UVA as a “Maze of Predatory Systems”

UVA as a “Maze of Predatory Systems”

If you visit the latest exhibit at the University of Virginia’s Ruffin Gallery, “EscapeRoom,” it takes no more than five or ten seconds for the artists’ message to sink in — the amount of time it takes to read the signage at the entrance:The...
In Their Own Words: Marisa Williamson

In Their Own Words: Marisa Williamson

Meet Marisa Williamson. The Harvard-educated assistant professor in the University of Virginia art department works in video, image-making, installation and performance art around themes of “history, race, feminism, and technology,” according to her UVA...
What Do All Those DEI Employees Do?

What Do All Those DEI Employees Do?

A reader wrote this letter in response to our article highlighting OpenTheBooks.com’s finding of 235 employees and interns in the University of Virginia’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) bureaucracy. The author asked to remain anonymous.—Thanks for...
Who Counts as a DEI Employee?

Who Counts as a DEI Employee?

Earlier this month, OpenTheBooks.com, an organization dedicated to government spending transparency, released a study concluding that the University of Virginia employs 235 people, including interns, in roles relating to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at a...