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Fall 2020 committee addresses concerns, clarifies policies at town hall

Jakob Cansler

StudCo President stresses problems in UVA’s reopening plan

Students Are Worried About UVA Reopening

UPDATE: Fall semester will start online, in-person classes to resume Sep. 8

Confronting Legacies: Professors & Slaveholders

Jakob Cansler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD3KURE8LGY “Confronting Legacies” is a series that explores the most controversial names, statues, and memorials on grounds. In the second part of this series, Jakob Cansler explores the legacies of faculty who owned enslaved workers in...

The future of the death penalty in Virginia

Amelia Delphos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uNAl-yaQ54&feature=youtu.be A bill to abolish the death penalty in the Commonwealth was introduced in the House of Delegates in December of 2019 and will be discussed during the 2021 legislative session. Thanks to the work...

Sheriff James Brown ‘disturbed’ by the killing of George Floyd, says officers need more...

Heather Thomas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xj0UsPVjyI&feature=youtu.be City of Charlottesville Sheriff James E. Brown details his experiences with law enforcement as a Black man and shares his thoughts on police training, defunding, and this summer’s social justice movements.

Northam issues new COVID-19 restrictions for Hampton Roads

Deanna See

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he will be issuing an executive order to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in Hampton Roads, citing “a significant shift toward younger people testing positive” due...

Will COVID Impact Your McIntire Application?

Dylan Castagne

https://youtu.be/zNawuWSJ5qE WUVA Reporter Dylan Castagne talks with the McIntire School of Commerce's Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Sadie Royal Collins. In their conversation, Royal Collins discusses how the Credit/No Credit Policy and the limited extracurricular opportunities...

How Has UVA Orientation Changed Due To COVID?

Deanna See

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1lPgHW6saA Summer orientation is one of the first experiences that Hoos have on Grounds, but it has gone completely online this summer due to COVID. WUVA Reporter Dean See speaks to two orientation leaders, as...

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