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A line extended well into the corridor of the West Lawn waiting to get into the building and up the stairs to the Rotunda Room for at look at one of the two original copies of the Declaration of Independence the University’s creator, Thomas Jefferson, wrote.

The Albemarle County School Board Thursday night approved two contracts, one for licensed and the other for unlicensed contracts, as the first ever under the county’s new collective bargaining ordinance the Board of Supervisors passed in April 2024.

Close to 300 students walked out of Albemarle County High School Friday morning in a protest against ICE actions across the nation. The students left from school property just before 11 a.m., carrying signs and chanting as they marched down Hydraulic Ave.

Monday, the CPD posted a community alert regarding the demonstration by students at Charlottesville High School, warning the community to be aware of possible traffic implications. A number of comments posted in response were reported as threatening, CPD said.

The original copy, one of only 26 still known to exist, will be on display Monday afternoon in commemoration of President’s Day.

The University of Virginia is 30th in the nation out of 555 higher learning institutions in reporting of foreign funding disclosures at just under $500-million.

The agreement comes after disagreement over a letter sent by the school system on Friday

The team will return to the FIRST LEGO ROBOTICS World Championship for the second year in a row in May

The new design of the site aims to improve its usability for both users and researcher, among other changes

The University of Virginia’s Student Council President said his interaction with new President Scott Beardsley has been “positive,” after the Council passed a resolution supporting Beardsley in the name of “institutional stability.”