Computing at the University will have a new feel this fall with a new program to make work and e-mailing easier for students, faculty and staff.
The preliminary hearing for Jamie Jovin Poindexter, accused of murdering a University graduate student in April, was postponed on July 12, pending decisions about his ability to stand trial.
Three outside experts in patient treatment at psychiatric wards have agreed to serve as advisers for the University Medical Center.
The first year at the University can be overwhelming. The huge, impersonal lower level classes and the scramble to sign up for higher level classes is a big change from high school.
The debate over the use of human embryonic stem cells in scientific research just got a lot more complicated.
With a fourth of the cases investigated, the Honor Committee is making progress sorting through the staggering 122 honor charges that a physics professor filed against some of his students for allegedly cheating on term papers. Committee Chairman Thomas Hall said the Committee already has investigated 30 accused students who were degree candidates or connected to degree candidates' cases before graduation in May.
Take a plastic bottle, cinch it in the middle and dip it in tie-dye, and you'll have the new ergonomic beverage bottle. In the past few years, scientists have developed these slimmer, curvier bottles because they're easier to grip and more fun to look at.
The University Health System is working with the Virginia Department of Health and local cancer organizations to develop a cancer control plan, a process which begun in 1998 and is nearing completion.
Two committees of the University's Board of Visitors recently discussed fund-raising and higher athletic ticket prices and student activity fees as possible ways to increase the revenue of the athletics department.
Oceans have been gauged, the human body dissected and the earth's movements monitored, but outer space is an area that many feel is widely unexplored and largely unknown.
The University agreed this week to work to protect nearby streams from chemical leaks from the football field at Scott Stadium. The agreement came almost two months after a toxic pesticide used on the field washed into a nearby creek and killed all the aquatic life residing there, University environmental compliance manager Jeff Sitler said. The University submitted a short-term plan to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality detailing how it plans to prevent spills in the future, Bill Hayden, a spokesman from the department said. In early May, the football field was overwatered, and a fumigant called Basamid washed into the storm sewers of the stadium and then into a nearby stream, a violation of state environmental law. The chemical killed about 600 fish, which included minnows and eels, Sitler said.
Two committees of the University's Board of Visitors recently discussed fund-raising, increased athletic ticket prices and student activity fees as possible avenues for increasing the revenue of the athletics department. At its annual retreat in Prince George County over the weekend, the Board considered multiple options, including changing the giving levels for Virginia Student Aid members.
The preliminary hearing for Jamie Jovin Poindexter, accused of murdering a University graduate student in April, was postponed last Thursday, pending decisions about his ability to stand trial.
Starting this fall, the State Council for Higher Education will require all public, four-year Virginia colleges and universities to administer competency assessments in writing and technological skills to their students.
Three outside experts in patient treatment at psychiatric wards have agreed to serve as advisers for the University Medical Center.
The hands-off relationship that has existed for 20 years between the University and its 56 fraternities and sororities is changing with the creation of the Fraternity & Sorority Life office under the Office of the Dean of Students. In response to a request from the Board of Visitors to review problems with the Greek system, the Fraternity Working Group made numerous recommendations at the Board's April meeting including the creation of an office that would handle Greek affairs relating to the University. The Fraternity & Sorority Life office officially began conducting business on July 1 under the direction of Asst.
Although the sites are hidden behind large wooden walls, students have surely noticed an abundance of construction at the University, the most visible of which is the huge addition to Clark Hall. Construction on this building, which began last July, includes nearly 60,000 square feet of new space and renovations on about 99,000 square feet, said Randy Porter, a project manager and construction administrator. The new building space will be used primarily for environmental science research and there will be a new reading room for the engineering library.
For students looking for an outlet to air a documentary or to display their musical talents, look no further than WHOO Television, a station that could appear on Grounds this fall. Rising third-year College students Nicholas Holden and Sarah Jennings began discussing the possibility of a student television station at the end of fall semester.
After 19 years of live musical entertainment, Charlottesville's Trax Nightclub is closing its doors tomorrow. However, the Main Street venue will continue to have live music performances when it reopens in September, most likely under a new name. But instead of local bands playing weekend nights, the club will play Top 40 dance music, according to a press release from owner Michael Duchesneau, a doctor in Tampa, Fla. Duchesneau bought the venue, which has hosted famous bands such as Dave Matthews Band and local bands such as My Dog Lucy, from Dana Murphy in November. The club, which can hold up to 900 people, experienced a dip in ticket sales over the past year, said Jimmy Wood, general manager of Trax and the drummer for My Dog Lucy.
Regional doctors in the Albemarle and the Richmond area have reported a startling increase in the number of snakebites treated this season. Ruddy Rose, director of Poison Control at the University Medical Center said the center, which fielded 21 snakebite-related calls in 1999 and 26 in 2000, has already received 37 calls in April, May and June.
