In an address to students and families on Friday, UVA President Teresa Sullivan welcomed “every person of every race, every gender, every national origin, every religious belief, every orientation and every other human variation.” Afterward, parents asked university administrators tough questions about the gun policy on campus, white supremacists and the likelihood of similar violence in the future.
Monday, 48 hours after protesting turned deadly on the streets of Charlottesville, the UVA football team locked arms with one another on the Rotunda’s steps. The photo, taken from the Lawn, has since appeared everywhere from these pages to USA Today.
Students are returning to the University of Virginia this week. The progressive college town was struck by violence when hundreds marched on campus, carrying torches and chanting Nazi slogans. That’s left some students and families concerned.
Leslie Blackhall, a doctor in the UVA Health System’s palliative care clinic, uncovered a wider problem: As more people die at home on hospice, some of the addictive drugs they are prescribed are ending up in the wrong hands.
Dr. Christopher Ruhm, who authored a recent UVA study on the severity of the opioid crisis, expects the death toll for 15- to 19-year-olds to rise.
Beta Bridge at the University of Virginia has been painted in honor of Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old woman killed by a car following the Unite the Right rally.
Ho-hum, maybe, if you happen to be a Cavalier, but for the third year in a row the University of Virginia has been ranked No. 1 for offering the best value among the commonwealth’s colleges and universities.
In the wake of riots in Charlottesville, University of Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall speaks out for the first time. In the wake of riots in Charlottesville that left one woman dead and many others injured during the protest and counter-protest of the removal of a Confederate statue, Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall has spoken for the first time. Mendenhall spoke after practice Tuesday about the state of his team during the turmoil.
Virginia coach Tony Bennett publicly responded on behalf of the university and the city of Charlottesville in the wake of violent altercations between neo-Nazis and counter-protesters which resulted in three deaths over the weekend.
Hours after neo-Nazis and khaki-clad white nationalists clashed with protesters in downtown Charlottesville on Saturday, a group of 80 black University of Virginia alumni wrote an open letter directed to the roughly 250 incoming black students scheduled to arrive the following week. “We are sure that recent events have not only increased your anxiety but perhaps caused you to question attending the university,” they wrote.
First, there were torches lighting Charlottesville’s night. Now, there are candles.
In less than a week, the University of Virginia's campus served as a public forum for two very contrasting causes -- one fueled by anger, another by the desire to heal.
Thousands of people gathered on the University of Virginia campus here Wednesday night in the glow of candlelight, striking a peaceful contrast to the torches wielded by white supremacists on Friday.
Tony Bennett issues heartfelt video regarding Charlottesville tragedy.
After the Civil War, Lee resisted efforts to build Confederate monuments in his honor and instead wanted the nation to move on from the Civil War. After his death, Southerners adopted "The Lost Cause" revisionist narrative about the Civil War and placed Lee as its central figure. As The Lost Cause narrative grew in popularity, proponents pushed to memorialize Lee, ignoring his deficiencies as a general and his role as a slave owner, according to Gary Gallagher, a University of Virginia professor specializing in the history of the Civil War. Lee monuments went up in the 1920s just as the Ku Klu...
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan sent a letter to the UVA community on Tuesday regarding the school's reaction to and preparedness for events like the march on Friday. In her statement, she says there have been important questions raised about UVA's ability to ensure a safe learning environment.
Established by one of our country’s founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, the University of Virginia is the very embodiment of “collegiate.”
The team posed for a picture on the steps of the Rotunda on UVA’s Grounds. The tweet sent out by the official Twitter account for the football program said, “Our school, our city, our home. United forever.”
As the political and emotional shockwaves from the weekend violence continued to roil the nation outside, Heyer’s family and friends filled the front rows, rising by turns to greive and to galvanize.
Charlottesville may be 300 miles up the road but the University of Virginia's presence hits home in Wise County everyday. So as the nation watched violence unfold in the city and on campus there this weekend, many people in Wise County were particulary touched because of their connections. Statements came from Chancellor Donna Henry at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, the only branch of the university in Charlottesville. UVA-Wise's Student Government Association issued a statement of solidarity with its counterparts five hours away. Reactions came from UVA alumni and current stude...