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Students Demand COVID Action in Town Hall

Ramya Ravi

First Member of the University Community Tests Positive for COVID-19

Students Urged To Await Vaccines; Walk-Ins At Danville Halted

JIM RYAN: “We had no idea that giving greek life permission to do something we knew would spread COVID would lead to COVID numbers...

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 freezes tuition for 2021-2022 school year

Ramya Ravi

On Apr 13, the Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia voted unanimously to freeze undergraduate tuition at existing levels for the 2021-2022 school year. In-state tuition is frozen at $17,518 and out-of-state tuition...

How COVID Affected Mental Health at UVA

Dylan Castagne

WUVA reporter Maddie McNamee speaks to UVA students and Director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Dr. Nicole Ruzek about the effects of COVID on students' mental health. Produced by Dylan Castagne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZdsnEhCM70

COVID-19 Vaccine and UVA

Amelia Delphos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhfIz_gAi8Q&feature=youtu.be WUVA News Reporter Amelia Delphos talked to Dr. William Petri of Petri Labs at the University of Virginia's School of Medicine about their race to perfect and patent the first COVID-19 vaccine. Produced by Amelia...

COVID-19 Announcement

Kyra Min

President Ryan has released a statement moving classes online through the end of the semester due to the Coronavirus. Updates to come. https://www.virginia.edu/coronavirus/university-operations-status

Credit/No Credit Grading Option Opens for Spring 2021

Deanna See

Beginning this Friday, UVA students may select either the traditional grading (A-F) or COVID Credit/General Credit/No Credit (CR/GC/NC) option for their courses this semester. The deadline to confirm this decision is Friday, Apr 30....

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