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(01/26/12 1:25pm)
The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority approved an agreement between the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County yesterday to share the cost of a new dam aimed at increasing the size of the Ragged Mountain Reservoir.
(01/19/12 7:54am)
The Serpentine Society, the LGBTQ alumni organization at the University, sent an open letter to President Teresa A. Sullivan Dec. 30 to express dismay with the Virginia football team's decision to participate in the Chick-fil-A Bowl the next day. The group maintains that the fast food chain supports anti-LGBTQ organizations.
(11/30/11 8:40am)
Colleges and universities could more accurately predict their graduation rates by developing a better understanding of the students who enroll, according to a report released yesterday from the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.
(11/18/11 7:05am)
Undergraduate engineering students study more than students of any other major, while business and social sciences students put in the least number of hours, according to a study released yesterday by the National Survey of Student Engagement. The average full-time undergraduate student studies 15 hours per week.
(11/16/11 6:33am)
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia released recommendations to the state Monday, asking for financial incentives for public colleges and universities to increase enrollment.
(11/09/11 8:59am)
First-time enrollment of international students at U.S. graduate schools increased by 8 percent this fall, according to a report released yesterday by the Council of Graduate Schools. This is the strongest gain since 2006, when the increase was 12 percent.
(11/02/11 5:10am)
State Sen. Edd Houck, D-Spotsylvania announced Monday he will introduce a bill to provide state income tax credit to homeowners in nearby Louisa County in need of earthquake relief aid. The Aug. 23 earthquake left 1,400 residents in Louisa County impacted by the natural disaster.
(10/28/11 5:23am)
The Education School announced this week that it will offer a new four-year kinesiology major starting in fall 2012. High school seniors will now be able to apply directly into the program rather than having to wait until spring of their second year.
(10/21/11 4:56am)
Narayan Lakshman, Washington correspondent for The Hindu, India's largest English-language daily newspapers, spoke at the University yesterday about corruption in India and the role of newspapers in politics today.
(10/20/11 5:33am)
A team of cancer biologists at the University and the University of Colorado were awarded $9.55 million by the National Cancer Institute last week to fund five years of prostate cancer research. The research will focus on the molecular changes of cells that become resistant to therapy as the cancer progresses.
(10/20/11 5:32am)
Lisa Spaar, professor of creative writing, was awarded the annual Carole Weinstein Prize in Poetry at the 14th annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards in Richmond last weekend. Spaar was recognized for her contribution to poetry in Central Virginia and received $10,000.
(10/17/11 6:16am)
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 first-year students live in residence halls erected this past summer. These finished or continuing projects have cost the University more money on construction and renovation than ever before.
(09/28/11 4:13am)
An automobile struck the Greenhouse apartment building on 14th Street during an accident Monday at around 10:34 p.m.
(09/23/11 5:02am)
The number of new students enrolled in graduate schools fell nationwide for the first time in seven years in fall 2010, according to a report released yesterday by the Council of Graduate Schools. The decline of 1.1 percent was sharper in public institutions than in private, not-for-profit institutions. Since fall 2000, first-time graduate enrollment has increased 3.8 percent annually on average.
(09/16/11 1:14pm)
Frederick Hitz, former CIA agent, adjunct Batten professor and senior fellow at the University's Center for National Security Law, spoke yesterday about weaknesses of the CIA and how the organization can move forward.
(09/14/11 6:34pm)
The University maintained its spot as the No. 2 top public school in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report's rankings released yesterday. It also remained the 25th best national university, a spot it has never dropped below since U.S. News began these rankings in 1983.
(09/05/11 6:42am)
When a first-year student pledging Zeta Psi fraternity was hospitalized last March, fraternity presidents were dismayed but not surprised. Considering that Zeta Psi was one of the oldest fraternities on Grounds, its peers were aware that the fraternity might have been practicing potentially dangerous traditions.
(08/24/11 5:07am)
The Inter-Fraternity Governing Board elected Dane Ferre as interim president this summer after Neil Holby was forced to resign when his fraternity, Zeta Psi, was closed down by University administrators in July as a result of the hospitalization of a pledge.
(08/20/11 4:00am)
Michael Strine took office as executive vice president and chief operating officer July 1, a day after Leonard Sandridge stepped down from that position after 44 years at the University.
(04/29/11 4:00am)
Three College professors were awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship Monday to further their research projects. History Prof. Alon Confino is studying Nazi Germany's perspective on Jews, Environmental Science Prof. Paolo D'Odorico will study the impact of globalization of water resources on societal and environmental resilience, and Anthropology Prof. Kath Weston is studying the 2008 financial crisis and the metaphor made by economists and policymakers comparing the economy to an ailing patient.