BOV expedites final phase of dorm construction
The Board of Visitors approved plans to accelerate the construction of a new Alderman Road residence hall, which is now scheduled for completion by fall 2014.
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The Board of Visitors approved plans to accelerate the construction of a new Alderman Road residence hall, which is now scheduled for completion by fall 2014.
As tensions continue between Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville about a budget proposal that would transfer $2.8 million annually from city to county schools, Del. David J. Toscano, D-Charlottesville, has created a blog, "Community Voices: Charlottesville and Albemarle Together" in an effort to increase collaboration between the city and the county.
The Faculty Senate unanimously voted last Wednesday to endorse giving University faculty members more rights to their published works and allowing those articles to be more accessible to the public.
The University decided last Friday to move the Papers of the George Washington Project, a comprehensive publication of the first president's papers and correspondence, to Mount Vernon's new Library for the Study of George Washington.
The University's endowment declined 22.7 percent during 2008-09, according to the 2009 annual report released by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and the Commonfund Institute.
The Tayloe Murphy Center at the Darden School will introduce the Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards Competition this spring, a state-based competition that aims to recognize entrepreneurs that have thrived despite a struggling economy.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear Abbott v. United States of America, in which the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic of the University Law School will represent the petitioner, Kevin Abbott.
Google announced that the University Asst. Computer Science Prof. Sudhanva Gurumurthi is among the recipients of its Focus Research Awards yesterday, which total $5.7 million of unrestricted grant money to fund 12 projects at 10 different academic institutions.
A recent University study indicated that the online behavior of users of social networking sites reflects their childhood social development and interactions.
Two of the South Lawn's three planned academic buildings opened for classes Wednesday, providing additional space for classrooms and offices, University Architect David Neuman said.
Today, University employees can begin donating through the annual Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign, a state-wide fundraising program. The campaign, which officially kicked off Oct. 1 but will only now accept funds, provides commonwealth employees the opportunity to support the charity of their choice from a list of about 1,300 participating state organizations.
The National Institute of Health awarded its New Innovator Award Sept. 24 to Asst. Biomedical Engineering Prof. Kevin Janes. Janes, one of 55 scientists to receive the award, will use the $1.5 million grant to research the behavior of ErbB2, a cancer-causing protein.
The Virginia State Board of Education recently enacted a policy that requires middle school students to structure their future educational plans, specifically those regarding college educations and careers.