The Honor Committee’s public meetings have been substantially shorter this semester. This semester the Committee’s meetings have had an average length of 34 minutes compared to 50 minutes in the 2024-25 term and 47 minutes in the 2023-24 term.
While both the rejected Compact and the Justice Department agreement faced resistance from the University community and have several similarities, the agreement provides firmer protection for academic freedom.
According to the Office of the Vice President for Research’s 2025 annual report, the University spent $829 million on research and development in the last fiscal year, yielding 56 patents and 2,319 awards.
Students feel the pressure of the immediate start of the internship search at the beginning of the fall semester — while some see it as an opportunity for growth, some see it as a stress overload.
Student Affairs released its findings Aug. 11, with the sanction being the non-renewal of the University’s Contracted Independent Organization agreement with Alpha Rho Chi.
The three new representatives are graduate Arts & Sciences student Akila Abeyaratna, graduate Arts & Sciences student Rebecca Weinstein and graduate Data Science student Ryan Dallas.
Robert Durden, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of UVIMCO, delivered an annual report to the Committee.
The Committee will reconvene Sunday for their third meeting of the semester.
It is well documented that Ryan and Dhillon find themselves on opposing sides of the debate over university-led efforts to increase racial diversity on college campuses.
The special committee to nominate the 10th president was announced Friday.
