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.
Dean Roberts said that 42 percent of this year’s applicants opted to submit their application without the traditionally required test scores.
Provided that the holiday season and winter weather continue to increase case growth, new cases may peak at 76,371 per week during the week ending Feb. 14.
This year, the committee hopes to eliminate discrimination from religious student organizations, end the use of unpaid prison labor and expand voting access.
The UJC and Honor Committee Executive Boards were primarily responsible for crafting the format of and coordinating their respective committees’ online procedures.
University President Jim Ryan condemned the mob, calling their violence “an attack on our democracy” and a “painful reminder of how fragile our system of government can be.”
Officials aim to vaccinate all of the Health System by March.
The past year will go down in history as one of the University’s most defining moments. Although we could undoubtedly publish several books with all the material we have, I will try to sum up the past year with headlines that made 2020 so unrelenting and challenging.
A hearing will be held to determine whether the jury consulted a dictionary in a way that would prejudice them against Huguely during the hearing, and if so, whether that biased their decision.
A woman walking on the 700 block of Madison Avenue — near several apartment complexes popular among University students — was abducted at gunpoint at approximately 10:15 p.m. Thursday, according to a CPD release. The assailant then took the victim behind a nearby apartment complex and raped her at gunpoint.
These investments come months after a group of Black student activists submitted a list of demands to the University’s racial equity task force amid nationwide protests last summer, which among other measures, called on the University to endow the Woodson Institute and expand it to occupy all of Minor Hall.
Dr. Reid Adams, chief medical officer at U.Va. Medical Center, said that he thinks this surge in hospitalizations is due to an increase in travel and indoor gatherings during Thanksgiving.
Some students, wary of the distractions taking final exams from home would pose or simply unable to return home, decided to remain in Charlottesville for exams and Thanksgiving.
According to an email obtained by The Cavalier Daily, the first vaccination appointment is scheduled for Dec. 15th.
While students will not be subject to disciplinary action for disclosing information during contact tracing or having a positive test result, students who fail to participate in testing will be subject to various sanctions.
The executive order comes as a direct response to COVID-19 case numbers three times those at Virginia’s last peak in May — with an average of 3,700 new cases every day. The order cited an 83 percent increase in hospitalization, and a concerning rate of ICU occupancy.
