Good spoke about the COVID-19 pandemic, harshly criticizing many of the public health measures, including the University’s vaccine mandate for students.
The incident is the fourth shots fired incident reported in the past two weeks.
Four patients were admitted to U.Va. Health with COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the current total of COVID-19 hospitalizations to 43.
Rosner reassured attendees that Grounds is one of the safest places to be given the high vaccination rates in addition to the indoor mask mandate.
The University will now reevaluate its indoor mask requirement for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals by Oct. 1, having originally planned to revisit the policy Sept. 6.
The incident is the second report of shots fired this week, and the third in the past two weeks.
Tuesday’s case count continues a general pattern of increase this fall, with a seven day average of 10.7 on Sunday, 11.3 Monday, and 13.4 Tuesday.
Ryan is the highest-earning employee at the University, and for the two-year period covering 2020 and 2021, the average base salary for University president was $750,000.
A tornado warning issued for the City of Charlottesville at 11:24 p.m has since expired, with rotating storms associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida passing through the region.
This incident marks the third timely warning sent out by Longo this fall.
A robbery was reported at 1215 Lee Street, the location of the University Hospital.
This semester, all students living in the Charlottesville and Albemarle area who are not vaccinated are required to report for testing on a weekly basis.
Dean of Admissions Gregory Roberts said this class of first-year and transfer students is highly enthusiastic about joining the University community.
McAuliffe served as the 72nd Governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018 and is running for re-election.
Excluding contracted employees, 86 percent of U.Va. Health employees are currently vaccinated.
The Afghan Student Association is planning an additional rally on Grounds for Sunday, Aug. 29.
This is the first community alert since students began moving in for the fall semester Wednesday.
These 238 students represent approximately one percent of the student population, meaning 99 percent of eligible students have complied with the University’s vaccine policy.
The U.Va. Biocomplexity Institute’s COVID-19 model predicts a potential peak of 1,531 weekly cases in what could be the greatest spike in cases since January.
This year will mark the first full “normal” year for members of the Class of 2023 and 2024 — not to mention the 4,631 members of Class of 2025 and transfer students.
