The new program allowed for a portion of the first-year students in the Engineering School to have their Introduction to Engineering class instructors be their academic advisers.
Jerry White, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, led a lecture Tuesday sponsored by the University’s Institute for Humanities and Global Cultures.
The Batten School and the Architecture School co-hosted a panel entitled “Sustainable Urban Policy and Smart Cities” Tuesday evening. The panel consisted of various professors from the Urban and Environmental Planning department, the Architecture School and a San Francisco Bay Area non-profit, SPUR.
Second-year College student Abraham Axler, chair of the representative body and newly-elected Student Council president, opened the meeting by asking the Council members if they had ideas regarding sexual assault prevention after having attending the Monday town hall meeting.
The University’s LGBTQ Center and Teach for America’s LGBTQ initiative co-sponsored a discussion Tuesday on the new television musical drama “Empire” and how it presents cultural issues concerning sexuality and race. The discussion also addressed broader applications of these issues in a real-life context.
The University Medical Center and Student Health recently saw a decline in an unusually high amount of cases of influenza reported this season. Normal visitation rules were reinstated Feb. 9.
The House of Delegates passed a bill on Friday, Jan 23 which will cap the percentage of student fees supporting athletics in all Virginia higher-level-education institutions. House Bill 1897 — sponsored by Del. Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights — requires schools to limit student fees funding their athletic department budgets.
For several years, the Miller Center has partnered with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-VA, to pass legislation in Congress which would more narrowly define war powers.
The Batten School and the Seriatim Journal of American Politics held a panel on student sexual misconduct Tuesday, discussing how policy and law interact with issues of sexual assault on college campuses across the country.
Amid a sea of protests, University faculty have been active participants in the dialogue permeating Grounds which critically analyzes the University's culture and policies surrounding sexual assault. In addition to organizing a rally Saturday night on Beta Bridge, faculty from a swath of departments have issued statements and held discussions to help promote constructive change on Grounds, after a Rolling Stone article published last week thrust the University community into the national spotlight over the administration's handling of sexual assault cases.
