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At the start of the meeting, Ryan explained that the decision to allow students to return to Grounds – given the high number of cases locally and nationally – wasn’t taken lightly. He said it was only made after many conversations with medical and public health experts.
“The first [reason] is that we have learned a lot from the first semester and feel like we’re in a much stronger position to respond and to contain the virus – in part because of our testing capacity, in part because we have experience now in getting students into isolation and quarantine spaces quickly,” he said. “In essence, we have a little bit of a playbook this semester, which will help.
UVA adds five names to Memorial To Enslaved Laborers
UVA adds five names to Memorial To Enslaved Laborers By Andrew Webb | January 19, 2021 at 6:37 PM EST - Updated January 19 at 8:03 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Engraved on the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers are the names of enslaved people who were owned by the University of Virginia and its professors. When the memorial was first erected, some members of Myra Andersonâs family werenât included.
âIn one way it feels very satisfying to have the names, but in another way, it really feels sad [because] the reason that those names are on the wall,â Anderson said.