University Police are investigating an act of vandalism committed at Fayerweather Hall Friday morning. University Police Lieut.
Chemical engineering students can expect better career preparation thanks to a $100,000 endowment fund donated by University alumnus Robert A.
University and other state employees with a charitable itch to scratch will now be able to do so, thanks to the annual installment of the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign, which commenced yesterday at the University.
Cavalier Daily Associate Editor University students concerned that their Facebook pictures might not be conducive to job searching now have a new, career-oriented online networking option.
In hopes of treating children suffering from Type 1 diabetes and preventing future cases, the University signed a multi-million dollar contract for international genetic research of the disease. Using the facilities provided by Illumina, Inc., a developer of next-generation life-science tools and genetic analysis, the University is working with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to research the role of genetics and environmental concerns in Type 1 diabetes, Illumina public relations manager Maurissa Bornstein said. "Because it is a disease that is caused by both genetics and environments it can be untangled, and we can find different correlations between gene expression and environmental influences," said Stephen Rich, head of the Type 1 Diabetes Genetics Consortium and University professor. In order to research different environments, researchers took data samples from children around the world, NIDDK Program Director Beena Akolkar said. According to Akolkar, researchers recruited more than 800 affected children as well as their diabetes-free siblings, who have a similar genetic expressions, to give samples which Illumina is now analyzing to investigate the antibodies in the blood. "It is truly an international effort," Rich said.
Ryan McElveen, chair of Student Council's Committee on Curriculum Internationalization, presented a report last night on ways the University could direct its efforts to internationalize its curriculum and the University community as a whole.
Two fire-related incidents occurred on Grounds Saturday, one occurring in Newcomb Hall and the other in the Maupin dormitory on Alderman Road.
Two proposals to amend the Honor Committee's bylaws regarding pre-trial evidence were discussed at last night's meeting. The first, proposed by the Procedures Ad-Hoc Committee, seeks to elaborate on rules dealing with the exclusion of evidence.
The Princeton Review recently recognized the Darden School as one of the country's leading business schools after its professors received top marks.
After heading a study spanning 2.5 years, Neuroscience Prof. Bankole A. Johnson found the drug topiramate to be a successful treatment for alcohol dependency. Johnson, also the chair of psychiatric medicine at the University, worked with colleagues to conduct randomized, placebo-controlled trials to determine the usefulness of the drug. "Our findings provided validation that individuals with alcohol dependence, while drinking heavily, can be treated safely and reliably with topiramate," Johnson said. The 14-week trials, conducted from 2004 to 2006 at 17 U.S.
In an effort to raise the standing of the University's science programs, the Board of Visitors recently approved the construction of a new science building as well as the expansion of existing plans for two additional buildings. According to Provost Arthur Garson, the construction will provide the University with much needed research space. "Every one of the three major schools involved in science has no space to put researchers today, so the University desperately needs space," Garson said.
Gov. Tim Kaine recently released the final report of the Transportation Accountability Commission, which he created in 2006 to increase government accountability in Commonwealth transportation.
Starting at the end of December, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, publisher of Science magazine, will no longer contribute the magazine's content to JSTOR, an online database of academic articles and publications.
Virginia's Republican leaders have sparked debate in the General Assembly by arguing that Gov. Tim Kaine's proposal to take money from the Commonwealth's "rainy day fund" to cover the state budget shortfall is premature in light of the reported $170 million in unspent state agency funds. The governor recently approved over $300 million in immediate savings to cover the $641 million budget shortfall for 2008.
University Police arrested a suspect yesterday in connection with a stabbing that occurred off Rugby Road the night of Oct.
While many students, faculty and staff celebrated National Coming Out Day yesterday, making a political statement about sexual orientation is still difficult for some members of the University community. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community "is in many ways the very last minority group that you can stand up and publicly attack and not be immediately condemned from all sides," Interim Dean of Students Allen Groves said.
Associate Architecture Prof. Maurice Cox was officially named the director of design for the National Endowment of the Arts, a two-year appointment that will require a leave of absence from the University. The NEA offered Cox the position last week, and he is expected to assume his full-time responsibilities in January. The NEA is the principal federal agency that supports the arts, and each artistic discipline has a director, according to Cox. "I will be the director of design, which includes everything from regional design to industrial design and the funding that the federal government provides to support design," Cox said.
A University student was robbed at gunpoint and assaulted near the Corner yesterday morning. Capt.
Members of the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance have taken action with the hope of reducing the number of abusive college relationships, encouraging University students to get involved in the fight against violence.
