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.
The Charlottesville Commonwealth Attorney’s office is overseeing the Charlottesville Police Department in an investigation of a shooting involving two adult males and a police officer. The incident occurred Saturday morning shortly before 1 a.m. near the 100 block of Second Street NW, just off the Downtown Mall.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced in a press release Wednesday that February state general fund revenue collections were down 2 percent from January.
Graduate Arts & Sciences student Adam Lees has announced he is intending to run for a seat on the Charlottesville City Council this November to improve the University’s relationship with the community and better represent students in City Hall.
Larry Sabato, politics professor and director of the University’s Center for Politics, was named William & Mary’s 2013 Hunter B.
Following a flurry of new developments in the University governance crisis, the Association of American University Professors (AAUP) released a report Thursday lambasting the University Board of Visitors and Rector Helen Dragas for their role in last summer’s forced resignation of University President Teresa Sullivan.
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni on Friday appealed its Dec. 31 complaint to the Department of Education protesting “wrongful interference with institutional autonomy and governance powers” by the University’s accrediting body.
Several shots were fired on the corner between 1:45 and 2 a.m Thursday night. According to eyewitness testimony from first-year Engineering student Chris Glazier, the unknown gunman fired a third or fourth bullet through the front window of Mincers as he fled on foot.
The University and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation has awarded its highest honors, the 2013 Thomas Jefferson Foundation medals, to landscape architect Laurie Olin, FBI director Robert Mueller, and founder of Teach for America Wendy Kopp.
Forty-three members of the Library Faculty Assembly signed a letter to speak out against the changing designation of all library employees to staff.
Incoming library staff will no longer be designated as faculty, University Librarian Karen Wittenborg told library employees in an email March 1.
For the third time this academic year the University has canceled classes because of inclement weather.
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.
