Students traveled to sites such as Arches National Park, Sequoia National Park and New Orleans to complete projects focused on environmental restoration and housing needs.
University administration decided that COVID-19 posed a low enough risk to the community to reinstate a standard break this year.
Providers like Duo and Zoom -- which the University contracts services from -- will not be available in sanctioned countries.
The meeting was the second budget work session of the fiscal year, aimed to provide a forum for the Council to discuss budgeting priorities.
Of offers to students that applied domestically this year and who indicated a race on their application, 52 percent were made to students of color — a record percentage for the University.
The first portion of the discussion questioned the role of international intervention in the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a “defense of democracy,” particularly in the context of the declining stability of global democracy.
After almost two years of masking, many students are also looking forward to the lighter requirements.
This decision comes after the University announced a change to their masking requirements Feb. 22 — effective Monday, masks will no longer be required indoors in University-owned spaces, except for in classrooms, transit services and U.Va. Health facilities.
This year, a referendum to reduce the Honor Committee’s guilty sanction from expulsion to a two-semester leave of absence passed by a ratio of four votes to one.
The Graduate Honor representative position has not appeared on a University Board of Elections ballot in recent years.
The referendum — which reduces the sanction of expulsion to a two-semester leave of absence — is the largest change to the Honor system since its inception over 150 years ago.
Currently, about 20 percent of the University's energy comes from renewable sources — including solar installations — on Grounds.
Charlottesville and Albemarle were reclassified because in both localities the new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people over the last seven days are below 200.
A significant part of the demand for housing in Charlottesville could be removed from the local real estate market.
More information about the demographic breakdown for the both schools' cohorts will be released once decisions for the cohorts are completed.
The Office of Admission has offered virtual Days on the Lawn for the past two years due to COVID-19.
The heavy winds accompanying the storm threaten to down trees and power lines, potentially leading to power outages in the area.
As it stands, the budget fulfills the Charlottesville school board’s request of $4.2 million, funds seven new city positions and allocates $7.3 million towards affordable housing.
A Young America’s Foundation spokesperson wrote in a press release that Pence will use the forum to discuss a reinvigoration of ‘freedom, free markets and traditional values.’
University leaders discussed efforts to bolster relations with the local community as well as the consequences of two years of COVID-19 policy.
