Batten School faculty member Fred Hitz spoke Thursday evening about the recent political controversy surrounding the United States’ drone use.
On August 22, President Obama released a new proposal to rank institutions of higher education to assist families with selecting colleges.
University student group Sustained Dialogue hosted an Open Dialogue yesterday in the Amphitheater to discuss financial aid and the future of higher education.
Although Livestrong Foundation founder and professional cyclist Lance Armstrong faced intense public scrutiny after admitting to doping earlier this year, recent research from the Darden School found that the organization diligently worked to prevent the bad publicity from harming the Livestrong brand and mission.
The University Judiciary Committee discussed changes to the First-Year Judiciary Committee during its first general body meeting Sunday evening. Members talked about reducing the size of FYJC and modifying the organization’s training methods.
Following the April arrest of a University student attempting to buy sparkling water at a local grocery store, a Charlottesville-based advocacy group, the Rutherford Institute, is encouraging a series of large changes to the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
The Honor Committee continued to discuss a proposal to combine support officer roles during its meeting Sunday evening. The combination of roles expressed in the bylaws would go hand-in-hand with combined recruitment and training of support officers.
In an effort to address large, complicated and quickly expanding data sets that are now the norm in any sort of research, the University is preparing to launch a Big Data Institute in the coming weeks. The Institute will operate virtually, pulling faculty, facilities and resources from schools all across the University. It will attempt to keep the University competitive with other research universities moving towards big data research said Rick Howitz, the associate vice president for research.
Second-year College student Mary Goldsmith passed away Saturday evening in a Washington, DC hospital. Goldsmith, who went by Shelley, was a Jefferson Scholar and active member of the University community.
The University Center for Politics unveiled Politics Prof. Larry Sabato’s new Massive Open Online Course, The Kennedy Half Century, earlier this month.
The first phase of the University’s Rotunda restoration efforts are rapidly approaching a conclusion. The renovations, which began on the Rotunda in May 2012, are the landmark’s most comprehensive since it was rebuilt by McKim, Mead and White between 1895 and 1898, according to the project website.
On Thursday, about forty first-year students attended the Honor Committee’s annual mock trial in Gilmer Hall. Fourth-year College student Brittany Wengel, the vice-trial for education, said the trial was an opportunity to see the Honor Committee’s process in action.
Starting this semester, students will have the option to study in the original library of the University: the Rotunda.
Forty percent of May 2012 graduates from the College of Arts & Sciences had acquired full-time employment or were self-employed after Final Exercises this past May, according to a recently unveiled report that profiled graduates’ post-college paths.
Soulful music flooded the lecture hall at the Harrison Institute Special Collections library Wednesday as more than 100 people gathered to honor the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s March on Washington. Deborah McDowell, director of the University’s Carter G.
A proposed change to the Honor Committee’s bylaws could drastically change the way new members are recruited and trained.
The University’s office of the Vice President for Research announced a new big data initiative, the Big Data Institute, at the Board of Visitors retreat earlier in the month.
The University recently unveiled a report about the post-graduation plans of May 2012 graduates from the University.
This month’s vote by the University’s Board of Visitors to reauthorize a modified version of the touted AccessUVa program has renewed a debate about the University’s obligation to promote socioeconomic diversity amid deepening cuts in federal and state funding of public universities.
Spouses of University employees may lose access to the University’s health care plan next year. Those whose employers provide health care plans which meet the minimum requirements of the Affordable Care Act will be removed from University family insurance plans starting in January.
