Student Council approved a nitrogen reduction plan Tuesday evening, following in the footsteps of the Faculty Senate, which passed a resolution in February to curb nitrogen emissions at the University.
The Center for Open Science, a nonprofit organization that aims to increasing transparency in scientific research, made its grand opening Tuesday in Charlottesville. Assoc.
Counseling and Psychological Services hosted free mental wellness screenings in Newcomb Hall Tuesday afternoon to assess students for various psychological issues and traumas. CAPS partners with Peer Health Educators and the Office of Health Promotion to host the outreach event once each semester. “I think this program is always pertinent,” CAPS assistant director Dr. Leonard Carter said.
The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library’s Goodwill Committee teamed up with the University’s Women, Gender & Sexuality Program to host the seventh annual “The Big Read” event in Charlottesville.
Helen Dragas criticized the Faculty Senate for their condemnation of her recent conduct toward University President Teresa Sullivan in an email Monday.
An email exchange obtained by the Washington Post between University President Teresa Sullivan and Rector Helen Dragas concerning goals for the academic year reveal a continuing divide between the University’s leading officials. “I am not averse to stretch goals, but I also do not care to be set up to fail,” Sullivan wrote in a Feb.
The University received a $300,000 grant from the Office of Gov. Bob McDonnell Monday to plan a science education partnership with Charlottesville City Schools. The partnership will encourage scientific learning by providing students high-tech equipment to work with, Curry Prof.
The sequester developed by President Barack Obama and Congress during the August 2011 debt crisis went into effect Friday after legislators failed to reach a budget compromise. The plan, which Politics Prof.
University Army Cadet Aimee Moores, a member of the University’s Reserve Officers Training Corps program and a fourth-year College student, was awarded the 2013 General George C. Marshall Award last week.
Bob Schieffer, longtime journalist and host of CBS’s weekly news broadcast “Face the Nation,” spoke to Politics Prof.
The Honor Committee unanimously amended its bylaws Sunday evening to provide for the temporary implementation of the informed retraction amendment, which passed by the student body during elections this past week.
Gregory Joseph Canty, a 2012 University graduate and pathology lab employee in the Health System, passed away February 20 in Charlottesville at the age of 22. While at the University, colleagues said Canty distinguished himself as an outstanding student and member of the community.
A proposal to add informed retraction to the Honor Committee’s constitution, introduced by Second-year Law student Frank Bellamy, was approved by about 64 percent of the 8441 students who voted on the amendment in the University-wide elections this past week.
The University Board of Elections announced at noon Saturday the results of the 2013 University-wide elections.
Vanderbilt History Prof. Sarah Igo held a conference at the Institute for the Advanced Study in Culture yesterday to discuss the history of privacy in modern America.
University Physics Prof. Lou Bloomfield may be best known for creating “Lou’s List,” an easily navigable database of course offerings at the University.
The Patient & Friends Research Committee of the University’s Cancer Center hosted their annual “Hot Topics in Cancer Event” Thursday in Alumni Hall, showcasing the groundbreaking blood cancer research being conducted at the University.
Second-year Law student Ronald Fisher submitted a Virginia Freedom of Information Act request Feb. 25 for Honor Committee records concerning private funding for the Committee’s Restore the Ideal Act campaign. The FOIA request asks for email correspondences between Honor Committee members and private individuals who have funded the campaign.
Provost John Simon approved proposed tuition increases for doctoral candidates in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
David Coleman, College Board president, announced plans Tuesday to radically redesign the SAT. While specific details of the redesign have not yet been specified, a speech Coleman delivered upon taking office in October highlighted several problems with the current structure of the test which he said he hoped to correct.
