Fenn compares JFK, Obama
Dan Fenn, founding director of the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Mass., spoke about his experiences in the Kennedy White House from 1961 to 1963 for an audience gathered in the Rotunda Dome Room last night.
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Dan Fenn, founding director of the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Mass., spoke about his experiences in the Kennedy White House from 1961 to 1963 for an audience gathered in the Rotunda Dome Room last night.
The College announced Tuesday it received $41.7 million in new fundraising commitments in fiscal year 2010-11. The windfall marks a 49 percent increase from the previous year.
Minutes after President Teresa A. Sullivan introduced John Simon as the University's new executive vice president and provost yesterday, the administrator assumed the podium with a poise and confidence felt throughout the Rotunda's Dome Room.
Despite extensive renovation projects and the discovery of asbestos in its insulation, Newcomb Hall will remain open to students throughout the academic year.
Administrators decided to shut down the University chapter of Zeta Psi fraternity in late June after a pledge was hospitalized this past March.
UPDATE--Following months of speculation, administrators decided to shut down the University chapter of Zeta Psi fraternity Tuesday as a result of the hospitalization of a student this past March.
The University and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation have partnered to create a $20 million endowment which will fund the University of Virginia Coulter Translational Research Partnership in biomedical engineering. This aims to foster research collaboration between biomedical engineers and clinicians with the ultimate goal of bringing new technology for human health to the marketplace.
The University Police Department received search warrants Tuesday for e-mail and Home Directory contents for fraternity brothers and a first-year pledge as part of the continued investigation into Zeta Psi fraternity following the pledge's hospitalization March 1. The pledge was treated at Martha Jefferson Hospital for an electrolyte imbalance because of the high sodium content of a bottle of soy sauce he consumed at the fraternity house. He later was transported to the intensive care ward at the University Medical Center, and spent a total of four days in the hospital before being released.
Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport soon will have two roundtrip non-stop flights daily to and from Chicago O'Hare International Airport. American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, will operate the new service, which will begin June 9.
The Virginia Employment Commission released statistics last Wednesday indicating Central Virginia's unemployment rate dropped in December to its lowest point in two years. The Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes most of Central Virginia, reported a 5.2 percent unemployment rate, the lowest since January 2009.
Virginia figures from the 2010 United States Census released last Thursday report a spike in the Asian and Hispanic populations, specifically in Northern Virginia counties. As a result, the state has reached 8 million residents and nearly one-third of them are non-white or multi-racial.
This Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the recovery of Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington's remains on Anchorage Farm in Albemarle County.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, visited Prof. Larry Sabato's introductory American Politics class yesterday afternoon. Collins, who focused on the need to change the tone of current political discourse, was first elected to the Senate in 1996 and is the Ranking Member and former Chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
With next month's University-wide elections in sight, members of the Honor Committee discussed both the progress they have made this term and what work still needs to be done at last night's meeting.
Del. Tim Hugo, R-Centreville, is proposing legislation that would require at least 75 percent of accepted students at state universities and colleges to be Virginians.
Charlottesville and Albemarle County will receive state funding to expand the area's prisoner re-entry initiatives, local officials announced Monday.
University alumnus and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued a letter last Friday in which he supported the Department of Motor Vehicles' decision to reject federal work permit cards as adequate proof of lawful presence in the country.
The University Health System will cease accepting patients who are covered by West Virginia Medicaid as of Dec. 1.
Second-year Engineering student Amanda Ray will appear in the first round of the Jeopardy College Championship Friday evening. The competition includes 15 competitors from universities across the country and continues until Nov. 19. The winner will be awarded $100,000.
President Obama's visit to Charlottesville at the end of October to campaign for Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Charlottesville, cost thousands in overtime payment to city and county employees.