Plans to construct a dam at the Ragged Mountain site near Fontaine Research Park may be suspended because of a lawsuit filed by the Charlottesville Open Government Alliance, a community group created specifically to protest the dam project which is supposed to start next month. The plans, which Charlottesville City Council approved Jan.
A hit-and-run incident involving a Charlottesville resident and motorbike occurred about 3 p.m. yesterday in front of Madison Hall on University Ave. The victim sustained a non-life-threatening leg injury and was transported to the University Medical Center for treatment.
The Inter-Fraternity Council and the National Organization of Alpha Epsilon Pi re-chartered the University's Mu chapter yesterday evening during a ceremony at the Brody Jewish Center.
The Memorial for Enslaved Laborers Committee held a candlelit march across the Lawn to the steps of the Rotunda yesterday evening.
The Law School hosted a panel yesterday discussing the 2001 U.S.
The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences held its 12th annual Robert J. Huskey Research Exhibition yesterday in Newcomb Hall.
Student Council passed a bill at its Representative Body meeting yesterday evening which created a Graduate Affairs Committee.
Virginia received a failing grade on a Corruption Risk assessment report card released Monday by the Center for Public Integrity, Public Radio International and the nonprofit group Global Integrity.
The University's Hoos for Obama movement participated Tuesday in a conference call with First Lady Michelle Obama after the Republican Party of Virginia this week announced the dates for its three U.S.
David Brooks, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, spoke yesterday with Psychology Prof.
The Office of the Vice President for Research yesterday launched OpenGrounds, a studio space on the Corner geared toward collaborative research. The center, featuring projectors and sound systems, is the first in a network of spaces the University hopes to open in an effort to encourage interdisciplinary thought. "The idea is to provide a new way for faculty, students, external partners, community members to come together to take on major questions we face as a society," said William Sherman, the founding director of OpenGrounds and associate vice president for research. The studio is constructed as a multi-use space with an open environment, featuring multiple projectors, sound systems and tables and chairs.
The Barack Obama reelection campaign opened a Charlottesville office on the Downtown Mall Sunday to provide a center for Obama's supporters to congregate and volunteer for the president's 2012 bid. Charlottesville Vice Mayor Kristin Szakos, a campaign volunteer, said more than 180 people attended the office's opening.
Charlottesville City Council held its first public hearing on next fiscal year's proposed tax rate and City Manager Maurice Jones' proposed budget yesterday evening. City resident and former Council candidate Brandon Collins said current economic times demanded an increase of City services and therefore a hike in City taxes. "I don't see any problem with raising the tax rate... even a small, tiny increase," Collins said.
Defense attorneys for former University student George Huguely indicated Friday they plan to seek retrial, following the jury's decision Feb.
Two Honor Committee representatives advanced a proposal yesterday evening which would create a collective trial process for "dishonorable" behavior involving the Committee, the University Judiciary Committee and the Sexual Assault Board. Batten Rep.
The University Judiciary Committee appointed third-year College student Emily Forrester as UJC Chair in a closed election yesterday evening.
Albemarle County Police Friday identified a suspect who may have been involved in Thursday's bomb scare at the University's Fontaine Research Park.
Author Frank Costigliola spoke Friday morning at the Miller Center about his recently released book, "Roosevelt's Lost Alliances: How Personal Politics Helped Start the Cold War," as part of the Gordon and Mary Beth Smyth History Forum.
