Three Nursing School researchers are conducting trials to test a Web site they developed that would offer support and information to families that have experienced domestic homicides.
As midterms pass and final exams and projects loom nearer, it is important for students to maintain a healthy lifestyle in order to keep up their grade point averages, a recent study suggests.The 2007 College Student Health Survey Report, released earlier this year by the University of Minnesota?s Boynton Health Service, sought to quantify the effect that physical and emotional health have on students? academic performances.
The results of the Report of the Virginia Climate Change Survey were released during a panel discussion held at the Miller Center of Public Affairs last night.The survey, which was conducted through telephone calls to more than 660 Virginia residents during September, sought to measure public opinion concerning climate change within the commonwealth.The panel consisted of the survey?s authors, Christopher Borick and Barry Rabe; L.
Last night Student Council?s Safety and Wellness Committee announced the beginning of its ?Lighten? Up? campaign, which will work to provide more lighting in off-Grounds residential areas.?Off-Grounds safety is something that has definitely become a major priority for us this year,? Council President Matt Schrimper said.
A group of Architecture students recently presented its findings to the Piedmont Housing Alliance regarding which areas in the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County have experienced the greatest number of foreclosures in the past two years.
When you sit down in front of the television, do you ever change the channel when you want to turn up the volume instead?
The University Medical Center and Culpeper Regional Hospital are one step closer to a mutually beneficial partnership, officials said, now that the two health institutions? boards have both agreed to a University investment in the hospital totaling $40 million.The deal, which must be reviewed by Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonell prior to being finalized, will greatly benefit the growing Culpeper area as a whole, as well as the hospital?s many patients, Culpeper Regional Hospital spokesperson Abra Hogarth said.
Virginia voters are requesting absentee ballots in increased numbers this year, though with only two weeks until Nov.
Throughout the past year, a number of dining establishments frequented by University students and other community members have been cited for health code violations.Jeff McDaniel, environmental health manager for the Thomas Jefferson Health District, said commonwealth health inspectors show up unannounced at restaurants to get a genuine idea of day-to-day operations and procedures.
The University recently announced a partnership with HathiTrust, an organization that collects digitally preserved content from university libraries.Several other schools have already partnered with HathiTrust, including the University of Michigan, which leads the initiative, according to the HathiTrust Web site.
University students will have the opportunity Nov. 4 to take a University Transit Service bus to two Charlottesville polling stations.
University students and staff have been specifically targeted in an e-mail phishing scam asking users to provide their University usernames and passwords, said Shirley Payne, Information Technology and Communication office director for security coordination and policy.
Employees of the University Medical Center and Medical School are no longer permitted to receive gifts from companies that do business with the University Health System, according to a new University policy.Steve Wasserman, Medical School assistant dean for research, said the policy is designed to eliminate financial conflicts of interest for employees and to ?create an environment in which patients, funding agencies and the general public are convinced that there are no external influences on what you are doing in the various missions you are fulfilling for the University.?Wasserman said pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers, among others, in the past would offer gifts such as pens, notepads and tote bags to employees.
The University is considering retrofitting the Ivy Stacks Storage Facility in order to increase storage space for the University Library?s collection.
Student-athletes nationwide are graduating at a higher rate than ever, according to a recent study released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.The NCAA found that student-athletes who enrolled in college between 1998 and 2001 graduated at an average rate of 78 percent, NCAA spokesperson Erik Christianson said.
In today?s world of budget cuts and environmental concerns, colleges and universities are becoming increasingly interested in implementing new technologies that are environmentally friendly and financially viable.
University research suggests individuals with greater sensitivity to bitter tastes are less likely to develop a dependence on nicotine than those with a lower sensitivity to such tastes.?If a person is a [sensitive] taster, then that person is less likely to become a smoker,? said lead investigator Ming Li, professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences.
The Honor Committee approved a bylaw last night that gives the Committee more jurisdiction over honor offenses that occur in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.The bylaw allows the Committee to apply some or all of its standard procedures to investigate honor allegations that originate from all SCPS courses, including ones offered online.According to the old bylaw, SCPS cases were to be investigated by the regional director of the SCPS location in which an offense took place.
Some industries are facing significant job cuts that will result in fewer entry-level positions for the graduating Class of 2009 because the United States economy is ?going to slow down,? Commerce Prof.
University English Prof. Rita Dove, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1987, in addition to several other highly prestigious honors, will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Library of Virginia Oct.
