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(04/24/14 2:14am)
Last month, antitrust attorney Jeffrey Kessler filed a lawsuit against the NCAA and five major college conferences on behalf of two football and two basketball players at Clemson, the University of Texas at El Paso, Rutgers and the University of California Berkeley — students Martin Jenkins, Kevin Perry, J.J. Moore and William Tyndall, respectively. With the exception of Jenkins, a junior, the four have completed their NCAA eligibility and ended their college athletic careers.
(04/21/14 2:04am)
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday to uphold the decision to deny the American Tradition Institute access to the emails of Michael Mann, a climate scientist and former University professor, staying consistent with the Prince William County Circuit Court’s previous ruling.
(04/17/14 4:55am)
Assistant Dean of Students Michael Citro, director of Student Organization Support, will leave his position at the end of the semester to start a new job in the Office of the President. Citro will cease to oversee Student Activities and Fraternity and Sorority Life and will deal instead with the University’s external relations.
(04/07/14 2:55am)
The Cavalier Daily recently obtained data on the salaries the University pays to its non-academic, non-medical staff. The University pledged $162 million to 2,936 employees for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2013, with an average salary of $55,196. The highest paid non-academic position is the CEO of the Medical Center, R. Edward Howell, who makes $618,000. University President Teresa Sullivan received the second largest amount, earning $485,000.
(03/27/14 4:22am)
The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences recently made a decision to alter its financial aid policy, and will now require many students to report any sources of aid they receive from outside the University to their graduate directors.The change reflects an effort to increase the efficiency and the distribution of financial aid to graduate students and to prevent financial losses.
(03/23/14 4:13pm)
The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences recently made a decision to alter its financial aid policy, and will now require many students to report any sources of aid they receive from outside the University to their graduate directors.The change reflects an effort to increase the efficiency and the distribution of financial aid to graduate students and to prevent financial losses.
(03/16/14 6:34pm)
The Commerce School completed its first round of admission decisions Friday, March 8. Of 577 University students who applied to the school, 239 were offered admission, 159 were deferred to decision at the end of this semester and 179 were denied. The school estimates that 85 to 90 of the deferred students will ultimately be offered admission.
(03/07/14 2:12am)
Four segments of the Berlin Wall will arrive on Grounds next Monday and will be displayed on the courtyard outside Alderman Library. The panels feature two murals titled “Kings of Freedom,” made by graffiti artist Dennis Kaun. The display comes as part of a leadup to the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989.
(03/02/14 3:42pm)
An AMBER Alert reached students across Grounds last Wednesday, Feb. 19, as part of an effort to recover five-year-old Amiyah Monet Dallas. She was found alive later that day.
(02/28/14 2:50am)
The University is currently working to further develop Morven Farms, a 2,913 acre University-owned property just south of Monticello and Ash Lawn-Highland, and will partner with architectural firm Hart Howerton to explore opportunities for continued growth and improving present initiatives at the farm.
(02/25/14 2:21am)
Board of Visitors increases graduate tuition
Graduate program costs grow between 1.2 and 19.6 percent
(02/16/14 6:34am)
A Virginia House of Delegates committee voted against a bill Thursday which would have raised the state minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.25 by 2015. Initially proposed by Sen. Dave Marsden, D-Centreville, the legislation cleared the state Senate the previous Tuesday.
(02/09/14 7:18am)
The American Institutes for Research published a report this month which found that student services and employee benefits, rather than full-time faculty salaries, are the primary causes of tuition increases.
(02/02/14 10:52pm)
Investor Jaffray Woodriff pledged $10 million toward the creation of an endowment for the University’s newly formed Data Science Institute, the University announced Thursday.
(01/26/14 8:55pm)
The Cavalier Daily elected its 125th staff Saturday, after more than seven hours of speeches, questions and endorsements. Third-year College student Rebecca Lim, a Production editor for the past two terms, was elected editor-in-chief. Lim outlined plans in her speech to improve outreach and collaboration between different sections of the newspaper.
(01/19/14 9:56pm)
After 20 years of business, the Student Book Store on the Corner will be closing this semester. Competition from online vendors has forced the bookstore to shut its doors, manager John Kelm said.
(12/01/13 9:20pm)
Student Council recently released a list of the 80 clubs requesting a combined total of $1,137,671.05 in funding for the spring semester. The individual requests ranged from just $500 to more than $100,000.
(11/18/13 3:02am)
The Organization of Young Filipino Americans held a vigil on the Rotunda steps Friday evening for victims of typhoon Haiyan, which recently devastated the Philippines. The storm hit last Nov. 7, killing a confirmed 3,600, displacing nearly 700,000 others, and impacting an estimated 10 million people.
(11/08/13 7:43pm)
Assoc. Commerce Dean Michael Morris was arrested and charged by the FBI with distribution or reception of child pornography Wednesday morning. He has since been placed on leave by the University.
(11/04/13 12:35am)
Due to the termination of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program went into effect Friday, reducing the amount of money low-income families around the country will receive to help pay for groceries. An estimated 8,000 Charlottesville residents will be affected.