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One Year Later, Otto Warmbier Remains Detained in North Korea

Christie Lombardi

Final Exercises Cancelled and More: Jim Ryan’s Latest

Midsummer parties raise concerns about Fall 2020

Sexual abusers at UVA named via anonymous Twitter accounts

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

Amelia Delphos

According to UVA Alerts: "A member of the University community has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). UVA health officials and administrators are working closely with the Virginia Department of Health, which is conducting...

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...

Diving into the Crypto Craze: Episode 1- What is Cryptocurrency?

Dylan Castagne

https://youtu.be/D0VpMXS3AyA Over the course of the pandemic, there has been an incredible rise in investments into cryptocurrency. Still, information on this topic is clouded and difficult to understand. WUVA's three part series into cryptocurrency seeks...

Southeast Collegiate Fitness Expo: An Interview with Jackie Lebeau

Becky Laflam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7feSg-5KHgw In 1994, the University of Virginia founded the Southeast Collegiate Fitness Expo as an affordable way for fitness instructors to obtain training while continuing their education. Originally a one day program with 75 participants,...

Dean Eramo Defamation Suit Moves Toward Trial

Adam Beddawi

Nicole Eramo, the former UVa associate dean, will likely see her $7.5 million-dollar defamation lawsuit to trial. The lawsuit was filed in May of last year after the November 2014 Rolling Stone article “A...

Students Seek to End UVa Fossil Fuel Investments

Evelyn Strobel

The Climate Action Society at UVa hopes to terminate all University investments that support the use of fossil fuels. The campaign, Divest UVa, is gaining speed. The online petition currently has 1,214 signatures as...

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