While students took a break from classes this summer, Virginia officials and higher education administrators worked to determine how to best prevent another act of campus violence like the April shootings at Virginia Tech.
Virginia is for lovers... and apparently for eaters, too. According to the 2007 "F as in Fat" report, released by Trust for America's Health Monday, Virginia was ranked as having the 23rd highest rate of adult obesity within the United States. According to TFAH representative Laura Segal, Virginia is one of 31 states in which the adult obesity rate has increased over last year.
Mary Simonson marched to the beat of a different drummer when she graduated this month with the Commonwealth's first Ph.D.
The nine University Phi Society fraternity pledges charged in the March 24 theft of a hokie bird statue in Blacksburg, Va.
The first University-administrated Semester at Sea is being heralded as an overall success by those involved, despite initial concerns from faculty members. The summer voyage was overseen by Spanish Prof.
Local Verizon customers who have experienced incomplete calls prompting an "all circuits are busy" message in recent weeks may have to wait until 2010 for a full solution to their cellular problems.
The University jumped one spot from last year's standing to tie Georgetown University as the 23rd-ranked university nationwide according to U.S.
Search committees at the University continue to look for permanent replacements for the dean of the College and the dean of students as interim deans carry on the momentum in their respective offices.
University President John T. Casteen, III recently joined more than 300 college and university presidents condemning a vote by a British labor union to advance a boycott against Israeli academic institutions.
To better prepare the University for possible emergency situations, University officials have created a new office of emergency preparedness.
Today the Class of 2011 will flood the Alderman and McCormick dormitories, bringing not only laptops and storage bins, but an unprecedented level of diversity.
A former University student convicted of raping a fellow University student 20 years ago will be released after serving only six months of his 18-month prison sentence.
Police recently arrested a man suspected of being the Charlottesville serial rapist after DNA evidence linked him to two area crimes.
After a string of assaults made local headlines this summer, safety is a top concern for many as students prepare to settle in for another year in Charlottesville.
A laundry alert system recently expanded to be available campus-wide will allow University students to monitor the status of washers and dryers of school facilities from the comfort of their own computers. According to Associate Chief Housing Officer Marshall Hunt, the service was available last year in the McCormick Road area as a "test," but was recently extended to all campus facilities with the exception of family housing. A link on the Housing Web site allows students to select a particular facility and then check which machines are currently available and how much time remains in the cycle of machines already in use, Hunt said.
Thanks to a recent donation, the University of Virginia Foundation can add the former headquarters of a local energy company to its growing list of local real estate.
University Career Services recently announced that CavLink has replaced HoosTRAK as the new online job search service at the University. The new system will allow students to search job sites more easily and in a more organized manner, according to Barbara Hampton, associate director for employer services. CavLink will provide information about job opportunities for college students as well as job search agents, she added. The decision to change programs came after an evaluation of different types of recruitment systems currently in use. "We were looking for a system that would house all our different events and that we could tailor to University students while broadening the number of jobs students could research," Hampton said. CavLink is provided by the National Association of Colleges and Employers and, unlike HoosTRAK, now allows students to search for jobs on a national level rather than within a job pool geared solely toward University students, Hampton said. "Students are always wondering where the jobs they are looking at are coming from," said Heather Rudd, career counselor in Arts & Sciences Career Services.
A University student was assaulted shortly after midnight Monday night while walking home on 15th Street. According to Ric Barrick, director of communications for the City of Charlottesville, the male student reported that he was approached from behind by three men.
