and Hispanic Americans were disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
In an interview with The Cavalier Daily, Carroll Foy said that the election of former president Donald Trump — and the rhetoric he spread — was the primary reason she ran for office in 2017.
The email also stressed the need for all students to comply with University and statewide public health guidelines throughout the spring semester.
The executive order initially went into effect Dec. 14, with the intent of remaining in effect until Jan. 31. Northam’s announcement Wednesday extends the guidelines until the end of February.
U.Va. Health is both hopeful that the expectation can be removed within six to eight weeks from when it was instituted, but it all depends on COVID-19 volumes. The hospitalization rate is anticipated to increase within that time period.
The officer involved was placed on administrative leave and is required to undergo several weeks of training, then will return to the job.
Wood, a Virginia native who attended Hillsboro School in Crozet and Albemarle Training School in Charlottesville, pursued a doctorate in education at Harvard University before becoming a community organizer for Virginia during the historic 1963 March on Washington.
The event was part of University’s Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion's two-week celebration of King’s life and work, highlighting pressing issues within the Charlottesville community with an overarching focus on racial equity.
According to the principal of the IRC, Engineering Prof. Reid Bailey, the dormitories went unused as quarantine space in the fall.
Jalane Schmidt, associate professor of religious studies, said that Charlottesville did not permit the Capitol insurrection, but was rather a symptom of the white supremacy that permeates our society.
The Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hopes that this event provides space for both community connection and economic investment back into the organizations serving Charlottesville residents.
With 116 active cases of COVID-19 already in the University community, students have mixed feelings about the safety of returning to Grounds next week.
All students who plan to learn on Grounds or live in the area must complete pre-testing before returning to Charlottesville and are required to abide by weekly prevalence testing guidelines.
Though the hospital has been able to accommodate the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations so far, U.Va. Health has had to redeploy staff to manage its patient population.
The webinar was structured into two panels. The first panel discussed domestic politics in both countries, while the second panel discussed the future of U.S.-China relations.
