First-year student Ellie Hanley created a fundraiser for her first marathon and raised more than $27,000 for the American Kidney Fund, which in turn named her a “Hero for Hope.”
Student organizers have reoriented the event in the wake of the deaths of Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry, and hope the gathering can bring comfort and joy.
Thousands of University of Virginia students along with faculty, staff and community members gathered to remember three football players slain in a mass shooting.