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Faculty Senate approves open access, authors

By Shirley Park | March 1, 2010

The Faculty Senate unanimously voted last Wednesday to endorse giving University faculty members more rights to their published works and allowing those articles to be more accessible to the public. The Senate voted to do so through its Resolution on Scholarly Publication and Author's Rights, which states that faculty members may provide electronic versions of their work for an open access electronic repository.

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Banking on elections

By Jane Ma | March 1, 2010

As students await the results of this year's University-wide elections for positions in the Honor Committee, Student Council and University Judiciary Committee, Student Council's Diversity Initiatives Committee is currently looking into excessive campaign financing and how it may reverberate into the demographics of student leaders within those organizations. Proliferation of funds Though most candidates spend less than $20 on their campaigns, third-year College student and Honor Committee representative hopeful Adam Michel spent more than $800 on his unsuccessful campaign last year.

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Newcomb expansion will begin June 2011

By Virginia Terwilliger | February 26, 2010

The Board of Visitors voted yesterday afternoon to approve the renovation and expansion of Newcomb Hall, a project estimated to cost between $16 and $18 million. "We are going to make it a more efficient and inviting space," said Colette Sheehy, University vice president for management and budget.

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Chamber of Commerce surveys local businesses

By Radina Belberova | February 26, 2010

Local business owners are optimistic about the future of Charlottesville's economy, according to the latest survey from the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce. "Our survey indicates that our members are looking at the business environment as being half-full.

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IFC elects six committee chairmen

By Kelly Kirschner | February 26, 2010

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Faculty Senate awards Harrison research grants

By David Replogle | February 26, 2010

The University awarded Harrison Undergraduate Research Awards to 35 students this year, studying topics as diverse as investigating shipwrecks off the Carolina coast to researching edible rain gardens. The awards provide grants to support independent study projects during the coming summer.

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Proposed cuts worry education programs

By Kelly Kirschner | February 25, 2010

Budget proposals released Sunday by both the House of Delegates and Senate rejected former Gov. Tim Kaine's proposal to transfer $18.8 million from state universities to the commonwealth's general fund, a plan that would have ultimately raise student fees.

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University considers joint application for Google Fiber

By Sofia Economopoulos | February 25, 2010

The University is considering applying jointly with the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County to become a pilot community for the installation of Google Fiber, a fiber-optic network that could produce Internet speeds greater than 1 gigabit per second, more than 100 times faster than the broadband connections most Americans can currently access, all at a price that Google says is competitive. "Google has announced publicly that it's looking for communities to install ultra high-speed Internet," Charlottesville City Council member David Brown said about the nomination process, which Google will conduct by accepting applications and online votes until March 26.

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StudCo re-evaluates longer library hours

By Jane Ma | February 24, 2010

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Mount Vernon to receive papers from University

By Shirley Park | February 24, 2010

The University decided last Friday to move the Papers of the George Washington Project, a comprehensive publication of the first president's papers and correspondence, to Mount Vernon's new Library for the Study of George Washington. The project, which was established in 1968 as a collaborative effort between the University and Mount Vernon, currently contains an excess of 135,000 copies of documents, said Theodore Crackel, editor-in-chief of the project.

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Nuclear research center hopes to attract University students

By Monica Periasamy | February 23, 2010

The University's role in the construction of a nuclear research center may see reinvigorated interest in nuclear power among students. The Center for Advanced Engineering and Research, currently being constructed in Bedford, Va., would allow University students, as well as those from other nearby schools, to conduct cutting-edge research. "We wanted to bring the expertise of research universities within our reach," CAER's Executive Director Bob Bailey said. The Engineering School, along with nuclear power company AREVA and Virginia Tech, was involved in the planning stages of the center. The finished plan for the new two-story research center includes nuclear energy controls, control room technology, wireless sensors and cognitive radio.

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