Exactly one year after terrorist attacks tore America apart, students and citizens alike will unite at the University to help bring the community together. On Sept.
University Democrats will be teaming up with the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., to host "2002 in 2002," a month-long voter registration rally beginning Monday. Organizers will man tables both on the Lawn and in Newcomb Hall through Sept.
University alumnus Leroy R. Hassell Sr. was elected chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday. Gov.
Across the University, students are getting that feeling in the pit of their stomachs that somehow brings to mind the final agonizing days of an adolescent Christmas season.
First-year dormitories came alive Saturday as over 3,000 first-year students, along with parents and siblings, descended upon Charlottesville for Move-In Day.
This semester, the federal government has mandated that colleges and technical schools across the country enter all new international students into an internet-based data system.
More than eight months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Kmart's much-hyped restructuring plan has accomplished little for the ailing retailer.
Gloomy budget forecasts and more grim fiscal news from Gov. Mark R. Warner hit home August 19 when University Librarian Karen Wittenborg announced that University libraries are reducing staff and cutting back hours to accommodate further budget cuts. The libraries, which The Princeton Review recently ranked the second best college library system in the nation, will continue to offer most of their usual services, such as reference librarians and wireless laptops. A total of 80 students formerly employed by the libraries will not be rehired as a result.
In a move that affects many students and faculty, the University turned over its bank servicing contract to Bank of America in mid-June. Wachovia previously serviced the University with ATM locations in Newcomb Hall, the University Bookstore and the Tree House, and an on-Grounds branch located in Newcomb Hall.
Researchers from the University and two other institutions have immortalized a stem cell line from the testis and used it to reproduce in culture several of the stages of sperm cell development, according to a study published last month on the Science Express Web site, part of the journal Science. The new stem cell line is not capable of transforming into different cell types.
In reaction to Virginia's severe drought conditions, the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County officials have declared mandatory water restrictions. The restrictions went into effect at midnight, Aug.
There's a new fix for overachievers looking to cheat their bodies out of the recommended eight hours of sleep.
In the onslaught of pre-class parties, first-year debauchery and general rowdiness that defines late August at the University, the world of American politics gradually has become a dull afterthought in the minds of University students.
The startling revelations about WorldCom underscore thenecessity to restore trust and confidence in our markets, where over 60 percent of the American public invests.
An employee of the University Medical Center and member of the hospital's Ethics Consultation Board faces two felony charges related to solicitation of sexual activity and child pornography, according to Charlottesville police and Charlottesville General District Court records. Christopher W.
In reaction to Virginia's severe drought conditions, the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County officials have declared mandatory water restrictions. The restrictions went into effect at midnight, Aug.
The Virginia Department of Transportation declared the University's first study of the traffic effects of the proposed parking garage at the corner of Emmet Street and Ivy Road to be insufficient. The statement, which VDOT made in a letter to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, claimed the study failed to consider peak traffic times or pedestrian traffic. These latest criticisms echo similar critiques that the City of Charlottesville and local resident groups made of the study, which the University conducted last fall. VDOT became involved in the garage debate last week after U.S.
The July sun beat down an unmercifully humid 95 degrees on heaps of lumber, piles of stones and the frame of a uniquely designed house at a Crozet construction site. According to David Click, a project manager and second-year graduate Engineering student, other Engineering and Architecture students can be found in their "posh, corporate summer jobs making $20 an hour," but students participating in the University's chapter of the U.S.
The director of admissions at Princeton University has been placed on administrative lead following accusations that he entered a secure Yale Web site to access the admissions status of 11 Yale applicants. Princeton admission officers allegedly gained access to the private records on the Yale Web site by entering the birth date and social security numbers of students who applied to both schools.
In response to continued budgetary woes and statewide revenue shortfalls, University officials have imposed an indefinite hiring and discretionary spending freeze. With the Commonwealth's failure to meet 2002 expected revenue levels by $237 million, Gov.
