The sound of chainsaws echoed across the Lawn Thursday, as workers cut down seven Magnolia trees surrounding the Rotunda. The trees ranged from 60- to close to 100-years-old.
University Librarian Karin Wittenborg was reappointed to another five-year term last Monday. Wittenborg, who leads the team responsible for 11 on-Grounds libraries and a high-density shelving library off-Grounds, has led the library system since 1993.
The Albemarle County School Board held a public hearing Thursday night to discuss the $7 million school budget deficit as well as Superintendent Pam Moran’s $164.28 million funding request.
Neoantigenics LLC, an oncology biotechnology company established in 2012 and grown out of University research partners, has secured patents on technology to better target and eliminate certain types of cancer using natural human proteins.
Monday marked the deadline for second-year College students to apply for the Commerce School’s undergraduate program. The McIntire Undergraduate Admissions Committee will consider applications and expects to notify students of their decision sometime in mid-March.
The Governor’s Task Force on Improving Mental Health Services and Crisis Response recommended new regulations Tuesday regarding the treatment of emergency mental health patients in Virginia.
A bill allowing public officials to be removed from office after being convicted of a sex crime passed unanimously in the Virginia House of Delegates earlier this week. Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, introduced the bill in response to the Christopher Dumler case last year.
The Virginia government will drop its investigation into the financial affairs of former governor Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen in an effort to steer clear of a federal investigation into corruption charges. Last week, a grand jury charged McDonnell and his wife with a 14-count federal indictment.
Del. Lynwood Lewis, D-Virginia Beach, won the Virginia Senate special election in the vacant 6th district by 11 votes Monday after a recount was conducted in several localities.
Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates called for an audit of Virginia Medicaid programs Monday in response to a proposed expansion of the program to low-income Virginians.
The Princeton Review ranked the University as the No. 3 Best Value Public University for 2014, trailing only the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the New College of Florida. Though the University‘s ranking is down from the last year’s first place, it has consistently been selected as among the top three best value public universities. “U.Va.
Members of the Virginia House and Senate offered bills on Jan. 8 which modify the Freedom of Information Act. The matching proposals target a change in the amount of information Virginia’s public education institutions are required to release to citizens.
University Law graduate Brinton Lucas was recently selected to clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during the 2014-15 term. Lucas, who graduated from the Law School in 2011 near the top of his class, made a strong impression on several nationally esteemed constitutional law professors teaching at the University, including A.
A City of Charlottesville and Charlottesville School District joint commission presented a report Tuesday about the status of public education funding in Charlottesville and potential ways to combat funding gaps.
At a press conference Tuesday morning, Virginia lawmakers voiced opposition to the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed controls on coal power plants in a letter to President Barack Obama.
Student Council gathered Tuesday evening to discuss its response to various petitions on SpeakUp UVa, Council’s online forum for students to propose and vote on ideas for improvements around Grounds.
Students unveiled the Handprint Project this week, a campaign aimed to curb sexual assault on fraternity bid night. The project seeks to educate students about prevention and intervention of sexual assault and is co-sponsored by Democracy for America Charlottesville, the Inter-Fraternity Council, the Honor Committee, One-in-Four and One Less.
A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found quality of high school education may directly impact students’ academic success in college.
Virginia Delegate Rick Morris, R-Carrollton, recently proposed a bill which gives students at state universities, such as the University, the right to counsel, and the right of review, for certain disciplinary proceedings and decisions.
Third-year College student Carl Walrath, the Virginia lacrosse player who pleaded guilty to assault and obstruction of justice last Friday, was dismissed from the team today.
