Magill has served as UVA’s chief academic officer since August 2019 – the first woman to hold the position.

In order to begin the semester as safely as possible, University leaders moved the deadline for UVA’s vaccine booster requirement up from Feb. 1 to Jan. 14.

Over the past six years, base tuition and fee increases have averaged less than 2% annually, including two years (2021-22 and 2019-20) when base tuition was held steady.

While the mask mandate will remain in place for the remainder of the fall semester, new exceptions allow people to pursue fitness, arts activities – and a cherished holiday event.

Executive Order 14042 requires that employees of entities receiving federal grants must be vaccinated. Refusing to comply could potentially threaten millions of dollars of UVA’s research funding.

Despite “encouraging signs,” the coronavirus remains prevalent in Central Virginia and health care resources are under strain, University leaders wrote Friday in an email to the community.

President Jim Ryan said UVA|NOVA will assist efforts to better serve the commonwealth by bringing new academic programming and research to Northern Virginia.

Longo released the statement in reaction to social media posts regarding a difficult encounter between University Police Department officers and a member of the Charlottesville community.

UVA’s president shared the thinking behind the decision to proceed with a fall semester that features both in-person and virtual instruction.

The Board of Visitors’ unanimous vote came after a University committee recommended renaming Ruffner Hall, the longtime home of UVA’s education school.