Students living on Grounds can expect to reach even deeper into their wallets after the Board of Visitors approved increased housing rates for the 2008-09 academic year during yesterday's Finance Committee meeting.
Students who signed up for Politics Prof. Larry J. Sabato's Introduction to American Politics will get much more than an introduction to the presidential race: They will have the opportunity to hear firsthand from Democratic contender Hillary Clinton in their classroom Monday. Sabato said the presentation, on the eve of Virginia's Tuesday primary, is not an endorsement of the senator from New York. "All the candidates were invited to teach this election-eve class, on a first-come, first-served basis," Sabato wrote in an e-mail.
Anthropology Prof. Fred Damon recently expressed concern about the academic performance of athletes and the role of those athletes' coaches at a Jan.
Entertaining an audience of University faculty, staff, community members and students at Old Cabell Hall yesterday during The State of the University Address, University President John T.
Middle Eastern students at the University may soon find a stronger voice in the community, due to a previously unprecedented occurrence. For the first time since its creation, the Minority Rights Coalition voted to invite a new member organization -- the Middle Eastern Leadership Council -- to join its league of minority University groups, provided that MELC establishes an executive board and strategic plan by April 1.
The MyUVa portal is scheduled for a facelift, according to Michael McPherson, University deputy chief information officer.
In the closest race in the Student Bar Association history, third-year Law student Ryan Quillian was elected president, according to outgoing SBA President Brian Leung.
Making textbooks more affordable for University students was the main topic of discussion at last night's Student Council meeting. Student Life Committee Co-Chair Isaac Wood presented a piece of legislation to Council encouraging faculty to support the University Bookstore's buyback and rental programs, which could allow students to spend less money on required texts.
Changes in federal funding for higher education are one of the prominent aspects of President Bush's Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009.
As of 1:30 this morning, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton had come out slightly ahead of opponent Barack Obama, while John McCain maintained an increasing lead throughout the night over fellow Republican contenders Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul in Super Tuesday's primary elections. Clinton took the majority of Democratic votes in Arkansas, New York and New Jersey.
After the kick-off of the Darden School's third annual Women's Leadership Week yesterday, a number of events are offering Darden students an opportunity to explore issues relating to women in the business world this week. Along with several businesses, Darden's chapter of the National Association of Women MBAs is sponsoring the week-long event.
Guanyu Lu and Baichuan Shu, the two second-year Engineering students charged with the kidnapping and extortion of a 20-year-old man in November, were brought to trial in Fairfax County Circuit Court yesterday afternoon.
Richmond -- At 6:30 a.m. yesterday, while most University students were still asleep, the University's Student Advocacy Day participants boarded a bus to Richmond to interact with legislators and learn more about Virginia's legislative process. According to Todd Eley, Student Council co-chair of legislative affairs, students were selected for the trip through an open application process. "The goal for [the day was] to bring students down to the capitol and have them interact with their legislators to both learn about the process and share their views," Eley said. Some of the main issues students discussed with legislators concerned improving higher education funding, reforming the commonwealth's redistricting process and increasing salaries of faculty at institutes of higher education.
If approved by the General Assembly, proposed state budget cuts designed to alleviate a bulging deficit could also negatively impact the efforts of the Virginia Foundation for Humanities' African American Heritage Program?
The alleged murderer of University graduate Jayne McGowan decided to waive his right to a preliminary hearing yesterday. According to Mary Trimble, Charlottesville District Court clerk, Michael Stuart Pritchett -- who confessed to the Nov.
The Office of African-American Affairs plans to establish new programs designed to promote graduate study among black and other minority students and to initiate more open interethnic dialogue among community members, OAAA Dean Maurice Apprey said last night during his "Student Affairs as Capacity Building" address. The OAAA, according to Apprey, will seek to promote greater black and other minority involvement in graduate programs and make the preparation such schools require more accessible.
