Striving 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 [...]
Read moreFrom Washington to campus
This August, the nation watched as a bitter battle took place in the Capitol about the nation’s fiscal trajectory. Republicans and Democrats made a concession and the debt ceiling was raised before the Aug. 2 deadline set by Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner. Still, the compromise was just the beginning of a serious political firestorm [...]
Read moreFor LGBTQ persons, searching for solutions (Gay at U.Va.: Part III)
In accordance with the University’s ongoing progress toward building a more LGBTQ-friendly community, professors, students and alumni within the University’s LGBTQ communities have called upon leaders within the University to actively seek to improve the quality of life for LGBTQ students and faculty, naming several important issues that University officials need to confront. A queer [...]
Read moreGay at U.Va.: Part II
Not even a decade ago, at University events like football games, where the “Good Ol’ Song” was sung multiple times by a crowd of thousands, the lyrics “not gay” were often interjected into the second-to-last stanza of the song. Known infamously as the “not gay chant,” these words are no longer a presence at Scott [...]
Read moreGay at U.Va.: Part I
When Ellen Bass, an associate professor in the department of Systems and Information Engineering, came to the Charlottesville in 2002 with her partner and son, she had to overcome a huge financial hurdle. “It cost me thousands of dollars to be a gay person,” Bass said, recounting, “I didn’t get moving benefits for my partner, [...]
Read moreFraternities in Limbo
At about 2:15 a.m. March 1, 2011, a first-year College student arrived at Martha Jefferson Hospital seizing and foaming at the mouth. He was later transported to the intensive care ward at the University Medical Center, where he was treated for an electrolyte imbalance in his blood. According to court documents, the student — a [...]
Read moreTo teach or not to teach?
As fourth-year students near the end of their undergraduate experiences, some already are committed to more time in the classroom — as teachers. Since its inception in 1990, Teach For America has developed into one of the most popular and growing programs in the country for top-notch college graduates. TFA originally began as the brainchild [...]
Read morePell Grants in Jeopardy
When Congress averted a government shutdown by reaching a compromise about the budget for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year, it adopted a plan which preserved funding for Pell Grants and kept the maximum amount at $5,550. Congress now must adopt a budget for the 2012 fiscal year, however, and the House passed a [...]
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