The Virginia Attorney General’s office submitted a brief to the Virginia Court of Appeals this week giving the state’s opinion on the appeal effort of former University student George Huguely, who was found guilty in February 2012 of grand larceny and the second degree murder of his on-again, off-again girlfriend Univeristy student Yeardley Love.
Appointed by the Virginia Governor and charged with seeing to the effective and transparent governance of the University, the Board of Visitors consists of 19 members — former professors and faculty, business owners, working professionals and one non-voting student.
The Faculty Senate convened Tuesday for its first meeting of the 2013-14 academic year to discuss the five identified pillars of the University’s strategic planning initiative, which will be presented to the Board of Visitors when it convenes later in the month.
The case of missing young woman Alexis Murphy holds many similarities to the 2009 Morgan Harrington case. Both families met for support in Albermarle County over the weekend.
The history of race at the University is long and complicated, and a new commission will attempt to address many of the lingering issues and commemorate slave history.
Students and faculty discuss how it feels to be black on a “white campus”, as well as reflect upon struggles from racial disparities in the past.
A petition to overturn the changes to AccessUVa instituted by the Board of Visitors this summer has been circulating the state and currently contains 7,394 signatures. The petition, coined “I am not a loan,” is part of a larger campaign of students, parents and graduates across the nation to reduce student debt.
The bright-eyed J.R. Hadley could easily be mistaken for a brother in a Rugby Road fraternity, with a baseball cap complementing his calculated 5 o’clock shadow. But Hadley is in a different sort of fraternity — a young corps of up-and-coming business owners on the Corner.
University students took time to remember the tragic events of September 11 yesterday, through a variety of activities sponsored by student groups around grounds.
The University community commemorates the tragedy of 9/11 12 years later. The Burke Society handed out flags for students to plant at the south end of the Lawn.
A new system of faculty pay will now rely on group evaluations and peer review to determine the level of pay for faculty members.
The Honor Committee published case summaries Tuesday outlining the instances in which students took advantage of the Honor Committee’s new informed retraction policy since it passed in a referendum in March.
CIOs had to turn in final appropriations requests last week. Vice-President for Organizations Neil Branch, a fourth-year College student, and other members of Student Council finalized the amount on Monday evening. Only four CIOs received more than half of their appropriations requests.
Student Council’s appropriations committee is in the process of allocating its semi-annual funding for the fall semester, the first of two processes through which the University’s Contracted Independent Organizations can gain access to funds this semester.
The blue and orange awning that extends above the Corner’s brick sidewalk is an unmistakable landmark of the Charlottesville area.
Three Charlottesville residents accused of producing and selling more than 25,000 fake IDs to mainly college students pled guilty Wednesday morning in the U.S.
Obama’s decision to seek authorization from Congress in Syria has produced mixed reviews from both parties.
The University Judiciary Committee discussed changes to the First-Year Judiciary Committee during its first general body meeting Sunday evening. Members talked about reducing the size of FYJC and modifying the organization’s training methods.
Following the April arrest of a University student attempting to buy sparkling water at a local grocery store, a Charlottesville-based advocacy group, the Rutherford Institute, is encouraging a series of large changes to the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Starting this semester, students will have the option to study in the original library of the University: the Rotunda.
