UGS has led campus tours for UVA since the 1950s. Starting in the ‘90s, the group expanded the scope to include the more difficult parts of UVA’s history.

At a time when America's conservative movement has lined up behind an adjudicated rapist for President, it seems odd that this Republican appointee to the University of Virginia's board of ...

The University of Virginia suspended a campus tour program that had been criticized for citing school founder Thomas Jefferson's ties to slavery, officials said Friday. The tours led by University ...

The University of Virginia has come under fire for suspending campus tours that acknowledged founder Thomas Jefferson’s history of owning slaves. According to NBC News, the tours—which were ...

In response, the students have decided to resume giving historical tours on their own, without the administration’s backing or approval. The tours dive into UVA’s founding by Thomas Jefferson, its ...

That last one, authored by James Bacon, the group’s co-founder, and a far-right blogger and author, includes one story of a prospective student who dropped UVA from her list of colleges after a ...

By far, whites make up the largest racial group at UVA, campus statistics show. There were 13,098 white students during the 2016-17 academic school year, compared with 1,323 blacks and 1,285 Latinos.

For years, UVA’s University Guide Services offered historical tours of the campus. But a conservative alumni group was furious that they discussed slavery and other sensitive topics.