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Architectural, engineering and design professionals rewarded the University's graduate program in architecture with a third-place ranking in the 2006 annual Design Futures Council survey published last November in DesignIntelligence.
A 22-year-old incident of alleged sexual assault has resurfaced after William Beebe was arrested Jan.
A recent study conducted by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education showed that of the "public Ivies," the University has the highest graduation rate of black students at 86 percent. The study, which compared the graduation rates and enrollment of black students at high-ranked public universities, also concluded that the University has one of the highest percentages of blacks in its student body at 8.5 percent.
This summer, the University will become the academic partner of the Semester at Sea study abroad program. The program, whose origins date back to 1926, has allowed almost 40,000 students to spend a semester aboard a "floating college," the MV Explorer.
Freshly inaugurated in Williamsburg last Saturday, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will begin work with his new cabinet this session regarding issues in higher education. The Higher Education Restructuring Act Management Plan, previously known as the charter initiative that would give the University, William & Mary and Virginia Tech more financial autonomy, will be discussed in this session of the General Assembly.
The controversy over whether President George W. Bush broke the law by authorizing warrantless surveillance on communications between American citizens and individuals with suspected ties to terrorism continues this week with Sen.
Former Virginia Gov. Gerald L. Baliles will lead the Miller Center of Public Affairs as the fifth director of the Center, which researches U.S.
Participation in the oldest honor society in the nation, Phi Beta Kappa, is facing competition from newer honor organizations and is struggling with a lack of familiarity that is inhibiting membership at some public universities. The organization, which boasts 17,000 members among 270 chapters according to Phi Beta Kappa's national Secretary John Churchill, is launching a campaign to connect local chapters with the national body.
The acceptance rates for black applicants at 14 of the nation's top-30 rated universities --including the University -- were significantly higher than for white applicants in 2005, according to a report by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education released Tuesday. The report also indicated that at universities with colorblind admissions, such as the University of California-Berkeley and the University of California-Los Angeles, "the black student acceptance rate was significantly below the rate for whites." The University's acceptance rate for black applicants was 58 percent, the reported stated, while the overall rate was 37 percent. The release cautioned against assuming that the increased percentage means a lowering of admission standards for black students by suggesting that "a particular college or university with a high black student acceptance rate may simply have had an outstanding pool of African-American applicants." According to a written statement by JBHE Managing Editor Bruce Slater, "While there are standard concerns that racial conservatives on faculties and among alumni and trustees may interpret the figures as showing a so-called 'dumbing-down' of academic standards as in favor of unqualified blacks in favor of more qualified whites, the percentage is a strong gauge of the institution's commitment to diversity." Some University faculty members agreed that the statistics speak well of the University's admissions process. "You have to attribute that high-yield rate to the excellent job that the Office of Admission has done this past year," African-American Affairs Dean M.
Jurors from the open honor trial of third-year College students Joe Schlingbaum and Lindsey McClung early last month disagree on the exact reasoning for the not guilty verdict.
Students in the University Law School will have the opportunity to assist in providing pro-bono legal services to low-income members of the Charlottesville community through a new program starting next semester. The Family Advocacy Program is a partnership between the Law School, the University Medical Center and the Legal Aid Justice Center. "Our clients have medical problems and legal problems that seem to be all intertwined," Legal Aid paralegal Liz Moore said.
A mother rocks her baby's cradle gently, while the tune of Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" fills the air.
The Cavalier Daily has discovered that the Dec. 2 Science column,
Following national trends, 89 percent of the University's Early Decision applicants for the class of 2010 used the online application option, according to Dean of Admissions John Blackburn. In comparison, 64 percent of all applicants for the current first-year class used the online option.
Last night University students and faculty as well as Charlottesville community members participated in the 24th HIV/AIDS Walking Vigil and Ceremony. The vigil was sponsored by students in a HIV/AIDS course offered by the Nursing School and AIDS Services Group, a local organization that provides support to those living with HIV/AIDS in and around Charlottesville According to Nursing Prof.
Following national trends, 89 percent of the University's Early Decision applicants for the class of 2010 used the online application option, according to Dean of Admissions John Blackburn. In comparison, 64 percent of all applicants for the current first-year class used the online option.
The First-Year Council held Marching for Diversity, a forum that featured Prof. Corey Walker addressing diversity and student action at the University, last night. "I hope they begin to question the very idea of diversity and what it means and to begin to critically reflect on the discourse of diversity here at the University," Walker said. The idea for the forum was suggested by First-Year Council members Meghan Avary and Christian West at one of the initial Council meetings this year. The University "is already a diverse school," West said.
