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No city or economic development authority money is involved, but Charlottesville City Council has approved the UVA Alumni Association’s request for $50-million in Charlottsville Economic Development Authority bonds toward demolition and rebuilding of Alumni Hall.

UVA Health University Medical Center has earned the highest possible designation for trauma care in the United States, recognition as a Level I Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons.

Virginia linebacker Kam Robinson underwent surgery to repair a broken collarbone and will miss games early in the season.

Former ABC, CBS and NBC news anchor Katie Couric visited Carr’s Hill and helped her friend, former UVA president Jim Ryan, move out of the university residence.

Charlottesville Democratic State Senator Creigh Deeds sits on two key committees overseeing University Administrations, and tells CvilleRightNow “in my view, (the UVA Board of Visitors) has “not protected the University from outside influences”.

The University of Virginia has named alum and chair of radiology and medical imaging, Dr. Colin Derdeyn, as its interim Dean of the School of Medicine.

A University of Virginia response takes some exception to a Student Council “no confidence” resolution passed Friday regarding the Board of Visitors presidential selection process, and claims student involvement in this process exceeds the 2017 search.

UVA’s interim president said his first goal is to “stabilize our affairs.”

Virginia added two Campbell transfers and a high school state champion from Florida.

A couple of weeks before a new academic year starts under an interim President, the UVA Student Council has passed a resolution declaring no confidence in the Board of Visitors.