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The University Medical School expects to see research opportunities expand thanks to a new partnership with the Eastern Virginia Medical School. University researchers will benefit from access to the large number of residents who live in eastern Virginia via the EVMS partnership, according to Ronald Turner, associate dean for clinical research at the University. "One of the weaknesses that we see is we have a small patient population," Turner said.
University Assoc. Physics Prof. Bellave Shivaram and graduate student Adam Phillips have developed a mixture of metals and carbon that is said to absorb a record-breaking amount of hydrogen.
Although construction on Clemons Library is expected to restore the third-floor roof and improve study space in the plaza adjacent to the library's entrance, students have expressed mixed reactions to the project. The project, which began during Homecomings weekend, will include "replacing the roof membrane to secure the room below the terrace from any leaks," according to University Landscape Architect Mary Hughes.
Charlottesville and University police responded to a shooting reported early Wednesday morning near the intersection of 11th Street and Gordon Avenue.
Though the most recent local election was only a week ago, the Center for Politics and local officials are already urging students to participate in the 2008 presidential and state elections through a provision that allows University students to register to vote locally rather than in their hometowns.
Student Council approved a resolution last night that aims to hold contracted independent organizations accountable for the money they spend. The resolution expresses support for the creation of an asset management system that will enable Council's Board of Audit and Management to classify and assess assets that CIOs accumulate through the use of Student Council-allocated Student Activities Fee.
Two men were apprehended and charged with capital murder early yesterday morning in connection with the homicide of University alumna Jayne McGowan, according to Ric Barrick, director of communications for the City of Charlottesville.
University President John T. Casteen, III is the highest-paid public university president? of any in the nation, according to a survey released by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The National Council for the Social Studies awarded Asst. Education Prof. Patrice Grimes its 2007 Exemplary Research Award for her work regarding the history of African-American education in the South before the landmark Brown v.
The Institute of International Education recently released a survey that reported an 8.5 percent increase in American students studying abroad during the 2005-06 academic year.
Police were able to further their investigation into the death of University graduate and Charlottesville resident Jayne Warren McGowan this weekend after a sharp-eyed citizen identified McGowan's car in a wooded area off Fairway Avenue.
Despite incentives that the Charlottesville Police Department offered two years ago to attract potential police officers, the department is still suffering from a number of vacant positions.
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, R-Pa., spoke last night at the University about confronting what he described as the threat of radical Islam and fighting "the war against Islamic fascism." The program, aimed at raising awareness, also sparked controversy among University student groups who criticized Santorum's stance. Santorum began his speech by addressing what he considers the two greatest obstacles the United States now faces in foreign policy: first, the dwindling support of the American people in sustaining the war on Islamic fundamentalism and second, the failure of the Muslim world to confront fundamentalism. According to Santorum, the lack of support for the war can be attributed to the activities of the American left, which he said fails to recognize Islamic fundamentalism as the real enemy and the immediate severity of the threat. "Our leaders' [inability] to define the enemy leads to the second overall problem -- the Muslim community's inability to deal with other Muslims who want to spread violence," he said. Santorum stressed Americans' failure to understand the fundamental cultural differences between American and Islamic societies.
A University student fell off a balcony during a party hosted at a private residence last weekend.
Motorcycle fatalities continue to increase, making this year one of the deadliest for the Commonwealth in terms of biker-related deaths, according to Deborah Cox, public relations coordinator of the Virginia State Police. Using data from the Department of Motor Vehicles, the state police noted 116 motorcycle deaths this year, an 87 percent increase in the number of fatalities that had occurred by this time last year, according to Cox. Cox, along with the state police, took an in-depth look at the fatalities during October, finding that motorcycle deaths over the last five years were most prevalent in that month. "Some of the common causes in the October fatalities were speed, running off the road, losing control and failing to negotiate the turn," Cox said. The state police did not perform studies to investigate why there has been such a sharp increase in deaths, but Cox noted a 51-percent increase in general motorcycle ridership since 2002. Although statewide statistics are alarming, they are not indicative of ridership on Grounds, according to University Police Lt.
The University recently added a number of Revolutionary War editions of the Virginia Gazette to the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections.
