[caption id="attachment_32596" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The new center will be housed in the Education School building.
[caption id="attachment_32594" align="alignleft" width="249" caption="Mayor Dave Norris hopes to create fixed affordable housing funds.
A University-supported bill in the General Assembly would prevent campus threat assessment teams from releasing their records and documents under the terms of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Since the Virginia Tech massacre, the commonwealth has required all public colleges and universities to form campus threat assessment teams - which include law enforcement officials, mental health professionals, student affairs and residence staff - to investigate students who may pose threats to themselves or others around them. Del.
An eight-year series of trials conducted nationwide by a team that included University researchers has debunked the popular belief that ginkgo biloba can prevent dementia or improve cognitive function in older adults. Ginkgo biloba is a flavanoid, an anti-oxidant substance that has anti-inflammatory properties, said Lewis Kuller, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh who helped conduct the trial.
[caption id="attachment_32552" align="alignleft" width="214" caption="After 116 years of production, one of the University's treasured traditions, the Corks and Curls yearbook, will come to an end.
[caption id="attachment_32550" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Honor Committee Chair David Truetzel cited potential legal ramifications and privacy concerns as reasons Graduate Rep.
Months have passed since Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington's disappearance Oct. 17, but state police continue to stress that the investigation is still active and that anyone with relevant information should not hesitate to contact them. "There are about 600 leads at this time, but unfortunately nothing has been able to get us beyond knowing that her last sighting was at 9:30 p.m.
Lydia Gasman, a former University art history professor, renowned art scholar and historian, passed away Jan.
Former first-year College student Alan Yuan Chang has been charged with one count of first-degree murder for the killing of his father, 47-year-old Jian Zhang, Chang's attorney said.
[caption id="attachment_32516" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Workers will put the finishing touches on the South Lawn in the fall.
While the University saw an increase in the overall number of applicants to the class of 2014, admissions officials also noted a considerable jump in the number of applications from China, Assoc.
[caption id="attachment_32513" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Charlottesville was selected as one of the top five healthiest cities in the United States for its health resources, green living practices and alternative commuting options, such as walking or biking.
As Haiti copes with the strongest aftershock since last week's destructive 7.0 earthquake, former and current members of the University and Charlottesville communities have continued their efforts to aid the devastated nation. Friends of deceased Batten student and College alumna Stephanie Jean-Charles confronted their personal loss at a vigil Sunday night, where they shared memories of their friend and erected a shrine in her honor in front of the French house, where Jean-Charles used to live, fourth-year College student Frederika Braun said.
[caption id="attachment_32483" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Scott May, third from right, overcame many hurdles to return to the University in his 40s after years in the work force.
[caption id="attachment_32481" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The University received 22,396 applications for admission to the University this year, an increase of about 600 applications from last year.
The University has again bolstered its reputation as one of the country's best bargains in higher education, recently receiving high marks from two national publications. For the second consecutive year, The Princeton Review ranked the University the No.
[caption id="attachment_32445" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Board selected Teresa A. Sullivan as the eighth president of the University.
[caption id="attachment_32443" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Stephanie Jean-Charles, a Batten student and active member of the University community, was home with her family and sleeping when a wall collapsed on her bed during the earthquake in Haiti.
First-year Darden student Justin Key died Dec. 14 from a blood clot to the lungs. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 6 p.m.
University of Michigan Law Prof. Douglas Laycock - husband of University President-elect Teresa Sullivan - will join the Law School faculty next semester, making what Laycock calls a "lateral move" from one prestigious law school to another. Sullivan's selection this year allowed the Law School to finally nab Laycock, a long-sought law scholar and educator.
