Education

With Jim Ryan stepping down last Friday and COO JJ Davis installed as the acting President, University of Virginia leadership say they will engage a number of stakeholders as they reveal next steps in a Presidential selection process.

Advances in blood stem cell transplants now make it possible for people with blood cancers to get safe and effective “mismatched” transplants that will potentially cure their disease, new UVA Cancer Center research reveals.

Jim Ryan Friday served his last day as UVA’s President before stepping down for COO JJ Davis to become President, the day after the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) sent George Mason University notice of a Title VI investigation regarding hiring and promotions.

A Fairfax County Circuit Court judge will likely hear a preliminary injunction motion July 25 by Virginia Senate Democratic leaders to keep Ken Cuccinelli from sitting on the next UVA Board of Visitors meeting.

Charlottesville Schools Superintendent Dr. Royal Gurley has named a long-time Cville schools veteran as the system’s new Chief Academic Officer. Dr. Anna Isley has been with Charlottesville schools in numerous capacities for nearly two decades.

UVA’s Early Childhood Education Resource Hub offers free, high-quality educational resources for those with young children, from infants to 5-year-olds. 

The money would be used to support teacher training, after-school programming and mental health resources.

Ryan will return as a full professor following a sabbatical.

The Board of Visitors had been scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss a resignation.

Bert Ellis believes Jim Ryan’s ouster creates an opportunity for UVA to move away from what Ellis sees as its recent left-leaning politics.