[caption id="attachment_39533" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The University received 23,942 applications for the class of 2015, a 6-percent increase from last year's pool of students.
The University Board of Elections is now promoting the student-wide election held in February. The ballot, created and distributed annually by the UBE, will consist of candidates running for leadership positions among the University's student governing bodies, as well as any referenda being proposed by these bodies. In the past, the UBE has seen low voter turnout, UBE Chair Ricky Zein said, adding that on average, about 30 to 40 percent of students cast a vote. "This year, I am hopeful that we can surpass 50 percent of the student voting population," Zein said. The UBE hopes that candidate endorsements from other student organizations will help to increase the number of students who participate in the process. "Any [contracted independent organization] can endorse a candidate, and their endorsement is communicative throughout the general study body," Zein said.
[caption id="attachment_39528" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Roy Willis was honored by the University at an event last year.
Shortly after President Obama delivered his 2011 State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Congressman Robert Hurt, R-Charlottesville, issued a brief response. Traditionally, members of the opposing party respond to the president's speech with statements of their own, explaining their party's and their own perspectives on the issues covered in the address. In his response, Hurt noted that "it was encouraging to hear President Obama address the pressing need to create jobs, cut spending and get our fiscal house in order," but added that he "was disappointed by [Obama's] renewed commitment to pursue more stimulus-style government spending." Obama's speech focused on the nation's need to strive for bipartisan cooperation; endorse research, innovation and education; and facilitate small business development. "We need to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world," Obama said.
Richmond, Northern Virginia and Virginia Beach are among the nation's most congested traffic areas, according to the 2010 Annual Urban Mobility Report recently released by the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University. Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.
For the second year in a row, Virginia's public school system ranked fourth in the nation in the release of Education Week's Quality Counts report earlier this month.
[caption id="attachment_39405" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Charlottesville realty market saw decreases in home sales from 2009-2010.
[caption id="attachment_39393" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The beam came to Charlottesville from a hanger in JFK airport that houses items recovered from Ground Zero.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will address graduates on the Lawn May 22 as part of the University's 182nd graduation ceremony. University President Teresa A.
Student Council's Athletic Affairs Committee announced the launch of a new club sports council and discussed sports publicity projects during Council's general body meeting yesterday.
New research from psychologists at Purdue University suggests memory retrieval exercises, such as self-testing, are the most efficient study techniques for students. "Our new research shows that practicing retrieval is an even more effective strategy than engaging in elaborative studying," Asst.
University Law students working for the Innocence Project are currently reviewing the case of Justin Wolfe, a man convicted of murder-for-hire in Northern Virginia. In 2001, Owen Barber shot and killed Daniel Petrole, a major marijuana dealer in Northern Virginia.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, visited Prof. Larry Sabato's introductory American Politics class yesterday afternoon.
George Allen, who served as Virginia's governor before taking a seat in the U.S. Senate, officially announced his plans yesterday morning to reclaim the Senate seat in November 2012.
American college students show little to no academic growth in the fields of critical thinking, complex reasoning and written communication during their first two years, according to a recently published study by Sociology Prof.
With next month's University-wide elections in sight, members of the Honor Committee discussed both the progress they have made this term and what work still needs to be done at last night's meeting. Thus far, the Committee has focused largely on educating the student body at large about the honor system and improving the efficiency of case reporting.
University inventors were awarded 32 patents last year, setting a new record for the University of Virginia patent foundation. Interim Executive Director Miette Michie said the foundation seeks to "commercialize inventions" that stem from research at the University.
Dr. Gordon Ralph Woody, Jr., College alumnus from the class of 1954 and a member of the Seven Society, passed away Jan.
[caption id="attachment_39182" align="alignleft" width="239" caption="Former University lacrosse player George Huguely is charged with first-degree murder in relation to the death of fellow lacrosse player Yeardley Love.
[caption id="attachment_39180" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Although the Housing Division washed and dry-cleaned clothes that were damaged in the flooding, the University stated it is not responsible for replacing property.
