A life-size bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln was disclosed in Richmond Saturday near the James River, sparking both jubilation and disdain. The statue, which also features Lincoln's son Tad, was greeted with both applause and boos by the assembled crowd.
Radford Alexander Corporation, owned by Reginald Lathan, a former Darden School Foundation trustee, faces probation violation charges following a December 2000 indictment for Environmental Protection Agency regulation infringements, according to Rebecca Lonergan, U.S.
With the anticipated completion of a new Special Collections Library just over a year away, the University announced last Friday that it has received two grants which total nearly half a million dollars which will benefit the collections. In December 2002 the Andrew W.
In the wake of the recent global outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the University now is considering the cancellation of study abroad summer programs in Hong Kong and China.
Despite last Thursday's accident at the Emmet Street parking garage construction site, facilities management officials said the project is proceeding in a timely manner.
On March 20, the day after the United States began bombing Iraq, an estimated 200 University students left their classes at 2 p.m.
The recent spike in gasoline prices caused by pre-war anxieties in the crude oil industry is receding.
Construction of the new basketball arena and special events center is set to begin in late spring and proceed on schedule, thanks to two new gifts from University alumni. A $10 million commitment from Paul Tudor Jones II and a $5 million pledge from William H.
As part of 'Proud to Be Out Week,' which celebrates queer pride, members of the Queer Student Union painted Beta Bridge this weekend.
The chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority at Virginia Union University has been suspended following the conviction of four of its members on hazing and simple assault charges. The sorority members were charged following a Feb.
In yesterday's article entitled "University issues audit of elections procedures," the Election Reform Ad Hoc Committee is inaccurately referred to throughout the article as the "Elections Committee." The audit also does not "affirm" the decision to dock votes for Lundy during the 2003 Student Council Presidential Election, as the article suggests.
After long months of anticipation, applicants to the University received their admissions decision letters Friday, March 28. 14,855 students applied to the University this year, up from last year's pool of 14,591.
University Alumnus John L. Nau III and his wife, Bobbie Nau, said they will donate $8.5 million to the University's South Lawn project -- the largest contribution to date.
As part of nationwide Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, the University's Department of Otolaryngology will provide free head and neck cancer screenings today and Wednesday. Today's screenings will take place at U.Va.
The number of Americans, and more specifically Virginians, who are either overweight or obese has reached "epidemic" proportions, according to Virginia Department of Health officials. Recently released Health Department statistics show in 2001, 57 percent of Virginians were either overweight or obese, a 17 percent jump in the state's overweight population from only a decade earlier, yet still below the national average. At the national level, nearly 66 percent of American adults and 9 million children are overweight or obese, according to the U.S.
University President John T. Casteen III and University Rector Gordon F. Rainey Jr. announced two major diversity initiatives at the May 4 Board of Visitors meeting. A new president's commission on diversity and equity and a Board special committee on diversity and equity will address issues of race relations at the University. The commission, which should have a final report by May 1, 2004, will review previous University reports on diversity and equity, examine comparable programs at other schools and recommend policy changes to the Board's special committee, a University press release said. Casteen will appoint a commission chair who will tap members of the faculty, student body and administration to serve on the commission, University spokesperson Carol Wood said. The Board's committee will be charged with addressing the scope of efforts to promote diversity and understanding in the University community and the appropriate role of the Board in oversight of diversity issues, a University press release said. The committees will work cooperatively to achieve their goals, Wood said. "They're going to be working hand in hand throughout the process," she said. Board member Terence P.
Over the past several years, the University International Studies office has made a large effort to encourage students to spend time overseas.
Transcending traditional barriers between church and state and barriers between the University and the Charlottesville community, University doctors, nurses and staff came together with representatives from faith-based organizations and other non-profits for the first time Saturday to address racial disparities in health care in the City. "U.Va.
The University Board of Visitors unanimously approved an increase in tuition and fees for the upcoming fall semester Friday. "There were no other options we could consider, unless we reduced the quality of education and stopped providing the alternative choices students wanted," said William H.
Blacksburg, Va. -- The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors rescinded its March 10 resolution to end race-conscious admissions and remove sexual orientation from its non-discrimination clause by a vote of seven to five in special session here yesterday. The meeting was open to the public, in response to overwhelming condemnation regarding both the content and the clandestine nature of the Board's March 10 decision, which took place in closed session without consulting the Virginia Tech administration, faculty or students.
