The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia released Monday its first annual Reports of Institutional Effectiveness.
Starting today and continuing until the end of August, the University population will swell with 3,300 new incoming students and their parents for summer orientation. Led by 28 student orientation leaders, incoming first-year and transfer students will spend two days armed with University information packets, shuttling around Grounds from their accommodations at Hereford College.
The first edition of America's Top Doctors, a book which provides information on about 4,000 specialists around the country, includes 42 University medical center physicians. The guide is published by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a research company that provides information on physicians across the country. Castle Connolly sent surveys in the mail to more than 225,000 doctors in private practice, chiefs of departments and deans of medical schools asking them to nominate top people in their specialties and related specialties. A Castle Connolly research team then interviewed each of the nominated physicians. "Our goal with [America's Top Doctors] was to identify those medical specialists and sub-specialists who would represent the top 1 percent of specialty care MDs in the country," said William Liss-Levinson, vice president for business development at Castle Connolly. The doctors named from the University are specialists in fields ranging from cardiology to neurological surgery. "I think it is one further recognition that we have world-class physicians who are recognized by their peers," said Thomas Massaro, chief of staff for the medical center. Dr. James Ferguson II, a maternal and fetal medicine specialist who has been at the University medical center for 14 years, was one of the 42 doctors included in this year's book. Ferguson said he works hard to treat his patients as he would like to be treated and as he would like family members to be treated, but he does not take all the credit for his nomination. "It is very nice to have my name on the list, but whatever credit I receive, I have to share with the nurses and technicians that work with me," Ferguson said. Ferguson also said the reason so many University doctors were included in the book has a lot to do with the hospital facilities and the staff. "I think we are very blessed in terms of our physicians," he said.
Ajay Nair, a Philadelphia native, began his new position as an assistant dean of students at the University on Monday.
The University Bookstore exceeded income expectations this year by $50,000, which violates its non-profit status.
Computing at the University will have a new feel this fall with two new programs to make work and e-mailing easier for students, faculty and staff.
After several months of interviews with more than 30 candidates, the University Press of Virginia has named Penelope "Penny" J.
The University Medical Center is off "immediate jeopardy" status after being evaluated this week to determine if hospital administrators have corrected deficiencies in psychiatric patient care.
Many University students consider the spring races at Foxfield the social highlight of the year.
Businessman Mark Warner, the 2001 Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate, recently unveiled his higher education plan, which would create a "Commonwealth Scholar" program for high school students who earn a "B" average and are in the top 20 percent of their graduating class. The scholar program would provide state tuition grants to cover eligible students' unmet financial needs at Virginia's public colleges, universities, community colleges or vocational institutions. Students in the scholar program would be eligible for the grant for five years, as long as they maintain a "B" average in college. "This plan says that if you work hard, meet high standards, and still need help - then the state will invest in you and your future," Warner said in a press release.
With a fourth of the cases investigated, the Honor Committee is making progress sorting through the staggering 122 honor charges brought by Physics Prof.
The University announced Saturday that it will not place conservation or open space easements on the 7,378-acre property recently donated to the University by billionaire John W.
A vaccine to prolong remission for ovarian cancer, the most fatal of gynecological cancers, may soon become a reality for women diagnosed with the disease.
MTV executives announced June 15 that the network will award up to $50,000 in scholarship money to a local college or high school student who has shown leadership in the fight for civil rights.
The University's Board of Visitors had their quarterly meeting last weekend over three days. The Board unanimously passed the 2001-2002 budget Thursday, which for the first time includes $1.42 million for graduate student health insurance. According to Colette Sheehy, vice president for management and budget, the money will cover the $915 yearly cost of QualChoice's basic student health plan for teaching assistants or research assistants who earn at least $5,000 a year.
The University athletics department's 20-year-old plan to replace University Hall will come closer to fruition with a large financial gift of $20 million, University President John T.
By the end of the summer University students, faculty and staff will see five new people in some of the most prominent positions at the University. Meet the new vice president and provost, College dean, University police chief, senior vice president, and chancellor at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. "These positions are keys to success in each of several areas, and we have hired the right people," University President John T.
Businessman John W. Kluge donated his 7,378-acre Albemarle County estate to the University of Virgini Foundation in May, more than doubling the landholding of the University and its related foundations. The entire property, valued at more than $45 million, is the second largest single donation ever given to the University.
By Maria Tor Cavalier Daily News Editor Six former Medical Center employees filed a lawsuit against the University yesterday claiming their rights of due process were violated when they were abruptly fired May 29. The firings came after a patient care assistant in the psychiatric ward, Rudolph T.
Reported assault on Jefferson Park Avenue Charlottesville police are investigating a report that a woman was assaulted in her apartment Sunday night.
