“Grad Days” commenced Tuesday afternoon with a keynote speech by University President Teresa Sullivan on the future of graduate students at the University in the light of major changes in the higher education system.
Fourth year Rowan Sprague has dedicated herself to creating new traps for harmful beetle pests.
Student Council voted on multiple items last night and tables a controversial transparency amendment.
The Charlottesville Police are still investigating an assault that occurred at the Buffalo Wild Wings on Emmet Street Friday night.
The University’s Biomedical Innovation Fund announced Friday the awarding of a total of $200,00 to several University research projects, to promote collaborative research efforts potentially leading to improved diagnostic techniques in disease treatment.
Student Council launched its redesigned website this past weekend.
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.
