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(10/21/11 4:54am)
The American Council on Education announced this week the formation of the Commission on Higher Education Attainment, a group designed to look at President Obama's proposal to improve higher education by the year 2020, analyze the current educational system and then offer advice to universities and governmental agencies.
(10/07/11 5:19am)
A study published this week in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine reported a link between public Facebook habits and personal drinking problems.
(10/05/11 4:00am)
Evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins spoke to students, faculty and Charlottesville community members in Old Cabell Hall yesterday to discuss the importance of using science rather than the supernatural to explain world phenomena. Dawkins spoke before signing his new book, "The Magic of Reality."
(09/29/11 4:52am)
U.S. News & World Report said Friday it will not adopt the National Association for College Admissions Counseling recommendations to reconstruct the way U.S. News ranks schools when developing the Top 25 Universities list.
(09/09/11 6:41am)
Philip Barton, deputy head of mission at the British Embassy in Washington, visited the University yesterday to speak to Assoc. Politics Prof. John Echeverri-Gent's "Politics in India and Pakistan" class. Barton discussed the current relations between Pakistan and India and the necessity of American and British involvement in the conflict.
(08/26/11 4:40am)
The University received a $35,000 grant earlier this month from the Dominion Foundation, the community-focused branch of Dominion Resources, to pursue undergraduate research measuring the environmental and engineering impact of the removal of small dams. The project aims to provide students with analytical skills and experience in field research on river systems.
(03/30/11 6:27am)
A group of University students and faculty recently received a $14.7 million donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support research to improve the effectiveness of polio vaccinations in Bangladesh.
(03/02/11 7:20am)
About 40 students gathered at the Office of African-American Affairs Monday to execute another march rallying to increase personnel salaries as well as to garner financial support for African-American studies. This event followed Friday's march for a living wage, which occurred during the Board of Visitors meeting.
(02/23/11 6:31am)
Researchers discovered this month 74 volumes from Thomas Jefferson's personal collection have been housed unknowingly at Washington University in St. Louis library for the past 131 years.
(02/16/11 7:06am)
The number of traditional language programs in higher education has declined during the past 40 years, a study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Riverside concluded.