Responding to increasing demands for alternative energy sources, the Engineering School plans to add a nuclear studies minor to its undergraduate program.
For most high school students, the opportunity to attend a university in their home state at a discounted price is a given; however, for the children of illegal immigrants in the commonwealth of Virginia, it is not a guarantee. Although these students live in-state, they are required to pay out-of-state tuition rates because of their parents' illegal domicile status, said Andrea Leeds Armstrong, University director of Virginia status. "The Code of Virginia, which governs the determination of eligibility for in-state privileges, indicates that an applicant under the age of 24 is assumed to be financially dependent on his or her parents and is statutorily presumed to share his or her parents' domicile status," Armstrong said. If a student's parents are undocumented or illegal immigrants living in Virginia, she said, in the eyes of the law, the student is also considered not to be a legal Virginia resident.
Pedestrians, cyclists and public transit users who would prefer to drive to the University on a rainy day can now take advantage of University Parking and Transportation's expanded occasional permit parking program, which now includes University Hall parking lots and the new Culbreth Road Garage.
The comic artists responsible for the March 13 and 14 TCB comic strips decline to comment on their work at this time.
In the Thursday, March 13 News article "Committees review dean candidates," statements by Patricia Lampkin, vice president for student affairs, were incorrectly cited as referring to the search for a new College dean.
About $400 was stolen from the C3 convenience store in Newcomb Hall Wednesday morning, according to a University police report.
After 54 cases of mumps were reported during fall 2006 and winter 2007, University administrators were quick to warn students about two possible cases of the disease reported this week. Two unacquainted students came to Student Health Monday and were subsequently isolated because of mumps-related symptoms after a preliminary diagnosis was made based on their symptoms and physical exams, Student Health Executive Director James Turner said.
Manufacturers and governments recently have begun to take notice of a University Engineering graduate student's research that cracked the encryption code on radio frequency identification chips, commonly used in wireless security passes and subway cards. NXP Semiconductors, a company founded by Philips and producer of the RFID Mifare subway technology, announced Wednesday that an improved, more secure chip will be available next year, Nohl said. Computer Science Prof.
The Cavalier Daily sincerely regrets any offense readers may have taken to two recent comics in the strip TCB published March 13 and 14.
Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, who served under President George H.W. Bush, addressed the University's International Relations Organization Wednesday night, focusing on how he expects foreign affairs to impact the upcoming presidential election. According to IRO President Arjun Sharath, Eagleburger was able to weave his practical experience in the field of foreign affairs into his presentation, focusing on foreign affairs' effect on the upcoming election. Eagleburger "has a vast store of experience and knowledge," Sharath said.
Jerry Nadler, currently chief of the University's endocrinology and metabolism department, will be leaving the University in June to fill a position at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
The University's Nursing School received a record number of applications for the incoming first-year class for fall 2008.
The University is continuing its search for new deans, as the individual search committees for each available position invite candidates on Grounds for further interviews and reference checks in the coming weeks. Having already appointed University Law Prof.
In addition to the numerous mailings, brochures and Web site links, colleges and universities now have a new way to reach current and prospective students and faculty -- channels on YouTube.
The University-affiliated Papers of George Washington organization recently published a new volume of letters written to or by George Washington during the Revolutionary War.
Undergraduate student Steven Daniel Barber learned yesterday that his appeal to the University's College at Wise regarding his expulsion was denied.
Following faculty members' evaluation of the successes and shortcomings of the University's administration, the Faculty Senate met yesterday to examine results of the faculty survey compiled by the Faculty Recruitment, Retention & Welfare Committee. The complete results of the faculty survey outlined both satisfactions and concerns of the faculty, as well as the ways that the committee plans to address them, Committee Chair Jennifer Harvey said. "It was very inclusive," she said, noting that 61 percent of University faculty responded to the survey. The survey results covered a broad spectrum of issues, Harvey said, which were broken down into three categories: collegiality, academic community and Charlottesville community. While the survey showed faculty members felt collegiality, which included cooperative interaction between colleagues, "varied widely by school and department," she said, in terms of academic community "most members of the faculty were satisfied with the people around them: undergrad students, departmental faculty, faculty of their school." Many of the other issues addressed, such as faculty priorities and transparency concerns of general faculty, will require a response on an individual school basis, Faculty Senate Chair Ricardo Padron said.
