The Global Research and Consulting Group is a research-focused, pro-bono consulting group that operates worldwide from leading universities with the mission of helping global non-profits, social impact startups, and NGOs. Founded in 2024, GRC at UVA is the latest addition into this organization, providing strategic advisory, data analytics, tech solutions, and research consulting services as we seek to empower students to give back to the global community.

The mission of the University of Virginia's Gordie Center is to end hazing and substance misuse among college and high school students nationwide. We are dedicated to sharing Gordie Bailey's story to prevent future hazing-related alcohol overdose deaths. The Gordie Center empowers students to transform their campus and community cultures through peer education and bystander intervention using our evidence-informed, student-tested resources. Our APPLE Training Institutes are the leading national substance misuse prevention and health promotion conferences for NCAA student-athletes.

The mission of the Gordie Club will closely follow that of the Gordie Center, which states: “The mission of the Gordie Center is to end hazing and substance misuse among college and high school students nationwide. We are dedicated to sharing Gordie Bailey's story to prevent future hazing-related alcohol overdose deaths. The Gordie Center empowers students to transform their campus and community cultures through peer education and bystander intervention using our evidence-informed, student-tested resources. Our APPLE Training Institutes are the leading national substance misuse prevention and health promotion conferences for NCAA student-athletes.” The Gordie Club wishes to end hazing and substance abuse for UVa students specifically. We hope that Gordie’s story will provide a more authentic connection to the student body. After all, Gordie was a first-year when he passed away. He was a normal college student who was involved in a tragic, yet unfortunately normal hazing ritual. As a student-led club, we want to not only bring awareness to the problems that alcohol presents for college students but also put an end to hazing altogether. We will do so through peer education, open conversations, and fundraising for the greater Gordie Center organization.

The Health Policy Group at the UVA School of Medicine organizes educational discussions and meetings with medical students and faculty about health policy and related current events. We are a group of medical school students who are interested in learning more about current issues in health policy and ways that future physicians can be involved in policy decision-making. 

We are an intramural golf league that is available to everyone, regardless of previous golf experience. Our club features individual tournament-style competitions as well as team ladder competitions where people can join with a team and challenge others to move up on the ladder. We hope to receive funding from the school to be able to subsidize tee times and equipment for members. Contact us if you'd like to join!

Our organization specializes in developing the improvisational skills of musicians in a judgement-free environment. We meet weekly and focus on jamming together as a single unit. While soloing and improvising are the focus of our group, it is not necessary to know how to solo/improvise to take part. The organization leaders will help teach and foster musical skills, so all skill levels are welcome. We typically play set progressions decided beforehand; however, we are open to song suggestions.

Our Mission To hold the University of Virginia accountable to its mission “in which the ideals of freedom of inquiry, thought, and expression are respected and sustained,” and Jefferson’s aim to found an institution “based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind”To provide a platform that advances viewpoint diversity through journalistic excellence and hard-hitting opinion piecesTo uphold our nation’s Constitutional values, combat censorship, and challenge predominant ‘truths’ and viewpoints

The purpose of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)@UVA shall be to provide a means for students at University of Virginia to meet and fulfill the mission of LLS. The official mission of our national affiliate, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is “to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.” This organization will provide a forum for discussion, education, awareness, funding, and support of our shared interest in making an impact in the fight against blood cancer. LLS@UVA will provide a place to participate in various interactions such as service, advocacy efforts, education, fundraising and facilitate events tailored to our organizational interests.

In the last two decades, more than 15% of Charlottesville's tree cover has been removed/destroyed and the Lorax Society formed to help curb this rapid decline. We run on a 4-level mission plan that involves planting, conservation, advocacy, and networking (PCAN). With our tree planting and conservation events (such as removing invasive ivy species from old trees), we aim to make a direct impact on the environment. Through advocacy and networking, we join hands with other sustainability-based organizations to speak out about our environment and make sustainability a top priority for the City of Charlottesville. Thus, The Lorax Society’s purpose is to support sustainability efforts of the University of Virginia through improved protection of our ecological environment and the ecosystem services that trees provide. 

The Platypus Affiliated Society at UVA officially formed in February, 2022. Its originates from the international Platypus Affiliated Society, which was founded in December 2006. It organizes reading groups, public fora, research and journalism focused on problems and tasks inherited from the Old, New, and post-political Left, and works towards the possibilities of emancipatory politics today. A student-led initiative at UVA sought to participate in its education and debate of leftist history and ideas, hence the founding of its chapter at UVA (us). The Platypus Affiliated Society at UVA is established for the expressed purpose of education concerning the history of the international liberal and socialist lefts. We intend to clarify possibilities for liberalism and the left in future and promote an energetic environment for debate and critique of liberalism and the left in the present. We will foster the next generation of liberal and leftist thinkers and critics as well as provide a safe space for discussion of views across the political spectrum, regardless of popularity.Meetings consist of free-form discussion of syllabus readings for the week and the opportunity to offer questions on related topics.Please join our listserv mailing list here ( https://lists.virginia.edu/sympa/subscribe/platypus ) to keep up with events.We encourage you to join our Discord server as well! ( discord.gg/25gANw3d4c ) You can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Instagram: @platypus_cville https://www.instagram.com/platypus_cvilleX/Twitter: @platypus_cville https://x.com/platypus_cvilleFacebook: Charlottesville Platypus https://www.facebook.com/people/Charlottesville-Platypus/61560386768598/