University Mediation Services holds awareness days this week
University Mediation Services is holding Mediation Awareness Days this week to inform the University community about its services and mediation in general.
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University Mediation Services is holding Mediation Awareness Days this week to inform the University community about its services and mediation in general.
The Special Committee on the Nomination of the President met yesterday, beginning the closed session of the search process.
The University's Equal Opportunity Programs Office recently presented its inaugural Champion Awards to 17 University community members, recognizing individuals' efforts to foster a more inclusive environment on Grounds.
Virginian voters will elect the state's 71st governor today. After months of campaigning, gubernatorial candidates Bob McDonnell and Creigh Deeds finished their campaigns with whirlwind state tours yesterday.
The James Madison University Judicial Affairs Office has brought charges against student journalists for allegedly committing policy violations while reporting.
Rep. Tom Perriello, along with delegates Robert Bell and David Toscano, all of whom represent the Charlottesville area at various levels of government, toured the University's Rotating Machinery and Controls Laboratory yesterday to examine the effects of wind energy. The Democratic and Republican leaders in part made their visit to show support for emerging power technologies.
Dr. Paul Wichansky, a national public speaker on disabilities awareness, spoke at the University last night, kicking off the University's Disability Awareness Week.
Following the examples of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University, the University Faculty Senate is considering a resolution that would require all faculty members to retain the rights to enter their academic articles into a publicly accessible University repository. The proposed policy - which will be voted on at the Senate's Nov. 20 meeting - brings with it larger debates and concerns about open access and preservation issues.
The General Faculty Council, which represents non-tenured track faculty and staff, convened Wednesday to discuss the Faculty Senate Task Force report on non-tenure track faculty (NTTF), and the status of policies affecting administration and professional faculty.
University President John T. Casteen, III and three faculty members were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Saturday.
University and University of Maryland researchers have discovered Saturn's largest ring, potentially solving a 300-year-old astronomical mystery.
The University recently began to receive research funding through the federal stimulus package, which will ultimately total nearly 10 percent of the year's research funding.
The University continues to move forward with changes made to its Patent Foundation, UVAPF, in hopes of increasing revenue and conversion of patents to licensing deals.
Delta Upsilon fraternity will break ground on its new house at 3 p.m. this Saturday, Event Chair Tom Spiegel said.
The Class Giving Committee of Fourth Year Trustees launched its Class of 2010 Giving Campaign yesterday.
Republican Kenneth Boyd has informally announced his intent to run for Virginia's fifth district congressional seat in 2010.
The Law School recently opened a clinic to help low-income families resolve disputes outside of the court system, said Kimberly Emery, clinic co-instructor and assistant dean for pro bono and public interest.
Gov. Tim Kaine's proposed state funding cuts will result in a $10.3 million budget reduction for the University and higher tuition costs for students next year, said Colette Sheehy, vice president for management and budget.
Charlottesville Animal Control officers captured a fox yesterday in a trap set in the Lambeth Field area. Animal Control took the fox to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to be euthanized and sent the animal to the health department for rabies testing this morning.\nThe fox acted timidly after capture and did not exhibit signs of aggression, Animal Control Officer Bobby Durrer said. It has not been identified as the animal that may have attacked students last week, he said, and Charlottesville Health Department Doctor Lilian Peake explained that it would be unlikely for the same animal to be caught.\n"If a fox had been rabid at the time of the bite a week ago, it would be unusual for it to still be alive right now," she said, noting that sick animals usually die within a few days.\n"We're just having [the captured fox] tested ... because we found him up by Lambeth Field," Durrer said. The results will help determine if the fox attacked other animals in the area, Peake said.\nUniversity police have decided to leave the traps out at least until they receive the test results, University Police Lieut. Melissa Fielding said. She added that "the same advice still applies; that if [people] see a fox or another animal, not to approach it. We ask that they call the police immediately with an exact location of the animal."\n-compiled by Katherine Raichlen
The Learning Barge, a floating environmental education center designed and constructed by University students and faculty, will open to the public Sept. 14.\nThe project grew out of research that Architecture Prof. Phoebe Crisman began with the Elizabeth River Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the Elizabeth River fishable and swimmable by 2020, said Danielle Willkens, student project manager and University alumna.\n"Basically the project itself is really achieved through student coursework," Crisman said, explaining that the work has been accomplished through a series of classes, design studios and technology seminars.\n"It's not an extracurricular project," she said. "It's been sort of integrated in with courses and it's been going on since spring of 2006 in the initial research phase."\nThe project has been an interdisciplinary effort, Willkens said, as the Architecture School collaborated with the Engineering School to develop systems for the barge and the Education School to develop the curriculum.\n"It's really been everyone, from engineers to teachers to other designers," Willkens said. In addition to the Elizabeth River Project, the University also collaborated with a local naval designer, the Coast Guard and smaller groups and contractors.\nUniversity students and faculty were responsible for the research, including preliminary outlines, design process, detailed development of the design and construction.\n"Literally we were down there yesterday pouring concrete," Crisman said.\nConstruction on the barge is still in progress but will be completed before Sept. 14, Willkens said. The barge was put into the water last week, meaning that fragile items like windows and solar panels can be installed, she said.\nThe barge will consist of entirely sustainable systems, Willkens said, and is intended to serve as a field trip destination for fifth- through eighth-graders. The nonprofit is trying to teach children about changes they can make at home to improve the river's health, Willkens said.\n"When they're on the barge, they're going to learn about everything from sustainable tech to water filtration," she said, "[and] have the opportunity to be on the river, which a lot of kids don't have the chance to do in that area."\nFor the project launch, the barge will be tugged in place to Portsmouth, outside the Elizabeth River Project office, and a large celebration will take place, Willkens said. Environmental Protection Agency officials are excited about the launch, she said, noting that they have come down and filmed the project a few times and that the Learning Barge has been a winner of the national sustainability contest, called P3.\nThough the Elizabeth River Project will own and operate the barge, the University will stay involved with the project after the launch by evaluating what happens during the first year, Willkens said. This will include monitoring the systems that have been incorporated into it, such as energy collection and testing water quality, Willkens said. A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts also will enable Willkens to stay on with the project for a year, monitoring design-related aspects of the barge, backing the children's art and architecture related projects and producing a small pamphlet collecting the art produced on the barge, she said.