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.
Memorial services were held for third-year College student Abigail Burroughs in Falls Church on Tuesday after she succumbed to cancer last weekend.
The University's Board of Visitors approved a resolution June 4 members believe will insure the future stability of the athletics department by developing options like fundraising rather than eliminating teams or creating a tier system. In April, the 2020 Task Force on Athletics released a report recommending a tiering system for the athletics department, which may have financially hurt smaller teams such as men's golf and wrestling.
Because a budget impasse prevented the General Assembly to do so in May, Gov. James S. Gilmore (R) on Monday authorized spending on several University projects, including the renovation of Monroe Hall and Lambeth Field Residence Area. In all, Gilmore approved eight projects on academic buildings worth $43.3 million, money that will come out of the University's nongeneral fund, not from the state.
Ask average Americans what they've seen in the last four years, and they'll probably give you one of a number of answers. Maybe they'll say that a president got embroiled in a sex scandal and underwent an embarrassing - and revealing - impeachment trial.
Terry Holland announced on May 2 that he will end a six-year tenure as athletics director on June 1 to become a special assistant to President John T.
