The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources published a survey recently that examined faculty salary changes over the past year. The survey found that faculty had enjoyed a 3.8 percent increase in salary overall, but that there were disparities among professors based on academic department and field of interest.
Three weeks after the Virginia General Assembly passed a resolution expressing "profound regret" for slavery, a Congressman from Tennessee is introducing a similar resolution in the U.S.
Correction The Focus article "Jefferson Vindicated" that ran Feb. 28 incorrectly cited the gestation period questioned by David Douglas as 275 days, when it was actually 267 days.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, who is considered by many to be a possible candidate for Texas governor or vice president, discussed potential nominees for the 2008 presidential election, among other topics, as she addressed Politics Prof.
Following a ruling Friday that the University violated former employee Dena Bowers' right to due process, Bowers' case against the University will continue in front of a jury in the Charlottesville Federal Court next Tuesday. Judge Norman K.
Although the Cavaliers' run in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament came to an end this weekend, the team saw its tournament run extended in a competition for the top graduation rates. The University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport as well as Inside Higher Ed ranked the University among the top 10 NCAA Tournament teams in terms of basketball players' graduation rates at their respective colleges and universities. Forty-one of the 65 teams competing in the men's tournament graduated more than half of the basketball players who entered their institutions between 1996 and 1999.
As the 2008 potential presidential candidates look to gain momentum, they are increasingly reaching out to the youngest voting demographic through a new venue -- MySpace.
The Board of Governors at the University of North Carolina recently approved a slew of measures to make textbooks more affordable for students at all of North Carolina's 16 in-state higher education institutions. Last year, the Board of Governors completed a year-long study, which looked at the rising costs of textbooks, according to Rob Nelson, vice president of finance at the University of North Carolina.
Charlottesville City Council held a special budget hearing during its bimonthly meeting yesterday to address the public's concerns with the proposed budget initiatives for 2008.
The executive board of the Arts & Sciences Council unanimously decided last night to appoint College representatives to the two vacancies on the Honor Committee.
A fire early yesterday morning on Lewis Mountain Road left two people in critical condition and a University alumnus in fair condition. All three victims were taken to University Hospital, according to Charlottesville spokesperson Ric Barrick. The first fire engines arrived at 2015 Lewis Mountain Road three minutes after the fire department received the call at 3:46 a.m., said David Hartman, Charlottesville Fire Department battalion chief. "The initial report from the scene indicated that everyone was out of the home," Hartman said.
Contractors for the new Observatory Hill Residence Hall officially received permission Friday to begin construction, according to Wendy Steesy, senior project manager of University Facilities Management. C.
A University student recently fell victim to an e-mail scam, losing several thousand dollars after being deceived by a false subletting opportunity. Second-year College student Shelina Merchant posted on Web sites such as HooHasIt.com and ongrounds.com because she was looking to sublet her apartment over the summer.
Bankole Johnson, University chair of psychiatric medicine, discussed his development of a drug that helps people overcome addictions in HBO's documentary "Addiction," which aired last night. "The drug, topiramate, reduces the level of dopamine, which is central to pleasurable affects of alcohol and drugs," Johnson said in an interview yesterday with The Cavalier Daily. According to Johnson, no other medical drug has been developed that is as effective as topiramate, which usually helps stop addictions in six to 10 weeks. The drug is also being tested as a possible tool to counteract nicotine addiction.
Forty years after the United States Supreme Court declared Virginia's prohibition of interracial marriage unconstitutional, community members revisited the Loving v.
Researchers at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service propose increasing economic opportunities for recent college graduates as a way for employers in rural areas could address the potentially problematic aging rural population.
The Virginia Quarterly Review, a national journal of literature and discussion, recently received two nominations for National Magazine Awards in the categories of fiction writing and general excellence for magazines with circulation under 100,000. According to VQR Editor Ted Genoways, the magazine received six nominations last year: One was received in the category of general excellence, two in fiction, two in essays and one in review and criticism. Genoways, however, said he is not discouraged by the decrease in nominations this year. "We're just glad that we still have the two nominations," Genoways said.
Judge Edward Hogshire sentenced former University student William Beebe to 18 months of jail time yesterday for the aggravated sexual battery of College alumnae Elizabeth Seccuro.
