University pushes forward with $51 million Rotunda restoration
Thomas Jefferson envisioned an “Academical Village” in which students and professors would live and learn together. At the very heart of this “Academical Village,” he placed the Rotunda as his library: “a temple of knowledge.” But today, the deteriorating structure of the iconic Rotunda threatens Jefferson’s vision. When University President Teresa A. Sullivan took office [...]
Read moreFrom Wall Street to Lee Park: behind the Occupy Charlottesville movement
Occupy Charlottesville activists may stay in Lee Park indefinitely until another location can be found, Charlottesville officials announced last Tuesday. Previously, the City had imposed a deadline of Thanksgiving for the group’s occupation of the park, but the City extended the movement’s permit last Tuesday. The continuation is the latest part of the Occupy Charlottesville [...]
Read moreInside the new internal financial model: University to decentralize budget planning
Since the economic downturn of 2007, Americans have grown increasingly familiar with discussions of budgets and financial planning processes. At state universities, similar conversations are aimed at optimizing the school’s financial resources. Keeping with this philosophy, a new internal financial model is taking shape at the University. Banking on a new model The new model [...]
Read moreUniversity Judiciary Committee in focus
The University Judiciary Committee usually acts behind closed doors. But earlier this month when the five members of The Cavalier Daily managing board faced UJC charges for allegedly violating the confidentiality of an honor proceeding, coverage in The Cavalier Daily, The Washington Post and other publications called attention to UJC procedures. When Cavalier Daily Editor-in-Chief [...]
Read moreMellon Foundation grant boosts humanities at University but anxieties persist
Earlier this month, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded the University a $2.9 million grant to help expand humanities initiatives through a series of interdisciplinary collaborations during the next five years. This funding will provide support for these academic fields, but not everyone is confident about the usefulness of the humanities. Some students graduating with [...]
Read moreUniversity to spend record $220 million on construction
Students may have noticed the University looks a bit different this year. Trips to Observatory Hill Dining Hall have grown longer, thanks to rolling hills of dirt overtaking the usual path. Beeping and squealing tractors interrupt quiet strolls to the libraries along McCormick Road. Engineering students may attend classes in glass-wrapped Rice Hall, and some [...]
Read moreMuslim at U.Va.: a religion, an identity
In the wake of the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, University students commemorated the tragedy in a variety of ways. Nearly 1,000 students gathered around the Ampitheater to participate in a candlelight vigil, and Sustained Dialogue hosted an interfaith dialogue to share experiences about the events. Some students had not previously been [...]
Read moreStriving to be sustainable
The Board of Visitors agreed in June to cut the University’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by the year 2025, citing the school’s “tradition of environmental stewardship” and pledging to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions to 250,000 metric tons from 2009 levels of 330,000 metric tons. Concern about lowering the University’s environmental impact extends [...]
Read moreFormer University student examines possible surge in sexual assaults
A stranger attacked Caitlin Mahoney, a University alumna of the class of 2009, from behind as she left the Downtown Mall with a friend Oct. 17, 2010. The attack occurred in a well-lit, heavily trafficked area, just a few steps away from the Charlottesville Police department, Mahoney said. The following spring, Mahoney reached out to [...]
Read moreAccessUVa faces ‘additional burden’
In light of the changing environment at the University and in higher education, the Board of Visitors outlined plans for a review of the AccessUVa program at its meeting Friday. The University faces a new dynamic with administrative turnovers and an expanding student base. Changes in financial aid programs among peer institutions and proposed cuts [...]
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