At a meeting of the University of Mary Washington Board of Visitors, President Richard V. Hurley announced his plan to retire, effective June 30, 2016.

Among trajectories for community college students, Mr. Rifino’s path is decidedly out of the ordinary. Of the full-time students who started at LaGuardia in 2008, as he did, less than 17 percent graduated within three years. Only a quarter of LaGuardia students complete their associate degree in six years, a figure that is high for urban community colleges.

Observers said it looked like the casting of a porno.

Though precautions are beneficial, we must remember that sober victims also exist. Correlation and causation differ greatly; this correlation between the two factors — alcohol consumption and sexual assault — does not mean that one causes the other. Addressing it alongside sexual misconduct without explicitly underscoring this distinction runs the risk of victim-blaming by insinuating that these atrocities would not have happened had they been sober.

HOV lane closures and traffic headaches you may want to avoid.

More than 8,600 Virginia high school students will have the opportunity and guidance to apply to college. Virginia College Application Week is part of a national initiative designed to increase the number of first-generation and low-income students pursuing a college degree or other higher education credential.

STEM Takes Flight at Virginia’s Community Colleges, is designed to provide scholarships as well as real-world work and research experiences that foster community college retention in STEM academic tracks through graduation with an associate’s degree or transfer to a four-year institution.

Northern Virginia “j.talks” will host Israeli food and wine magazine editor Janna Gur on Monday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative’s group of employee volunteers, NOVEC HELPS, is asking area residents to donate non-perishable food to the Operation Turkey drive to help provide Thanksgiving meals for low-income people in Prince William County.

Weather permitting, the Virginia Department of Transportation will close the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes on I-395/95 from the Washington, D.C., line to the end at Dumfries Road (Route 234), beginning at 11 p.m. Friday night, Nov. 7, through 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 10, for construction and testing.