Students gather to condemn recent racial incidents
Members of the University community gathered on the stairs of the Rotunda Saturday afternoon in response to five reported racially-charged incidents that occurred in a three-day period last week.
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Members of the University community gathered on the stairs of the Rotunda Saturday afternoon in response to five reported racially-charged incidents that occurred in a three-day period last week.
Archaeologists from the Rivanna Archaeological Services, LLC have discovered 18 additional grave shafts and numerous historical artifacts near Jefferson Park Avenue and Venable Lane during the past three months.
The University's Army ROTC has experienced an overall decrease in enrollment since last year but retention remains steady, according to the University Army ROTC Chairman, Lieutenant Colonel Hampton Hite.
The Charlottesville School Board voted 5-2 in favor of accepting the resignation of Charlottesville City Schools Superintendent Scottie Griffin on Thursday.
With the General Assembly's passage of the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act earlier this month -- the legislation once known as the charter initiative -- Virginia institutions of higher education are now set to begin the restructuring process.
Despite recent concerns regarding the inequity of the selection criteria, the College Board decided to continue its relationship with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation in a March meeting of the Executive Board.
Varsity Hall was transported to a permanent location near Hospital Drive Saturday.
In a recently released issue, the U.S. News & World Report altered its standards for law school rankings. While the change is slight, some officials are concerned the new rankings produced by the system could indirectly disadvantage minority applicants to law schools.
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that public schools are not protected from federal lawsuits filed by students under the Americans with Disabilities Act, overturning a previous ruling that served to veil schools from such suits.
Undergraduate researchers from around the world are gathering at the University this week to share their soon-to-be-published papers.
The University Department of Parking and Transportation has decided to increase parking fees, beginning in May.
In the past decade, network television has been bombarded by a plethora of reality makeover shows. On shows such as "The Swan" and "Extreme Makeover," women are encouraged to change their inner persona by reconfiguring their physical appearances. These shows, in conjunction with other images and ideas in popular culture, cause many people to be unsurprised by increases in the number of females seeking cosmetic surgery as a viable option for increased self-esteem.
Planned Parenthood's Emergency Contraception Van came to the University yesterday, sponsored by the student group Voices of Planned Parenthood.
The University Transit Service will offer weekend late-night service in a new pilot program, which will run for four weekends, beginning April 7.
Member organizations of the Black Fraternal Council unanimously voted last night to join the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc., the umbrella organization for the nine historically black Greek letter fraternities and sororities.
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia moved forward on a new reform initiative tocreate more uniform courses and help ease the transfer process for Virginia community college students in a meeting March 8.
The University Board of Elections last night announced the results of student votes on nine referenda included on the University's spring ballot.
Females outnumber males in higher education enrollment and in their attainment of associate and bachelor's degrees, as indicated by a report released by the National Center for Education Statistics on Friday.
Institutions of higher education are becoming increasingly "market- oriented" and less focused on the quality of education they provide, according to a report published by The Futures Project, a higher education research group, on Feb. 17.
State colleges and universities moved one step closer to gaining more administrative flexibility and autonomy Tuesday.