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Academy applauds alumnus

By Sara Guaglione and Graham Welch | October 1, 2010

Samuel "Hughes" Melton, a family practice doctor who graduated from the Medical School in 1993, received the national 2011 Family Physician of the Year Award from the American Academy of Family Physicians on Wednesday. Melton was honored for his primary care treatment of addiction and chronic pain in the Appalachian region of southwest Virginia and for taking an active role in the community in which he practices. Upon completing his family medicine residency at the University three years after graduating from the Medical School, Melton partnered with Dr. Brian Easton, with whom he shared a common vision.

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Local fair opens employment doors

By Tyler DeBoard | October 1, 2010

The Charlottesville Community Job Fair brought employers and more than 2,300 job seekers together Wednesday at John Paul Jones Arena for Central Virginia's largest job fair this year.

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Foundation honors Love

By Bethel Habte | October 1, 2010

The family of former University women's lacrosse player Yeardley Love has created the One Love Foundation with the aim of fostering the development of service, kindness, humility and sportsmanship in young adults.

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Professors try dorm life

By Sarah Vogel | September 30, 2010

In Thomas Jefferson's original architectural plans for the University, he complained that traditional schools that housed students, teachers, classrooms and dining halls under one roof were unattractive and likely to catch on fire.

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Technology aids in UT emergency

By Sofia Economopoulos | September 30, 2010

Wednesday's shooting at the University of Texas, Austin has highlighted the ever-expanding role that technology and social media are playing behind security and relaying information on college campuses. At the time of the shooting - in which Colton Tooley, a 19-year-old mathematics major, opened fire on campus before killing himself - the campus had in place e-mail and text message alerts, a siren system, police department patrol car announcements, fire-panel systems and flat-screen televisions to spread safety information to the university. "The university community there responded quickly and took action," said Kirby Felts, assistant director of the office of emergency preparedness at the University of Virginia.

In this undated photo released by the Texas Department of Public Safety, Colton Joshua Tooley is shown. Tooley, wearing a dark suit and a ski mask, on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 opened fire with an assault rifle on the University of Texas campus before fleeing into a library and fatally shooting himself. No one else was hurt. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Public Safety)
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U-Texas gunman commits suicide

By Virginia Terwilliger | September 29, 2010

[caption id="attachment_36393" align="alignleft" width="256" caption="Colton Tooley, a 19-year-old mathematics major from Austin, Texas, fired several shots with an AK-47 rifle at different points around campus before fatally shooting himself in a library.

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Virginia guns appear in other states

By Rebecca Rubin | September 29, 2010

In the wake of yesterday's shooting incident at the University of Texas - in which a student opened fire and then killed himself - gun control is once again at the forefront of public dialogue, and results from a recent study about gun use show that Virginia could be a focal point in the ongoing debate. The study - which was released Monday and conducted by Mayors Against Illegal Guns using data from the U.S.

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StudCo deems water distribution success

By Tyler DeBoard | September 29, 2010

Members of Student Council have expressed satisfaction with the success of their water distribution system, which premiered at Saturday's VMI football game. Although the program was established last year, Saturday was the first home football game at which the heat index was expected to reach 90 degrees, the designated point at which the program calls for water to be distributed. Athletic Affairs Committee Co-Chair Ben Powell reported that student volunteers handed out nearly 6,000 bottles, the cost of which Council paid to the athletic department, Council President Colin Hood said. "We were nervous going into it because it was such a large-scale operation, but everything worked perfectly the first time," Powell said. Overall, students seemed pleased about the program - which was initially born out of concerns that cups of water at the stadium were too expensive - and the ready accessibility of the bottles near the student section. That is not to say, however, that the initiative did not encounter any "hiccups," as Powell said.

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Huguely receives date for preliminary trial

By Mike Lang | September 28, 2010

A preliminary hearing for the trial of George Huguely has been set for Jan. 21. Huguely is charged with the homicide of fellow University student and lacrosse player Yeardley Love, who was found dead in her apartment last May. Charlottesville General District Court Judge Robert Downer, Jr.

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UTS introduces carpool system

By Sofia Economopoulos and Mike Lang | September 28, 2010

NuRide, an organization that promotes "green" transportation, is now collaborating with the University to make carpooling easier for students. In an effort to broaden the environmental benefits of minimizing daily commute, the University has sponsored the NuRide program for 257 participants in the local Charlottesville and Albemarle County area, including Martha Jefferson Hospital and Charlottesville city employees. Membership eligibility will be regulated by the University and is limited to users with pre-registered e-mail domains, such as virginia.edu, said Rebecca White, director of the University's Department of Parking and Transportation.

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Two groups honor English professor

By Shirley Park | September 28, 2010

University English Prof. Rita Dove recently received two awards for her work in poetry - the 2010 Ohiona Poetry Book Award and the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers' Ambassador Award. She received the Book Award for Poetry for her recently published book of poems, "Sonata Mulattica." Linda Hengst, executive director of the Ohioana Library, said the Ohioana Book Award was created to bring attention to outstanding works of Ohio authors or authors who were born in or have lived in Ohio for at least five years.

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University engages in Day of Dialogue

By Caroline Newman | September 27, 2010

[caption id="attachment_36289" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Members of the University and the local Charlottesville communities gathered Friday for a series of "Day of Dialogue" events.

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Troubles continue for Haiti after earthquake

By Ahn Dao | September 27, 2010

[caption id="attachment_36284" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Politics Prof. Robert Fatton, originally from Port-Au-Prince, addresses a crowd in Alumni Hall on the state of the nation nine months after the earthquake that devastated it.

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Audit uncovers unused funding

By Jasmine Kang and Kristina Ormsby | September 27, 2010

An audit of the Virginia Department of Transportation, released Thursday by the Office of the Governor, has uncovered $1.45 billion available for transportation projects. [caption id="attachment_36285" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="According to the audit, the Virginia Department of Transportation was "hesitant" to use all available funds because of the economic downturn.

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Police investigate shooting incident

By Bethel Habte | September 27, 2010

A Charlottesville resident was wounded in a shooting that took place yesterday at about 2:30 a.m. on 13th Street. The wounded individual fled the scene on foot and sought treatment at the University Medical Center.

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