State legislators have joined former Rector Helen Dragas in questioning the process which led to the formation of the University’s $2 billion Strategic Investment Fund.
The Washington Post recently released an article detailing an alleged sexual assault at the University in which the alleged victim claims she was blacked out at Block Party and sexually assaulted by a first-year student athlete.
Former University Dean Nicole Eramo recently filed a motion requesting partial summary judgment in her defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone, author Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Wenner Media. In response, the defendants have also filed a request for summary judgment.
The Honor Committee launched a new process for evaluating prospective support officers Sunday, involving a University community member acting alongside two existing Honor Committee officers as interviewers.
Students in Clemons Library around 1 a.m. Monday morning witnessed a seemingly anti-Semitic performance by a group of newly-cast members of First Year Players.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring appointed Roscoe C. Roberts as legal counsel to the University. Announced Friday, Roberts will succeed Paul Forch, who served as University general counsel from 1996 until his retirement in August. Roberts has worked as the legal counsel for Virginia State University since 2003, and will join the University community in October.
During the summer, the City of Charlottesville announced its plan to construct a fence on the western side of railroad tracks between 14th Street and Rugby Road. The fence was commissioned in 2010 when the City was granted federal funding and was to be completed by the end of the summer, but has since been delayed.
Student Council will renew its SpeakUpUVa initiative in hopes of creating an easier and more user-friendly outlet for students to voice concerns.
Charlottesville City Council will vote Tuesday on whether or not to accept a grant to train city police officers on making youth arrests.
After four years of construction, the renovations to New Cabell Hall are nearing completion as students and departments file into the six-story building at the start of the semester. The $64.5 million renovation added state-of-the-art equipment and updated many of the building’s systems.
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 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.
The Office of the Dean of Students announced Thursday it is terminating its Fraternal Organization Agreement with Sigma Nu fraternity effective immediately.
The University hosted a vigil by Take Back the Night Foundation to generate awareness about gender-based sexual violence and give survivors of sexual assault an outlet to speak and share their stories.
Ed Gillespie, the likely Republican nominee for the Senate in Virginia, recently announced his campaign raised $2.2 million in fundraising in the first quarter. In addition, three out of five donations made to the Gillespie campaign were from Virginians and donations came from a wide variety of areas including 89 different counties across the state.
The Z Society awarded Dean Nicole Eramo the Pale Z Award, the highest and rarest honor the society bestows, according to their letter.
Virginia Tech paid a $32,500 fine in February after a review by the United States Department of Education (DOE) concluded that it failed to respond appropriately during the 2007 mass shooting.__
