Showing posts with label University of Virginia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label University of Virginia. Show all posts
Saturday, June 28, 2025

University of Virginia President is Latest Casualty of Trump's War Against Higher Education

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In a political environment increasingly hostile to independent academic thought, University of Virginia President James E. Ryan has become t...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Universities Eliminate DEI Programs Amid Political and Financial Pressures

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In a sweeping trend across the United States, numerous public universities are dismantling their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offi...
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

20-year UVA law school librarian forced to seek redress from President Jim Ryan; defending the right to protest in the face of illegal disciplinary action

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Contact: Ben Doherty, 434-282-9009 Charlottesville - On Saturday, May 4th, Ben Doherty (they/them) joined hundreds of UVA co-workers, stude...
Thursday, October 3, 2024

“Repression on Grounds: A Virtual Town Hall on May 4 and Its Aftermath” (Faculty for Justice in Palestine)

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(Charlottesville, VA) In the aftermath of the violent repression of the encampment protests at UVa in May by police and administration, and ...
Monday, September 9, 2024

Petition: UVA and Charlottesville community demand UVA administration drop UJC charges against student protesters arrested on May 4th

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Contact:  Laura Goldblatt (lgoldblatt@gmail.com) 609-915-6132 Walt Heinecke (Waltheinecke@hotmail.com) (434) 825-1896 September 8, 2024 Char...
Saturday, June 29, 2024

Democratic Protests on Campus: Modeling the Better World We Seek (Annelise Orleck)

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As an aging college professor, I found myself in a surprising position on the evening of May 1: face down in the grass of the Dartmouth Coll...