The use of Dawson's Row has evolved over the centuries from a suspected slave quarters to a cultural center and "home away from home" for African-American students.
As Trump ends the DACA program, about 30 students are wondering how they will continue their education and way of life in the U.S.
“How are you doing this week?” was the standard question third-year Kinesiology student Carley McQuain heard when she attended weekly sessions at the University’s Center for Counseling and Psychological Services.
The question of whether students and faculty should be able to carry guns on college campuses has been asked across the nation in the past year.
Anne Holton, former Virginia secretary of education and wife of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, hosted a campaign volunteer appreciation event Friday on the Downtown Mall to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
After two years of work between the Office of the Dean of Students and the Multicultural Student Center Initiative, the University will be opening a multicultural center in fall 2016.
The University Center for Politics hosted a panel of University alumni from CBS’s “Face the Nation” to discuss their coverage of U.S. politics.
University Housing and Residence Life plans to reopen Gooch residence area this summer. Currently, sections of Gooch are closed for renovations.
The event — titled “War as Muse: Revisiting Iconic Texts of the Civil War Era” — featured six keynote lecturers from the University, University of California at Los Angeles and Mercer University.
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McCormick Road Residence Areas lost power for over an hour Thursday evening. The blackout resulted from a rat which burrowed into an electrical switch.
