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1 day ago
UVA psychiatrist calls for reclassification of postpartum psychosis for better treatment options
An expert in reproductive psychiatry at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is among an international panel of leading women's mental health experts calling for reclassification of postpartum psychosis as its own category of mental illness.
4 days ago
UVA defends agreement with Trump administration as a “cease fire”
As part of the agreement, the DOJ will drop five pending investigations into the university.
5 days ago
DMV, UVA urge focus on safety on Halloween
From trick-or-treaters to drivers, agencies say everyone plays a role in Halloween safety.
1 week ago
UVA Board of Visitors to hold special meeting next Monday
The University of Virginia's Board of Visitors Special Committee on the Search for a President, the group tasked with finding the school's next leader, will meet on Monday.
2 weeks ago
Film Festival offers standby tickets for sold out films
VAFF Artistic Director Ilya Tovbis told CvilleRightNow just because you find a show sold-out on the site, it does not mean you're out-of-luck.
2 weeks ago
Flocks of dead vultures raise concerns of avian influenza
The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources says H5N1 may start to affect other species, as well.
2 weeks ago
Cville among top on two WalletHub college town rating lists
A WalletHub survey ranks Charlottesville as the 9th-best overall college town in the United States, and the 2nd-best small college town.
3 weeks ago
UVA Medical researchers find possible molecular issue in Down syndrome development
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have found lack of development of a particular molecule essential for central nervous system development and function could cause faulty brain circuits seen in Down syndrome individuals.
3 weeks ago
UVA declines to sign Trump administration’s ‘Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education’
UVA became the fifth school to decline to sign the document.
3 weeks ago
Hundreds urge UVA’s board, interim president to ‘reject the compact’
A crowd starting at around 200 grew to around 300 during a "Reject the Compact Rally" on the Lawn at UVA.
3 weeks ago
UVA Health screens dementia documentary at The Center
UVA Health neuropsychologists and a dementia care coordinator will be at the Center at Belvedere Thursday evening hosting a screening of the documentary "Keys, Bags, Names, Words: Hope in Aging and Dementia".
3 weeks ago
UVA professors group calls Trump’s higher ed compact a ‘significant threat’
The University of Virginia Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) says compact would suppress academic freedom, freedom of expression, shared governance, and diversity.
3 weeks ago
UVA 2nd in state, 8th public institution overall in 2026 WalletHub rankings
The University of Virginia ranks 2nd in the state, 8th among public colleges and universities in the nation, and 50th overall in new 2026 WalletHub Best Colleges and Universities in America.
3 weeks ago
Hoos release 2026 baseball schedule under new Head Coach Chris Pollard
Virginia baseball has released its 2026 schedule bringing in Year 1 of the Chris Pollard era with 31 home games at Disharoon.
4 weeks ago
UVA athletics is launching a series of in-house social media shows
UVA football player Donovan Platt is a host, and video shooting began during this bye weekend on a social media show which is part of a new UVA Athletics venture called Corner Media Co.
4 weeks ago
State Senate Democrats urge UVA to reject Trump administration education compact
The group calls the compact an unprecedented federal intrusion into institutional autonomy and academic freedom.
4 weeks ago
Coalition plans rally next week against Compact at UVA
Fairly quiet since the semester began at the University of Virginia in light of the summer's Jim Ryan resignation, and now the Compact the White House has sent the University, the quiet will be broken next week with a rally tentatively set for next Friday, October 17.
4 weeks ago
Search firm presents some 30 candidates to selection committee for UVA President
The executive search consultant finding potential candidates for the University of Virginia President's search revealed Tuesday they are in active conversations with roughly 30 people "who've expressed something between tentative to extraordinary interest", and some faculty are concerned about the process in light of the letter from the White House.
4 weeks ago
Manning Biotech Institute tops off toward a 2027 completion
Ground was broken in December 2023, and completion hopefully by holiday time 2027, Monday was a key milestone in the construction of the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology’s 350,000-square-foot facility at Fontaine Research Park.
4 weeks ago
Jason Lineen named interim Chief at UVA Health Children’s
UVA Health has named Chief Strategy Officer Jason Lineen as interim chief of UVA Health Children's as the inaugural person in that position, Cindy Bo, has stepped away for personal reasons.
