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FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2019 file photo, University of Connecticut president Thomas Katsouleas, left, speaks with board of trustees members Andrea Dennis-LaVigne, center, and Steven Zinn, right, head of the Department of Animal Sciences, in Storrs, Conn. Katsouleas has submitted his resignation as president, effective at the end of next month. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb, File)
Thomas Katsouleas resigns as president of UConn

By Pat Eaton-Robb May. 13, 2021 11:45 AM EDT

Graduation plans vary across Virginia universities

By Sarah Elson Of Capital News Service Apr. 26, 2021 06:07 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — College graduations will still look different due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but more Virginia universities are returning to in-person...

More Virginia colleges scrap traditional spring break

By Anya Sczerzenie Of Capital News Service Oct. 20, 2020 06:41 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A growing number of Virginia colleges are announcing that spring break will be canceled or modified in an effort to mitigate the spread of...

University of Virginia set to conduct in-person classes

Aug. 28, 2020 06:17 PM EDT
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia announced Friday that it is moving ahead with plans to offer in-person instruction for the fall semester...

Robert Liza holds a cross and flowers as he sits on his family's ice cream truck carrying the coffin of his father Martin Liza, who he said died Tuesday of complications related to COVID-19, upon entry to the Nueva Esperanza cemetery on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, after the police spoke to the cemetery security guards to let them in. Liza said he doesn't have the money to bury his 70-year-old father, and that he and his brother have slept for two nights alongside the coffin outside the cemetery in hopes the cemetery will let them bury their father for free. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
The Latest: U of Alabama infections since return top 1,000

By The Associated Press Aug. 28, 2020 03:17 AM EDT

More college students in quarantine as COVID-19 cases rise

By Noah Fleischman Of Capital News Service Aug. 27, 2020 07:06 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As more universities open, they’re collecting and releasing COVID-19 data and grappling with contingency plans for those who contract the...

Bob Good, won 58.12 percent of the vote in the 5th Congressional District Republican convention held Saturday, June 22, 2020 at Lynchburg's Tree of Life Ministries. Good's win unseated Congressman Denver Riggleman, who served one term. Good will face the Democratic candidate in the November 3 general election.(Amy Friedenberger/The Roanoke Times via AP)
Convincing win in Virginia shows strength of Black vote

By Alan Suderman Jun. 24, 2020 05:45 PM EDT

Hall of Fame game doubts ... Sabres going leaner ... UVA altering logo

Jun. 17, 2020 05:45 AM EDT
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The Pro Football Hall of Fame is still evaluating its options and says no decisions have been made about the Aug. 6 game between the Dallas...

U. of Virginia announces in-person classes set for August

May. 29, 2020 11:18 AM EDT
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia announced Thursday that its campus will reopen for some in-person classes in August, with the face-to...

University of Virginia graduates, Madeline Wallach, left, of Middleberg, Va., Alexandra Dimas, of Chesapeake, Va., center, and Laura Chattin, of View, Va., sit on the stairs of the Rotunda on graduation weekend at the school Saturday May16, 2020, in Charlottesville, Va. The school is holding a virtual graduation in light of COVID-19 restrictions. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Some seniors visit U. Virginia despite no in-person ceremony

May. 16, 2020 06:12 PM EDT

UVA Wise chancellor says school plans to open campus in fall

May. 13, 2020 04:32 PM EDT
WISE, Va (AP) — The chancellor of the University of Virginia’s College at Wise says the school plans to begin the upcoming fall semester on campus. ...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam answers a reporter's question during his press briefing inside the Patrick Henry Building in Richmond, Va., Friday, April 24, 2020. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
Northam order ensures protections for health care workers

Apr. 28, 2020 07:55 PM EDT