Sunday marked the beginning of Honor Week, an education and outreach initiative sponsored by the Honor Committee. With a packed schedule of giveaways, discussions and other events, the Committee hopes to increase student participation in the community and highlight new honor-sponsored programs.
The Gang Reduction through Active Community Engagement, a local task force, released a report last week finding that there are 183 active gang members in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
The incoming University Judiciary Committee selected third-year College student Timothy Kimble as Chair, elected second-year Law student Sam Brickfield as vice-chair for sanctions and selected third-year Batten student Shanice Hardy as vice-chair for trials on Sunday night. The Committee could not fill the vice-chair for first-years position.
In fall 2010, the Gooch-Dillard residence area had a problem: the UTS bus schedule was a mess. One frustrated student posted his concerns on SpeakUpUVA.com, a website run by Student Council that lists student-generated proposals to change University policies, and sent his proposed solution around on the Gooch-Dillard listserv to encourage people to vote for his idea. As the idea quickly became the top post on the website for that month, a UTS subsequently implemented a new, more efficient bus schedule for the Gooch-Dillard area.
The incoming Honor Committee elected third-year College student Nicholas Hine as its chair on Saturday. The Committee also elected second-year College student Martese Johnson, third-year Commerce student Joe Martin and third-year College students Nick Lee and Henley Hopkinson as vice-chairs. All but Hopkinson ran in contested elections.
This strategy works for some, but only approximately 25% of students who start at a community college make it to the BA in six years. This is a much lower proportion than the 46% of students who start at four-year colleges. Attewell and Monaghan conducted their study to find out why this disparity exists.
A University student was recently diagnosed with a suspected case of the mumps, a contagious viral disease, at Student Health, Director of Student Health Dr. Chris Holstege said.
The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences recently made a decision to alter its financial aid policy, and will now require many students to report any sources of aid they receive from outside the University to their graduate directors.The change reflects an effort to increase the efficiency and the distribution of financial aid to graduate students and to prevent financial losses.
On Thursday Virginia Democrats launched a website claiming that Ed Gillespie, the Republican candidate for Virginia Senate, has been inconsistent in his stance on the Affordable Care Act.
Virginia Organizing, a liberal advocacy group, held a rally in nearby Waynesboro Friday encouraging the Virginia state legislature to pass a large expansion of the Medicaid program.
The Batten School hosted a presentation on the politics of higher education on Friday at Garrett Hall. Speakers included Cornell Government Prof. Suzanne Mettler and Curry Prof. David Breneman.
The Office of Graduate Career Development hosted a seminar with guest speaker Tiffany Lohwater, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in order to engage with the graduate students about how to develop strong communication skills.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe exercised his right to veto a state bill for the first time Wednesday on House Bill 962. The bill would have clarified existing legislation about guns stored in motor vehicles when the owner does not have a concealed weapons permit. It stipulated that the guns must be in “secured” containers, such as glove compartments or consoles, but not necessarily locked containers. McAuliffe’s objection to the bill was that not requiring the containers be locked was a public safety risk.
Eight candidates have kicked off the campaign for Batten Graduate Council positions this week. The candidates for Batten Council President are fourth-year College student Alex Wallace and third-year College student Yuhuan Fu.
The $200 million plan to create the Western Bypass on Route 29 through Charlottesville has been shelved, said incoming Chair of the Route 29 Advisory Board Philip Shucet.
Several environmental representatives held a conference call Thursday to discuss Charlottesville’s carbon footprint-reduction programs. Charlottesville has made great strides in recent years to reduce carbon emissions which contribute to climate change.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA, visited the Medical School’s Focused Ultrasound Center to see a demonstration of the cutting-edge focused ultrasound technology Wednesday morning. While there, he praised the benefits of government investment in research and development, promoting its place in both state and federal budgets.
The Miller Center hosted Paul Barrett, author of “Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun,” for a forum to discuss the Glock pistol and gun culture in the United States Wednesday morning.
Three University groups joined together to host a panel discussion Wednesday night in Jefferson Hall on whether the United States should actively promote democracy abroad.
Charlottesville City Council held a budget forum Wednesday night to present their proposed city budget for the fiscal year 2015 to the Charlottesville community.
