Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced Feb. 3 that he will submit a petition to the U.S.
A student-initiated interdisciplinary minor in global sustainability is now open to all undergraduate students. Beginning this May, students can graduate with the new minor if they meet the necessary requirements, which include a global sustainability course and one upper-level class focused on community collaboration in addressing sustainability issues.
A proposed regulation announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would require that student health insurance plans provided through universities and colleges comply with certain provisions in the Affordable Care Act that was signed into law last March. Although the nation's colleges and universities are currently able to exempt themselves from the requirements of the Act by classifying student health insurance plans as limited benefit plans, the proposed regulation would ensure that students obtaining health insurance coverage through their school receive the same protections and rights as other Americans under the Affordable Care Act, an HHS news release stated. Under the regulation, insurance companies would no longer be able to drop the coverage of a student because of an unintentional mistake on an application, impose lifetime dollar limits on the amount spent on health benefits in student health plans or deny or exclude coverage for students under age 19 for reasons of a pre-existing condition.
The University's Teaching Resource Center has partnered with Information Technology and Communication to develop the eTAP, an online tool that allows instructors to collect mid-semester feedback from students.
[caption id="attachment_40471" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A proposed bill would prohibit cell phone use while driving, unless the driver is using a 'hands-free' device.
Virginia football player Devin Wallace failed to disclose a prior arrest to the University, which is a violation of University Standards of Conduct.
[caption id="attachment_40358" align="alignleft" width="236" caption="U.Va. Day gave Student Council an opportunity to communicate concerns expressed through a survey completed by nearly 2,000 University students.
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va, announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2012. "After much thought and consideration I have decided to return to the private sector, where I have spent most of my professional life," Webb said in a statement released on his 65th birthday.
[caption id="attachment_40355" align="alignleft" width="175" caption="Dr. James C. Turner's study shows national data to be 89 percent higher than Student Health's findings about fatalities among college students.
[caption id="attachment_40353" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Former Virginia Supreme Court Justice Leroy Hassell stepped down from his position as chief justice last month.
[caption id="attachment_40298" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Devon Wallace, Mike Price and Ausar Walcott are suspected of being involved in a violent fight at JMU.
Senator Jim Webb, D-Va. has proposed to add 13 Southwest Virginia counties to the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program, an initiative of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. The HIDTA program provides additional federal resources to designated areas that exhibit serious drug trafficking problems to help eliminate and reduce the harmful consequences of illicit activity.
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An increasing number of first-year students are abstaining from drinking alcohol, according to an online survey by Outside The Classroom, an organization that provides alcohol training at colleges and institutions across the United States. Outside The Classroom CEO Brandon Busteed said the survey showed an increase in students who had not consumed alcohol during the periods of the preceding two weeks, 30 days or one year.
Nearly half of the 65 philanthropic gifts of $5 million or more made by private donors last year went to institutions of higher education, according to a report released last Sunday by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. This number reflects an increase from 22.6 percent in 2006 - 21 out of 93 gifts - and 29.2 percent in 2007 - 26 out of 89 gifts.
The Virginia Crime Commission is currently reviewing a bill which would allow rape victims to contact local police, rather than University police, about rapes committed on college campuses.
[caption id="attachment_40226" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Council considered a bill to create a new committee for environmental funding.
The Virginia House of Delegates endorsed House Bill 2063 yesterday, which will make it easier to obtain a protective order without first obtaining an arrest warrant.
Former University student David Solomon, 26, was arrested Jan. 27 at his home in Reston, Va. by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department.
[caption id="attachment_40121" align="alignleft" width="284" caption="The University has asked the state for funding to repair the Rotunda's leaky roof.
