Negotiations on the Virginia budget remain at a stalemate, with the contention over Medicaid expansion bringing Richmond to a continued partisan standstill.
The annual Foxfield Races will commence Saturday morning, ending in the late afternoon — at once a festive event for students celebrating the end of classes and a high-risk event known for heavy drinking.
The Board of Visitors approved undergraduate tuition raises Wednesday for the 2014-15 academic year.
The Supreme Court decided Tuesday to uphold the state of Michigan’s constitutional amendment banning affirmative action policies for admissions to its public colleges, giving rise to potential for other states to pursue similar legislation.
The University has one of the best mental health systems in the country — at least, according to Tim Davis, the newest director of the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services.
With a recent spike in highly-publicized collegiate tragedies attributed to mental illness, increased attention is being paid to deficiencies in psychological and counseling services universities offer. State incidents, including the campus massacre of 32 Virginia Tech students in 2007 and the number of suicides which occur every year, have increased pressure on Virginia schools to both meet and monitor the mental health of young adults.
To alleviate some of the stress placed on University students surrounding proposed changes to Final Exercises, a group of University students has created a website, TicketUni, to provide students a medium by which they can coordinate buying and selling extra tickets.
The IX Warehouse space near downtown Charlottesville will soon become home to an Art Park, the first of its kind in Central Virginia.
The state of Virginia has reformed the legal procedures surrounding mental health care twice in the last several years in the wake of the Virginia Tech Tragedy in 2007 and more recently the stabbing of Senator Creigh Deeds.
The Inter-Fraternity Council released a statement Tuesday afternoon regarding the recent terminations of the Fraternal Organization Agreements of the University’s Sigma Nu and Pi Kappa Alpha chapters. A short statement of just over 120 words, the IFC expressed disappointment in the behavior a University investigation uncovered.
The Office of Emergency Preparedness sent out a school-wide email Sunday evening announcing Ruffin Hall had been evacuated after the fire alarm was set off.
Engineering Students Without Borders, a student-run organization focused on applying sustainable engineering methods to carry out local and international development projects, held a project symposium on Tuesday to present their projects to the University community.
Next fall, students have the opportunity to take any of 10 seminars designed and taught by undergraduate students through the Cavalier Education Program. A wide variety of topics will be offered, ranging from “Hindu Mythology: Epics and Myth” to “The Chemistry of Cooking.”
The University cut ties with both Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Nu fraternity chapters in April due to misconduct during the new member education process, often referred to as pledging.
Michael Morris, a former associate dean of the Commerce School, pleaded guilty in federal court today on two counts of distributing or receiving images of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
University of Virginia Board of Visitors member William H. Goodwin Jr. was appointed as a finance committee co-chair for Ed Gillespie’s senatorial campaign Wednesday. Gillespie, a communications consultant and former White House aide, is the likely Republican nominee for the Virginia seat in the Senate currently filled by Sen. Mark Warner.
The University is continuing its search for a new dining hall provider, with its current contract with Philadelphia-based Aramark formally set to end July 1.
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday to uphold the decision to deny the American Tradition Institute access to the emails of Michael Mann, a climate scientist and former University professor, staying consistent with the Prince William County Circuit Court’s previous ruling.
The Albemarle County School Board met to discuss necessary cuts to the county’s budget Thursday night.
University officials and student leaders met Friday to discuss implications of the proposed tuition hike for the 2014-15 academic year. The budget, which puts forth a 4.3 and 5.9 percent increase in overall tuition and fees for in-state and out-of-state undergraduate students, respectively, will be put to vote at this coming Wednesday’s Board of Visitor’s meeting.
