It’s “Palestinian Liberation Week” at the University of Virginia this week, and the Students for Justice in Palestine have organized loads of activities for antizionists, culminating with a “Die-In for Gaza” Friday.”Wear your...
The Jefferson Council is often critical of the free-speech environment at the University of Virginia, but we’re also cognizant that things could be a lot worse. UVA could be Harvard, which has the worst possible free-speech rating from the Foundation for...
University of Virginia officials have responded, albeit obliquely, to questions raised by The Jefferson Council about the legality of a closed session called during a Board of Visitors meeting March 1.In a column posted in the So Hoos Asking feature of UVA Today,...
The Racial Equity Task Force, a 2020 document that transformed governance at the University of Virginia, listed twelve top priorities for addressing the legacy of historical racism. One was to address “serious challenges to racial equity in staff hiring, wages,...
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...
