The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday the approval of $2.7 million in individual assistance to nearby Louisa County to repair damages from the Aug.
[caption id="attachment_48481" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Engineering majors study 19 hours per week on average, according to a study released yesterday by the National Survey of Student Engagement.
[caption id="attachment_48479" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Textbook price increases are one contributing factor to overall college costs.
[caption id="attachment_48415" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Batten School, housed in Garrett Hall, plans to offer a new undergraduate degree in Leadership and Public Policy.
The Virginia State Crime Commission debated a bill yesterday proposed by former Del. Paula Miller, D-Norfolk, which would transfer the leadership of sexual assault cases on college campuses from university police to local or state police. The commission presented its evaluation of the bill, which was introduced in January 2011, to its members, inviting members of the public to voice their opinions. Twelve people, including former University student Kathryn Russell, whose 2004 alleged rape led to the proposal of the bill, spoke on behalf of the proposed legislation. Commission members suggested that the commission update the bill to include language requiring greater collaboration between campus police and local police officials. The bill would require university police to notify the commonwealth's attorney within 24 hours of a sexual assault complaint and mandates the collaboration of university police and local police, Miller said. "There's accountability," she said.
[caption id="attachment_48412" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The magnolia trees flanking the Rotunda are scheduled to be cut down during Winter Break.
[caption id="attachment_48410" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Students gathered in Nau Auditorium to discuss the importance of collaboration between China and the U.S.
[caption id="attachment_48336" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="An accident involving two University students took place at the intersection of Alderman and Ivy roads Monday evening.
The University received 11,417 applicants for the Class of 2016 through the newly implemented early action process, which ended Nov.
[caption id="attachment_48333" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Occupy Charlottesville members have been camping out in Lee Park since mid-October.
[caption id="attachment_48331" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Jefferson Gray, a former Fulbright Scholar to the Republic of Yemen, visited the University yesterday.
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia released recommendations to the state Monday, asking for financial incentives for public colleges and universities to increase enrollment. The council made these recommendations in accordance with the state's Higher Education Opportunity Act, which was passed earlier this year and aims to increase degree production by 100,000 throughout the next 15 years. The act established the Higher Education Advisory Committee to review current policies on higher education and make recommendations to the council, which then makes recommendations to Gov.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch released an analysis of forcible sex crimes at seven Virginia universities this week which found that no cases involving student-on-student assault resulted in criminal prosecution from 2008 through 2010. In the 15 crimes reported at the University between those years, only two people were accused and convicted - neither of whom were students. The Times-Dispatch analysis also showed that Virginia Tech was the only university to report it had expelled a student for sexual misconduct. Claire Kaplan, director of Sexual and Domestic Violence Services at the University's Women's Center, confirmed the findings of the study, saying "it addresses some of the problems that prosecutors have." The study revealed that victims rarely pressed charges and if they did it was very hard to prove their allegations because of a lack of evidence. "I've been in this office for more than 20 years and can count the number of criminal charges that were filed against U.Va.
[caption id="attachment_48257" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Turkey's Ambassador to the U.S.
[caption id="attachment_48255" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A fourth-year student was hospitalized with non-threatening injuries Saturday afternoon after falling from a balcony at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house.
Three University students shared the results of a study about Charlottesville's downtown farmers' market before market vendors and community members Sunday. The students took up this research because the City of Charlottesville is considering moving the market a new location.
[caption id="attachment_48252" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Sharon Davie, founder and director of the University's Women's Center, was presented with the National Women's Studies Association's 2011 Founders Award.
[caption id="attachment_48200" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Members of the Occupy Charlottesville movement gathered together before their general assembly meeting last night.
[caption id="attachment_48198" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="University President Teresa A.
Gov. Bob McDonnell endorsed former Virginia governor George Allen's bid for the U.S. Senate Friday. Allen, the Republican frontrunner, stated in January his intention to reclaim his seat in the Senate, a position he held before current Sen.
