Bloomberg Businessweek’s undergraduate business school rankings report released last Wednesday placed the McIntire School of Commerce second among the country’s best business schools.
Student representatives from the working groups of the University’s Strategic Planning Committee announced the creation of Imagine UVA last week – a student-run initiative intended to spark student conversation regarding the future of the University.
The University Judiciary Committee elected its new leadership Sunday evening. Third-year Engineering student David Ensey was elected incoming Chair. Ensey and outgoing Chair Emily Forrester, a fourth-year College student, said the new Committee was generally pleased with the way the Committee was currently being run but hoped to improve the efficiency of the process.
Third-year College Student Evan Behrle was elected chair of the Honor Committee this weekend during the Committee’s annual retreat. He ran unopposed for the position and will replace fourth-year College student Stephen Nash when the new committee takes office on April 1. The Committee also elected its four vice chairs.
Environmental and activist groups across Grounds used the United Nation’s World Water Day on Friday to raise awareness about local and international water issues. U.Va. Sustainability, a student-run organization supported by the University’s Office of Sustainability, set-up several tables on the west plaza of Newcomb Hall to educate students about their water consumption.
Nursing School Dean Dorrie Fontaine confirmed last week Bill and Joanne Conway gave $5 million over the next five years to the Nursing School to double the size of the Clinical Nurse Leaders program. The CNL program grants a master’s degree and focuses on giving students with non-nursing backgrounds training in both undergraduate nursing skills and leadership for the hospital setting.
The Batten School continued its Leadership Working Group Speaker Series Thursday afternoon as it hosted two visiting professors speaking on the role of women in power.
McDonnell signed a bill to prevent the use of substances similar to marijuana illegal in the state.
University hospital restrained patients for unknown amounts of time and failed to document the incidents in which this occurred.
The University Health System awarded $2.4 million to five project proposals.
The Charlottesville Fire Department responded to a car fire in the Health System South Parking Garage Wednesday morning.
The University Democrats hosted Attorney General Candidate Justin Fairfax in Monroe Hall on Wednesday evening. Fairfax outlined both his background in the judicial system, as well as his plans pending election as Attorney General of the Commonwealth.
The University announced the appointment of Dr. Nancy E. Dunlap as interim Dean of Medicine on Monday.
Student Council held a meeting where Greek housing and transparency of the StudCo leadership were discussed.
A Cambridge University professor spoke in Minor Hall to students and faculty on Tuesday. He presented his ideas on the importance of the study of humanities in a hard-sciences world.
The University is in the process of finalizing the details of a program that would partner with the Trinity college of Arts and Sciences at Duke University to give students access to less commonly taught languages.
The Education School hosted Stanford Psychology Prof. Carol Dweck at their annual Walter Ridley lecture. She spoke about fixed mindsets in education and how students can achieve more by pushing themselves out of their comfort zones.
On Monday night, the Charlottesville City Council held its first public hearing on the budget and tax rates for the 2014 Fiscal Year.
University President Teresa Sullivan highlighted the need to aggressively recruit faculty in her annual report, which was released Monday. She identified three “immediate” priorities: faculty recruitment, curriculum redesign and improving research.
The US News & World Report published the 2014 rankings of graduate programs, and many University graduate programs retained their status or moved up on the lists. The Darden School moved up from No. 13 to No.12 in this years rankings and Curry School of Education also moved up one spot, from No. 23 to No. 22.
