Just six days before Virginia voters will elect their next governor, President Bill Clinton and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe co-hosted a major campaign rally Wednesday morning at the downtown Paramount theater.
College is getting harder to pay for, even though tuition growth is slowing down, according to two reports released by the College Board last Wednesday.
TheCourseForum, a website intended to consolidate professor reviews and streamline the course registration process, has announced the official completion of its redesign project, just in time for spring 2014 course registration.
Last Sunday, the UJC chose fourth-year College student Teddy Kristek to fill a vacant representative slot. Kristek served for about two years as a counselor before assuming the representative role.
The First-Year Judiciary Committee elected First-year College students John Connolly and Sumedha Deshmukh as Chair and Vice-Chair of FYJC, the University Judiciary Committee announced Sunday.
Given recent legal trends across the United States, colleges and universities may soon be forced to conduct a race-neutral application process. The University currently uses race as one factor among many to make admissions decisions, but this may not be the case for long.
Batten School Dean Harry Harding announced Thursday he will step down from his position at the end of his five-year term, which ends at the conclusion of the academic year. As the founding dean of the Batten School, Harding has helped set the foundation for the school and develop the school’s degree programs for both graduate and undergraduate students.
A top Chinese university fired an outspoken, pro-democracy professor last week, and outside academics are deeming the response from the University of Virginia insufficient.
Campus Sustainability met in Newcomb Hall Wednesday afternoon to celebrate Campus Sustainability Day, recognizing and encouraging sustainable environmental practices at UVA.
Jarvis C. Brown was the victim of Charlottesville’s first homicide of the year early Thursday morning.
The Student Council Graduate Affairs Committee is planning to hold a panel for undergraduate students interested in professional studies at the University next Tuesday, the Committee announced at last nights’ Student Council representative body meeting.
The University’s Women’s Center received a $3 million dollar donation last week – the largest donation in the Center’s history – from University alumna Maxine Platzer Lynn.
The Memorial for Enslaved Laborers organization held a student forum Monday evening to discuss University President Teresa Sullivan’s new commission on slavery and plans for the group’s proposed memorial. Memorial committee chair Edna Turay, a fourth-year College student who will serve on Sullivan’s commission, opened the forum by outlining the goals of the 27-member commission, comprised of administrators, alumni, local residents and students.
An anonymous group of students posted an open letter to the University community Saturday announcing the resurrection of the O.W.L.
The Miller Center of Public Affairs hosted a forum on President Kennedy’s approach to Latin American affairs on Monday in honor of the upcoming 50-year anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination. The forum was broken up into three panels consisting of three speakers, each discussing separate aspects of President Kennedy’s diplomacy with Latin America during his time as president and how his foreign policies apply to political controversies today.
Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Robert Sarvis spoke to University students and community members Thursday, discussing his role as a third-party candidate in the November election.
Students, faculty, staff and members of the Charlottesville community gathered Wednesday in the Small Special Collections Library to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Alderman Library.
Politics Prof. Larry Sabato revealed a controversial study Tuesday about the life of President John F. Kennedy, with new insights into his 1963 assassination. Sabato held a press conference at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. to present his findings and to promote his new book, “The Kennedy Half Century.”
Three members of the Virginia House of Delegates, Rob Krupicka Jr., D-Alexandria, Alfonso Lopez, D-Arlington-Fairfax, and Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax County, wrote a letter to Board of Visitors rector George Martin on Oct.
The Women’s Center has partnered with the Avon Foundation to launch a social media campaign to engage University students in the fight against gender violence.
