For the past six months, Student Council has quietly, but consistently, been dealing with a controversy surrounding the job performance of Vice President for Organizations Catherine Tobin.
As the Beta Theta Pi house approaches its 94th anniversary, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation is in the process of applying for its demolition.
Sture Gordon Olsson, one of the founding sponsors behind the Darden School and a devout patron of the University, died last week at the age of 87. University acquaintances remember Olsson as generous and amicable businessman with a strong, unwavering commitment to the University.
The University's Center for Research in Contraceptive and Reproductive Health recently made strides toward a better diagnostic of immune infertility, a condition which prevents many people from conceiving. Immune infertility occurs when the sperm is exposed to the immune system of either the male or female, according to Jagathpala Shetty, a researcher in the University's department of cell biology. "The immune system considers the sperm as foreign cells," Shetty said.
Last night's open Honor Committee meeting, aimed at generating discussion of Honor among first-years, saw a low turnout but valuable discussion, according to committee chairs.
Last month Keith D. Roots took over as College Guide Program director, marking a transition in the program founded by Nicole Hurd to encourage more high schoolers to go to college. Hurd founded the College Guide Program in 2005 as a response to the diminishing college enrollment rates of high school graduates in the Commonwealth.
DNA evidence has recently linked serial rapist suspect Nathan A. Washington to another incident of rape that occurred in 1997 at a hotel in Waynesboro County, Va. Washington, 40, was arrested Aug.
The University has now become one of 32 schools that will broadcast Washington National Opera's production of "La Boheme." Angela Olson, public relations assistant manager for Washington National Opera, said the production will be simultaneously broadcast from the Kennedy Center stage to various locations all over the United States. This will be the third simulcast done by the opera company. "We started with 'Porgy and Bess' two years ago," Olson said.
Charlottesville City Council recently approved the University's plan to construct a pedestrian overpass across Jefferson Park Avenue. According to University Landscape Architect Mary Hughes, City Council granted air rights, which take into consideration factors like the height of the overpass.
Half a century after the judicial verdicts that redefined education, the University Law School honored civil rights lawyer Oliver Hill Sr., whose work helped make the integration of schools possible. Hill?, a Virginia native and renowned civil rights law activist who passed away last month, was honored by the Center for Study of Race and Law in a panel discussion and award ceremony at the Caplin Auditorium Thursday. Hill is known for his work on cases such as Brown v.
University Career Services reported this week that CAVLink, which took the place of HoosTRAK this summer as the University's online internship and job-posting system, has been experiencing small operating issues. The system has suffered several minor glitches since it began functioning eight weeks ago.
The votes are in. The First-Year Council election results were announced last night following candidate speeches in Webb Lounge. "It feels amazing.
University Information Technology and Communication will begin outsourcing all student e-mail accounts to third-party providers Google and Microsoft by the end of the semester.
Former Gov. Mark Warner announced yesterday his candidacy for the United States Senate seat currently held by retiring Sen.
Former University student William Beebe, who was convicted earlier this year of sexually assaulting a fellow student during his time at the University, was released from the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail yesterday morning after serving a third of his 18-month sentence. According to Charlottesville Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Claude Worrell, authorities shortened Beebe's jail time because of good behavior and further shortened his sentence by an additional four days because of time Beebe served for the same charge in a Las Vegas jail.
A student was struck by a car at a crosswalk on Jefferson Park Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Third-year Nursing student Alicia Dean was involved in the accident, which occurred at 3:41 p.m.
Many dream of graduating from the University, but few have the opportunity to return less than a decade after they obtain their degrees to walk the halls of this institution as professors.
As the date for the beginning of the Google Book Search web application lawsuit draws near, many have continued to voice concerns about the legal aspects of the project, including a University professor. According to Google spokesperson Jennifer Parson, Google Book Search is an attempt by Google "to make all of the world's books discoverable online." The program, Parson noted, is intended to help readers find the book they are looking for online and then direct them to a library or bookseller for the entire text. Google is gathering this content by digitizing the books and other works available in certain university libraries, including at the University. According to Media Studies Prof.
