Nicolas Biernacki is a staff writer on the news desk. He is a fourth-year Government student from Ashburn, Va.
The University’s equity in SpaceX accounts for a “low single-digit percentage” of the endowment, per The Wall Street Journal.
In a statement to The Cavalier Daily, University Spokesperson Bethanie Glover described the initiative — Grounds for Conversation — as an effort to learn the University’s strengths and areas for improvement.
For the current academic year, the estimated total cost of attendance for a first-year in-state College student is $40,468.
Deeds acknowledged that the University’s FOIA release did not include all of the materials that he requested.
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.
