In the wake of President Ryan’s resignation and the prior departure of the Provost, three top leaders at UVA Health have now stepped down as well. That’s the University’s highest academic and medical leadership gone in a matter of months. Meanwhile, the Board of Visitors appears to be on summer vacation — offering no explanation […]
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President Jim Ryan resigned on June 27, 2025, after months of failing to demonstrate compliance with a unanimous vote from UVA’s bipartisan Board of Visitors, followed by an ongoing DOJ investigation into illegal discrimination. Here’s a timeline of the key events: March 7: The UVA Board of Visitors voted unanimously (17-0) to dissolve the Office
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The Jefferson Council views President Ryan’s resignation as a necessary and welcome step toward restoring intellectual diversity, depoliticizing the University, and a commitment to equal treatment for all. He stepped down under intense scrutiny from the Board of Visitors, the Governor, and the Department of Justice over his leadership failures. “For too
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The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors passed a resolution in late April requesting a report by June on efforts to improve viewpoint diversity. The resolution directs senior leadership to present, at the June BOV meeting, a summary of the university’s efforts to ensure an “intellectual climate and campus culture where all students, faculty and
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Charlottesville, VA — In a new call to action appearing in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Jefferson Council is appealing to the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors to take urgent action in restoring principled leadership to the University. The full-page advertisement declares that The Time Is Now for New Leadership at UVA and outlines seven
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UVA’s Reddit page is buzzing with discussions about the Spring Honor Committee update and a rising wave of cheating incidents—especially at the Darden School of Business. UVA students are asking a question that The Jefferson Council has been researching for quite some time: “Anyone Know What is Going On with Darden and Honor?” This comes
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In advance of Tuesday’s critical University of Virginia Board of Visitors meeting, the Jefferson Council placed a bold, full-page advertisement in the Richmond Times-Dispatch exposing how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideology remains deeply entrenched at UVA — and why it must be removed to protect the university’s founding principles.
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The following letter was shared with us by a group of Jewish parents at the University of Virginia. It calls for urgent accountability in response to a deeply troubling incident in which a Jewish student was allegedly threatened with a firearm by housemates — an act the parents identify as a targeted antisemitic attack. Their
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