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Vaccine Appointments Open for Students

Deanna See

Undergraduate Admissions During COVID-19 with Dean Roberts

UVA’s Local Development of COVID-19 Test

Final Exercises Cancelled and More: Jim Ryan’s Latest

President Ryan at UVA Town Hall: COVID Spikes Due To “Willful Violations” and “Innocent...

Lauryn Nilson

Friday afternoon, after a week of record-breaking COVID positives at the University of Virginia, the University administration held a virtual town hall for clarifications. The administration attempted to explain the massive spike in COVID-19...

Back on Rugby: Frats and Sororities Return to Grounds

Eliza Falk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrDrgiEexnk&feature=youtu.be The university community has expressed concern about how fraternity and sororities will handle the coronavirus guidelines set out by UVA. We talked to a member of a frat and a sorority to get an...

COVID UPDATE: Over half of saliva samples collected from prevalence testing are being used...

Julian David

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA- It’s no coincidence that sinks and showers in first-year dorms suddenly began flowing better than ever just as UVA ramped up its prevalence testing capacity. In addition to adhering to restrictions that wholly...

PRES. RYAN: COVID Restrictions for Graduation “Dramatically Revised”

Deanna See

On Wednesday evening, University President Jim Ryan announced potential changes in plans for the Class of 2021’s graduation ceremony, after a Mar. 3 email noting final exercises would be at least partially virtual due...

Face Masks to Become the New Normal in Virginia

Amelia Delphos

Gov. Ralph Northam announced today a state mandate requiring all citizens to wear a mask in indoor public spaces which will go into effect starting Friday, May 29. The rule applies to “all places...

UVA Students’ Takes on Lifting the Mask Requirement

Yaa Amoakohene

https://youtu.be/t9PjmrxBdz8 Students share their honest opinions about the mask announcement from Jim Ryan on March 18th, 2022.

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