In Their Own Words: Lanice Avery

In Their Own Words: Lanice Avery

Assistant professor Dr. Lanice Avery has a joint appointment to the departments of Psychology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality at the University of Virginia. Her research interests, she says on her university profile page, lie at “the intersections of race,...
Morgan Bettinger Lawsuit Settled

Morgan Bettinger Lawsuit Settled

Morgan Bettinger, the former University of Virginia student who claimed in a federal civil rights lawsuit that she was ostracized, bullied, and abused at UVA based on false charges and faulty legal grounds, has resolved her lawsuit with the university and its...
Ryan Appoints Board to Craft University-Neutrality Policy

Ryan Appoints Board to Craft University-Neutrality Policy

After vetting the idea with the Board of Visitors in December, University of Virginia President Jim Ryan has announced the creation of the Committee on Institutional Statements to develop principles to guide official university statements on national and global...
UVIMCO Embraced ESG Investing. How Has That Worked Out?

UVIMCO Embraced ESG Investing. How Has That Worked Out?

A University of Virginia student group, UVA Apartheid Divest, is petitioning to hold a referendum demanding that the University of Virginia Investment Management Company (UVIMCO) divest itself of investments in corporations implicated by Israel’s...
UVA Students Want Vote on Israel Divestment

UVA Students Want Vote on Israel Divestment

A student group at the University of Virginia is petitioning the student-run University Board of Elections at the University of Virginia to hold a referendum calling for an audit of UVA’s endowment funds to determine how much are invested in companies...