CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia's business school has received a $68 million donation from a former student.

The gift from investor and alumnus Frank M. Sands Sr. is...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jesse Matthew Jr., who abducted and killed two Virginia college students five years apart, was transferred to a new prison this week so he can receive medical treatment for...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Dan Crowder went to Virginia Tech, but he's willing to talk UVa basketball if that's what it takes to save a life.

He was part of the Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A member of a white supremacist group pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to riot at a white nationalist rally in Virginia and at other demonstrations in...

CHICAGO (AP) — Accidental suffocation is a leading cause of injury deaths in U.S. infants and common scenarios involve blankets, bed-sharing with parents and other unsafe sleep practices, an...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia is reversing course on a planned increase in in-state tuition for undergraduates.

The University's Board of Visitors said Friday that...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Pharrell will be a keynote speaker to the University of Virginia's graduating class.

News outlets report the Grammy-winning producer, rapper and Virginia Beach...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia city once marred by deadly violence and tiki torch-carrying white supremacists chanting Nazi slogans savored a moment of bliss Tuesday as it welcomed home...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia says about 1,400 of its full-time workers will see their wages grow to $15 an hour next year.

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Thomas Katsouleas, the provost and executive vice president of the University of Virginia, was appointed Tuesday as the next president of the University of Connecticut, promising to try and double the amount of research money coming into the school over the next decade.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia has confirmed cases of norovirus among its students.

News outlets report the university confirmed the cases Tuesday but hasn't provided an estimate on the number of suspected cases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the virus is highly contagious and can cause vomiting and diarrhea.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A University of Virginia professor has been placed on administrative leave nearly three months after he was charged with felony strangulation and misdemeanor simple domestic battery.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Toward the end of his freshman year of college at the University of Virginia, Shreejan Gupta applied for a bunch of summer internships.

"I didn't hear back from any of them," said Gupta, expressing the same frustration heard from many college students who haven't had time to build up a resume yet.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia says it will create a School of Data Science after receiving the largest private gift in the institution's 200-year history.

The school announced Friday that the $120 million gift is from a private charity associated with an investment manager and his wife.

Jaffray Woodriff and Merrill Woodriff are both graduates of the Charlottesville school. She is a director of the Quantitative Foundation and he is a trustee.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia has declined an alumnus' effort to play what is known sometimes as the "negro national anthem" at athletic events.

The university's academic spokesman, Anthony de Bruyn, tells the Daily Progress the school appreciated Eugene Williams' request but there currently are no plans to include "Lift Every Voice and Sing" as part of their game day activities.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A predominantly Latina sorority says it was wrongly punished for hazing by the University of Virginia after requiring its members to study 25 hours a week.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. will visit the University of Virginia as the UVA President's 2019 Speaker for the Arts.

Odom originated the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway hit "Hamilton." He is expected to discuss his life and career and the impact of the arts on education when he visits UVA's John Paul Jones Arena on Jan. 19.

The event will be presented in conjunction with UVA's 2019 Community MLK Celebration. It is free and open to the public.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million on Monday in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington ruled that North Korea should pay damages to Fred and Cindy Warmbier, the parents of the University of Virginia student.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million on Monday in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington ruled that North Korea should pay damages to Fred and Cindy Warmbier, the parents of the University of Virginia student.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A University of Virginia professor who was found to have violated policy by having inappropriate sexual contact with a student is retiring.

News outlets report a Dec. 7 letter from a disciplinary review panel found English professor John Casey kissed and touched a female undergraduate student in 2001, and had sex with her while she was likely taking his class. The panel called his conduct "reprehensible," citing the power dynamic.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A bill that would see a Virginia post office named in honor of a University of Virginia alum killed in action in Iraq has advanced to the U.S. Senate.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — One of four California men accused of violently attacking counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia last year pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to riot.

Cole Evan White, 24, of Clayton, California, entered the guilty plea in U.S. District Court and admitted to traveling across the country to commit acts of violence at the torch-lit march at the University of Virginia and the "Unite the Right" rally.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The family of a slain University of Virginia student has refiled a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend, who was convicted of killing her.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will speak about his legacy on the high court at the University of Virginia School of Law this week.

Kennedy will be interviewed by financier-philanthropist David Rubenstein Friday during an inaugural event for the new Karsh Center for Law and Democracy at the law school.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia on Friday said it banned 10 white nationalists for their actions during a torch-lit campus demonstration that turned violent last year.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The new president of the University of Virginia has promised free tuition for students in families earning less than $80,000 a year.

President James Ryan made the pledge Friday during his inauguration.

He said he envisions a community that "opens wide the door to opportunity" for first-generation, low- and middle-income students.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The parents of a slain Virginia Tech student say mementos left to mark the ninth anniversary of her disappearance vanished within hours.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted four California men on conspiracy and rioting charges in connection with a torch-lit march and a rally of white nationalists in Virginia last year.

U.S. Attorney Thomas Cullen's office announced the indictment Wednesday. It came about week after the arrest of the four defendants.

Prosecutors say the men were members of the Rise Above Movement, a militant white supremacist group that trains in fighting techniques.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Four members of a militant white supremacist group from California were arrested on charges they traveled to Virginia last year to incite a riot and attack counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally that turned deadly, federal authorities said Tuesday.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia's endowment has increased by nearly $1 billion during the past fiscal year.

The Daily Progress reports that the university's endowment jumped from $8.6 billion last year to $9.5 billion this year.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Every day when Fiza Youivis hears Lisa Black knock on the door, she shouts, "I'm ready for school!"

Recently, Black entered Fiza's hospital room at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital with a stack of books, worksheets and a fat yellow pencil. She pushed aside a pink, fluffy teddy bear and began guiding Fiza through writing letters and numbers.

"I know how to do it!" Fiza said, dragging the pencil to form a number seven.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia has approved a funding boost to help pay for a new memorial honoring the contributions of slaves who helped build and maintain the school.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A documentary about a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year will premiere at the Virginia Film Festival in November.

Martin Luther King III — the oldest son of the late civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — is among the scheduled speakers after the documentary's national premiere.

"Charlottesville" is produced and presented by the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, along with Community Idea Stations.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A former federal prosecutor who led an independent review critical of the response to the 2017 deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, will become the University of Virginia's top lawyer.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Civil rights activist, author and politician Julian Bond spent the last 20 years of his career teaching at the University of Virginia.

The school possesses copies of many of his papers, speeches and other works in its special collections archives. Up until now, those materials have been difficult to access, requiring a visit to the archives. The university is looking to change that.

ATLANTA (AP) — A jury in Atlanta has convicted a Nigerian man on federal charges related to hacking universities.

Prosecutors said in a news release Monday that 34-year-old Olayinka Olaniyi and co-defendant 29-year-old Damilola Solomon Ibiwoye ran several phishing scams targeting employees at U.S. colleges and universities, including Georgia Tech and the University of Virginia.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The city of Charlottesville marked the anniversary of last summer's white supremacist violence that sent ripples through the country with largely peaceful vigils and other events, but police had a brief, tense confrontation with demonstrators angry over the heavy security presence there this weekend.

"Why are you in riot gear? We don't see no riot here," activists chanted Saturday evening.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The city of Charlottesville marked the anniversary of last summer's white supremacist violence that sent ripples through the country with largely peaceful vigils and other events, but police had a brief, tense confrontation with students angry over the heavy security presence there this weekend.

"Why are you in riot gear? We don't see no riot here," activists chanted Saturday evening.

The Latest on events marking the anniversary of violent white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local):

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The president of the University of Virginia has offered an apology to the students and community members who faced off a year ago against white supremacists during a march through campus.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Two historians have resigned from a University of Virginia affiliate over its decision to hire a departing member of President Donald Trump's administration as a senior fellow.

News outlets report Melvyn Leffler and William Hitchcock notified the Miller Center's director of their resignations Monday. The professors say the think tank that studies presidencies didn't adequately consult with faculty before hiring Trump's former legislative affairs director Marc Short.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia governor's grandson accused of raping a fellow University of Virginia student has avoided prison time.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Teresa A. Sullivan's books are still on their shelves at her Madison Hall office at the University of Virginia. She hasn't yet taken down teaching awards or decided which papers will stay in Charlottesville and which will go with her on a yearlong sabbatical to the University of Texas.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The head of a University of Virginia affiliate focused on presidential scholarship is defending his decision to hire a departing member of President Donald Trump's administration as a senior fellow.

Miller Center CEO William Antholis said in a statement Friday that he'd received significant backlash for hiring Trump's legislative affairs director Marc Short.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A petition is calling on the University of Virginia to revoke the teaching appointment of a departing member of President Donald Trump's administration.