During a March 7 meeting, the University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted unanimously to dissolve the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and its Center for Community Partnerships. The two-page resolution cites both a January 21 Trump executive order “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” and communication from the U.S. Department of Education as […]
During a March 7 meeting, the University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted unanimously to dissolve the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and its Center for Community Partnerships. The two-page resolution cites both a January 21 Trump executive order “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” and communication from the U.S. Department of Education as […]
Update: Nyeem Hill was taken into custody by VSP with the assistance of ACPD on March 5. He has been charged with eluding, obstruction, two felony counts of hit and run, a misdemeanor count of hit and run, reckless driving, disregarding a stop sign, and an inspection violation. The University of Virginia went into lockdown […]
UVA Health CEO Craig Kent resigned on February 25. His resignation comes after a months-long investigation into Kent and School of Medicine Dean Melina Kibbe, prompted by a publicly released letter of no confidence signed by 128 physicians in September of 2024. Kent handed his resignation to UVA President Jim Ryan following a special session […]
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted February 21 to continue providing gender-affirming care for youth “in a manner compliant with existing law”—with some caveats. Trans rights and health care have been at the forefront of national political debate, with the Trump administration and conservative lawmakers stripping protections for LGBTQ+ Americans. For trans community […]
The University of Virginia has many storied traditions. One, that of the Virginia gentleman, contributed to UVA being the last public university—aside from military institutions—to allow women. Spurred by a lawsuit, the school admitted its first class of female students in 1970. Gail Burrell Gerry was a member of that class of 367 women, and […]
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors voted February 21 to continue providing gender-affirming care for youth “in a manner compliant with existing law”—with some caveats. Under the resolution, providers can continue to treat current patients, but all “new patients seeking gender-affirming care of the nature described in the presidential executive order should be referred […]
Nicole Mitchell has sown the seeds of inventive music across the country through time in Chicago’s jazz scene, teaching in southern California and Pittsburgh, and now as a member of the University of Virginia’s music faculty. She splits time between Charlottesville and rural North Carolina, but harbors a desire to enliven central Virginia’s creative music […]
The University of Virginia is moving ahead with an initiative to house more students on Grounds, and one component has shifted slightly this month. A subcommittee of the Board of Visitors is scheduled to hold a special meeting February 19 to approve the schematic design for a $160 million project to build hundreds of bedrooms […]
Organizers across Virginia are again asking the General Assembly to pass legislation that would expand collective bargaining rights to include state employees. While a worker’s right to collectively bargain in Virginia was partially restored in 2021, the bill included a number of limitations and exceptions. State employees, including those employed by public institutions like the […]
Eighty attendees gathered to celebrate Deaf literature at the University of Virginia on February 8. The festival, which started as a student project for fourth-year Molly Rathbun, brought attention not only to the vibrant Deaf literature community, but the importance of accessibility. The festival first took shape last spring, as an independent project under Rathbun’s […]