Editing University of Virginia (section)

===21st century===
[[File:Secretary Kerry Walks With UVA President Sullivan.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Teresa A. Sullivan|President Sullivan]] speaking with U.S. Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] in front of [[The Rotunda (University of Virginia)|the Rotunda]] in February 2013]]

Due to a continual decline in state funding for the university, today only 6 percent of its budget comes from the Commonwealth of Virginia.<ref name="CDstate" /> A Charter initiative was signed into law by then-[[Governor of Virginia|Governor]] [[Mark Warner]] in 2005, negotiated with the university to have greater autonomy over its own affairs in exchange for accepting this [[#State support|decline in financial support]].<ref name="Virginia restructuring">{{cite web |url=http://www.virginia.edu/restructuring/legislation.html |title=Legislation |work=Restructuring Higher Education |publisher=University of Virginia |access-date=May 22, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708232040/http://www.virginia.edu/restructuring/legislation.html |archive-date=July 8, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Virginia restructuring FAQ">{{cite web |url=http://www.virginia.edu/restructuring/legislation.html |title=Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) |work=Restructuring Higher Education |publisher=University of Virginia |access-date=May 22, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708232040/http://www.virginia.edu/restructuring/legislation.html |archive-date=July 8, 2008 }}</ref>

The university welcomed [[Teresa A. Sullivan]] as its first female president in 2010.<ref>de Vise, Daniel, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/18/AR2010011803847.html "Teresa Sullivan Is First Female President to Lead University of Virginia"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111204051/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/18/AR2010011803847.html |date=November 11, 2012 }} ''Washington Post'', January 19, 2010.</ref> Just two years later its first woman rector, [[Helen Dragas]], engineered a forced-resignation to remove President Sullivan from office.<ref name="Anatomy of a Campus Coup">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/magazine/teresa-sullivan-uva-ouster.html?pagewanted=all |title=Anatomy of a Campus Coup |author=Rice, Andrew |date=September 11, 2012 |newspaper=New York Times |access-date=September 17, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917014658/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/magazine/teresa-sullivan-uva-ouster.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=September 17, 2012 }}</ref><ref>''The Hook'', a Charlottesville weekly, posted a series of articles detailing events as they occurred, collected at {{cite news |author=Hawes Spencer |title=The Ousting of a President |url=http://www.readthehook.com/special/ousting-president |work=[[The Hook (newspaper)|The Hook]] |access-date=November 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113192401/http://www.readthehook.com/special/ousting-president |archive-date=November 13, 2014 }}(2012–13)</ref> The attempted ouster elicited a faculty Senate vote of no confidence in Rector Dragas, and demands from student government for an explanation.<ref>{{cite news |author=Daily Progress Staff |title=UVa Faculty Senate issues vote of no confidence in rector, Board of Visitors |url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/uva-faculty-senate-issues-vote-of-no-confidence-in-rector/article_456d9a37-0930-5be6-9b95-8c47947cdcf3.html |work=[[The Daily Progress]] |date=June 14, 2012 |access-date=May 22, 2013 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022050639/https://dailyprogress.com/news/uva-faculty-senate-issues-vote-of-no-confidence-in-rector/article_456d9a37-0930-5be6-9b95-8c47947cdcf3.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=StudentCouncilReaction>{{cite web|url=http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2012/jun/15/uva-student-council-seeks-full-explanation-ouster-ar-1990754/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205004958/http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2012/jun/15/uva-student-council-seeks-full-explanation-ouster-ar-1990754/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 5, 2013 |title=U.Va. Student Council seeks full explanation of ouster |author=Karin Kapsidelis |publisher=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]] |date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=June 19, 2012 }}</ref> In the face of mounting pressure including alumni threats to cease contributions, and a mandate from then-Governor [[Robert McDonnell]] to resolve the issue or face removal of the entire Board of Visitors, the board unanimously reinstated President Sullivan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alumni Pledge Thousands in Donations Following Sullivan's Reinstatement |url=http://www.newsplex.com/unsettledgrounds/headlines/160629985.html?site=full |work=Newsplex.com |date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=May 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629235131/http://www.newsplex.com/unsettledgrounds/headlines/160629985.html?site=full |archive-date=June 29, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/u-va-dean-tapped-for-interim-president-suspends-discussions-about-new-job/2012/06/22/gJQAniQ0uV_story.html|title=McDonnell tells U-Va. board to resolve leadership crisis, or he will remove members|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|author1=Anita Kumar|author2=Jenna Johnson|name-list-style=amp|date=June 22, 2012|access-date=June 26, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623120343/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/u-va-dean-tapped-for-interim-president-suspends-discussions-about-new-job/2012/06/22/gJQAniQ0uV_story.html|archive-date=June 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Virginia-Board-Votes-to/132603/ |title=U. of Virginia Board Votes to Reinstate Sullivan |author1=Sara Hebel |author2=Jack Stripling |author3=Robin Wilson |name-list-style=amp |newspaper=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]] |date=June 26, 2012 |access-date=June 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628061626/http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Virginia-Board-Votes-to/132603/ |archive-date=June 28, 2012 }}</ref> In 2013 and 2014, the board passed new bylaws that made it harder to remove a president and possible to remove a rector.<ref>[http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2014/09/board-to-vote-on-rector-removal-clause Board to Vote on Rector Removal Clause] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908085642/http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2014/09/board-to-vote-on-rector-removal-clause |date=September 8, 2014 }}, accessed September 8, 2014</ref>

In November 2014, the university suspended fraternity and sorority functions pending investigation of [[A Rape on Campus|an article]] by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' concerning an alleged rape story, which was later determined to be a [[hoax]] after the story was confirmed to be false through investigation by ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/11/09/phi-psi-chapter-at-u-va-files-25-million-lawsuit-against-rolling-stone/ Phi Psi Files $25 million Lawsuit Against Rolling Stone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601154120/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/11/09/phi-psi-chapter-at-u-va-files-25-million-lawsuit-against-rolling-stone/ |date=June 1, 2016 }}, accessed February 19, 2016</ref><ref name=OTM>{{cite web|title=SPECIAL: The UVA Story|url=http://www.onthemedia.org/story/special-uva-story/transcript/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141207085956/http://www.onthemedia.org/story/special-uva-story/transcript/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 7, 2014|publisher=[[On the Media]]|access-date=December 7, 2014|date=December 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://reason.com/blog/2016/02/10/the-lies-of-uvas-jackie-read-all-the-cat The Lies of UVA's Jackie: Read All the Catfishing Texts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024163558/http://reason.com/blog/2016/02/10/the-lies-of-uvas-jackie-read-all-the-cat |date=October 24, 2016 }}, accessed February 19, 2016</ref> The university nonetheless instituted new rules banning "pre-mixed drinks, punches or any other common source of alcohol" such as beer kegs and requiring "sober and lucid" fraternity members to monitor all parties.<ref name="The_Washington_Post_January_7_2015c">{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/new-safety-rules-announced-for-fraternities-at-u-va-a-response-to-rolling-stone-uproar/2015/01/06/5ae2188a-95e0-11e4-927a-4fa2638cd1b0_story.html?hpid=z4 |title=New safety rules announced for University of Virginia fraternity parties |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 7, 2015 |author=Nick Anderson |access-date=January 7, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133425/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/new-safety-rules-announced-for-fraternities-at-u-va-a-response-to-rolling-stone-uproar/2015/01/06/5ae2188a-95e0-11e4-927a-4fa2638cd1b0_story.html?hpid=z4 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref> In April 2015, ''Rolling Stone'' fully retracted the article after the [[Columbia School of Journalism]] released a scathing and discrediting report on the "anatomy of a journalistic failure" by its author.<ref name="Somaiya April">{{cite news|last1=Somaiya|first1=Ravi|title=Rolling Stone Retracts Article on Rape at University of Virginia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/business/media/rolling-stone-retracts-article-on-rape-at-university-of-virginia.html?_r=0|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 5, 2015|date=April 5, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407055843/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/business/media/rolling-stone-retracts-article-on-rape-at-university-of-virginia.html?_r=0|archive-date=April 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-rape-on-campus-what-went-wrong-20150405 A Rape on Campus: What Went Wrong] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406000123/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-rape-on-campus-what-went-wrong-20150405 |date=April 6, 2015 }}, accessed April 8, 2015</ref> Even before release of the Columbia University report, the ''Rolling Stone'' story was named the "Error of the Year" by the [[Poynter Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/306801/the-year-in-media-errors-and-corrections-2014/ |title=The year in media errors and corrections 2014 |publisher=Poynter.org |access-date=March 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315015756/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/306801/the-year-in-media-errors-and-corrections-2014/ |archive-date=March 15, 2015 }}</ref> The UVA chapter of [[Phi Kappa Psi]] settled a defamation suit against ''Rolling Stone'' and received $1.65&nbsp;million.<ref>T. Rees Shapiro, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fraternity-chapter-at-u-va-to-settle-suit-against-rolling-stone-for-165-million/2017/06/13/35012b46-503d-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html Fraternity chapter at U-Va. to settle suit against Rolling Stone for $1.65 million] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829075807/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fraternity-chapter-at-u-va-to-settle-suit-against-rolling-stone-for-165-million/2017/06/13/35012b46-503d-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html |date=August 29, 2017 }}, ''Washington Post'' (June 13, 2017).</ref>

In August 2017, the night before the infamous [[Unite the Right rally]], a group of non-student and mostly non-Virginian [[White nationalism|white nationalists]] marched on the university's [[The Lawn|Lawn]] bearing torches and chanting [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] and [[Nazism|Nazi]] slogans after the city of [[Charlottesville]] decided to remove all remaining [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] statues from the city including one depicting [[Robert E. Lee]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/us/white-nationalists-rally-charlottesville-virginia.html|title=White Nationalists March on University of Virginia|last1=Spencer|first1=Hawes|date=August 11, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 6, 2019|last2=Stolberg|first2=Sheryl Gay|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812060924/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/us/white-nationalists-rally-charlottesville-virginia.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/white-nationalists-march-uva-torches-article-1.3404681|title=Brawls erupt as torch-wielding white supremacists march through University of Virginia campus (VIDEO)|last=Chia|first=Jessica|website=nydailynews.com|date=August 12, 2017 |access-date=April 6, 2019|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406020727/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/white-nationalists-march-uva-torches-article-1.3404681|url-status=live}}</ref> They were met by student counter-protesters near the statue of [[Thomas Jefferson]] in front of the Rotunda, where a fight broke out.

[[James E. Ryan (educator)|James E. Ryan]], a graduate of the [[University of Virginia School of Law]], became the university's ninth president in August 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.virginia.edu/content/james-e-ryan-ninth-president-university-virginia-takes-office-today |title=James E. Ryan, Ninth President of University of Virginia, Takes Office Today |last=McCance |first=McGregor |date=August 1, 2018 |access-date=August 1, 2018 |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501161047/https://news.virginia.edu/content/james-e-ryan-ninth-president-university-virginia-takes-office-today |url-status=live }}</ref> His first act upon his inauguration was to announce that in-state undergraduates from families making less than $80,000 per year would receive full scholarships covering tuition, and those from families making under $30,000 would also receive free room and board.<ref name="VAfree">{{cite web |last1= |first1= |date=2025 |title=Affording UVA |url=https://www.virginia.edu/life/affordinguva/#:~:text=UVA%20will%20cover%20the%20cost%20of%20tuition%20and%20fees%20to,with%20income%20less%20than%20%24150%2C000. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429025227/https://www.businessinsider.com/university-of-virginia-tuition-will-be-free-for-students-whose-families-earn-less-than-80000-2018-10 |archive-date=April 29, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2025 |website=Virginia.edu}}</ref> Ryan was previously dean of the [[Harvard Graduate School of Education|Harvard School of Education]].

On the night of November 13, 2022, three students were killed and two others injured in [[2022 University of Virginia shooting|a shooting]] on a [[Bus#Private charter|charter bus]] that was returning to the campus from a play for a class trip in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/11/14/1136423019/uva-student-shooting-charlottesville-virginia |title=3 people are dead and the gunman is at large in a University of Virginia shooting |work=NPR |date=November 14, 2022 |access-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114160032/https://www.npr.org/2022/11/14/1136423019/uva-student-shooting-charlottesville-virginia |url-status=live }}</ref> All three fatalities were current members of the [[Virginia Cavaliers football]] team<ref>{{cite news|first=Emily|last=Shapiro|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-virginia-mass-shooting-football-players-killed/story?id=93266643|title=University of Virginia mass shooting: What we know about the 3 football players killed|publisher=ABC News|date=November 14, 2022|accessdate=November 14, 2022|archive-date=November 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114170143/https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-virginia-mass-shooting-football-players-killed/story?id=93266643|url-status=live}}</ref> and the alleged shooter was briefly a member of the team during the 2018 season.<ref>{{Cite news |title=UVA shooting suspect is in custody; three students killed were on football team, officials say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/3-dead-2-injured-shooting-university-virginia-rcna57004 |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114094948/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/3-dead-2-injured-shooting-university-virginia-rcna57004 |url-status=live }}</ref>