The Commerce School released admission decisions last week.
According to a recent study conducted by the Institute of Medicine, raising the legal age for the purchase of tobacco products would lower initiation rates for smokers, reduce the prevalence of smoking and save hundreds of thousands of people from premature death and lung cancer.
Malena Magnolia, an interdisciplinary mixed media artist from Richmond and Charlottesville, took photographs in front of the Rotunda on Monday as part of an art exhibition about sexual assault she will be holding in early April.
The Law School held a panel Monday to discuss career opportunities in child advocacy. The panel led a conversation about their individual experiences as child advocacy lawyers and gave career advice to Law students.
The Women, Gender & Sexuality Department hosted a lecture entitled “Perverse Ambitions, Deviant Careers: Toward a Queer History of the Modern American Workplace” by Assoc. Prof. Margot Canaday from Princeton University.
U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, D-VA, Barbara Boxer, D-CA, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, introduced a the latest version of the Survivor Outreach and Support on Campus Act to the Senate March 11.
The University announced this past week the appointment of Carolyn Devine Saint as the University’s new Chief Audit Executive.
The University Women's Center is planning events for the coming two weeks to honor March as Women's History Month.
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau announced Wednesday the approval of Palcohol, a powdered alcohol substance.
Saving Sweet Briar, a non-profit organization founded by alumnae of Sweet Briar College to seeking to save the college from its announced closing, has gathered new support from some of the college’s current faculty.
President Obama addressed the importance of higher education and the issue of college affordability Wednesday on a White House phone call with around 50 college journalists from across the nation.
Eight students are in line to become the first QuestBridge Scholarship recipients to graduate from the University.
The Minority Rights Coalition announced Tuesday United For Undergraduate Socioeconomic Diversity will have a representative at MRC meetings beginning March 18.
Sweet Briar College announced Tuesday it will be closing permanently after the end of the 2015 academic year. The liberal arts women's college cited “insurmountable financial challenges” as the reason for its Aug. 25 closing.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Tuesday the current supply of drugs used by the Commonwealth for lethal injections will expire in September 2015.
The University announced Wednesday the opening of its new office in Shanghai, China.
The medals are presented to three individuals, each of whom has made exceptional contributions in the fields of architecture, law or citizen leadership.
The Virginia state holiday Lee-Jackson Day will no longer be observed in Charlottesville following a City Council vote Monday.
The Prevention Working Group of the President’s Ad Hoc Group on University Climate and Culture, held a town hall-style meeting Monday in which students, faculty and other University community members discussed ideas about how to prevent sexual violence on Grounds.
Members of the working groups were present at each table discussion, along with two moderators who were either members of the administration or students from Sustained Dialogue.
