The Special Committee on the Nomination of a President met yesterday in an open session to continue its discussion of the qualities it seeks in the next University president.
[caption id="attachment_30942" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Student Life Committee co-Chairs Aagya Mathur and Kristin Flow delivered the committee's upcoming plans, including chartering buses to the Richmond Airport and extending Clark library's hours, at Council's meeting last night.
Gubernatorial candidates Creigh Deeds and Bob McDonnell have toured, tailgated and twittered to win an elusive, college-age voting bloc.
[caption id="attachment_30939" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The University of Florida released a document with instructions on how to handle a zombie attack.
When Bono and the rest of U2 rolled out of Charlottesville Oct. 1, they left behind more than just screaming fans.
[caption id="attachment_30924" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Garrett Hall, future home of the Batten School, will undergo extensive interior restoration in the coming months.
University President John T. Casteen, III and three faculty members were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Saturday. The AAAS has honored excellence and service to the nation and the world since 1780, according to the organization's Web site, electing members who are "men and women of exceptional achievement, drawn from science, scholarship, business, public affairs, and the arts." This year, in addition to Casteen, the AAAS inducted Law Prof.
One of the University's most famous alumni was buried Sunday. Again. The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum honored author and former University student Edgar Allan Poe with a funeral in Baltimore 160 years after his death, said event organizer and Poe House Curator Jeff Jerome.
[caption id="attachment_30917" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The premiere of the epilogue to "The Laramie Project" play debuted last night at McLeod Hall.
Honor Chair David Truetzel presented a proposal at last night's Honor Committee meeting that would give expelled Semester at Sea students the right to request a new trial if found guilty of an academic honor offense during the program.
Today, University employees can begin donating through the annual Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign, a state-wide fundraising program.
[caption id="attachment_30881" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Prof. Gertrude Greenslate's posthumous gift to the University generated about $386,000 for the University's various international studies programs.
At a hospital filled with the latest technology, University emergency room doctors no longer have to carry a clipboard and scribble notes.
[caption id="attachment_30878" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Recording artist and television personality Nick Lachey visited three University students, who won significant prizes using his new reverse auction Web site, Winnit.com.
[caption id="attachment_30845" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia Democratic Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner were among the senators students were encouraged to call for Pell Grant support.
[caption id="attachment_30839" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Education School, which is co-sponsoring the conference, recently opened its newest building, Bavaro Hall.
The University received an overall B- grade on the Sustainable Endowments Institute's College Sustainability Report Card for 2010, slipping slightly from last year's B. SEI is the only independent evaluator of sustainability policies at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, SEI spokesperson Lea Lupkin said. The organization published profiles for 332 schools, which each responded to at least one survey evaluating cooperative green strategies in nine "indicator" categories: administration, climate change & energy, food & recycling, green building, transportation, student involvement, endowment transparency, shareholder engagement and investment priorities.
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... first-year College student Joe Riley? Although he may not be a superhero, and although he only recently landed on Grounds, Riley has already proven to be quite the savior for some local community members, assisting in two different medical emergencies in the past two weeks. On Sept.
[caption id="attachment_30808" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Students will have the opportunity to receive the swine flu vaccine after employees in direct contact with patients are vaccinated.
[caption id="attachment_30806" align="alignleft" width="257" caption="Democratic candidate for governor Creigh Deeds, pictured earlier this spring, spoke yesterday about his plans to expand higher education in the commonwealth.
