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Study: Football players’ graduation rates lag

By Abby Meredith and Celia Jeffords | September 26, 2012

Football players on average graduate at lower rates than non-student-athletes despite opposing claims by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. According to the latest Adjusted Graduation Gap (AGG) report released Tuesday by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, football players graduate at a rate 22 percent lower on average than full-time male students in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Dean Groves introduces the topic of student self governance to students in Old Cabell Hall
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Panel talks self-governance

By Jordan Bower | September 26, 2012

At a University that prides itself on student self-governance, Tuesday’s panel featuring several leaders in the University and Charlottesville community offered students advice for how to best utilize the opportunity they have to self-govern.

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Study reveals hiring biases

By Kelly Kaler | September 25, 2012

A recent study by Yale researchers found evidence of gender bias in the fields of science and engineering that shows male students have a competitive advantage over female students. Researchers gave faculty members random applications for a lab manager position.

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Report requests racial parity

By Monika Fallon | September 25, 2012

The University and Community Action for Racial Equity, a group devoted to fighting racial discrimination on Grounds and in Charlottesville, announced Monday the public release of a report titled “Call for Reflection and Action.” The publication coincides with UCARE’s receipt of a $148,000 grant from the Andrus Family Fund to promote better race relations at the University. The 35-page report stems in part from the Virginia General Assembly’s 2007 “statement of regret” for the Commonwealth’s history of slavery and the Board of Visitors’ subsequent praise of the statement.

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CIOs receive less funding

By Matt Comey | September 24, 2012

Funds available to Contracted Independent Organizations for 2012-13 through student activity fees have decreased by more than $100,000 from last academic year. Funding for CIOs is generated through the annual $44 student activities fee that every University student pays to fund various student initiatives and resources. CIOs receive about half of the revenue created from SAFs.

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Honor Committee launches new website

By Grace Hollis | September 24, 2012

The new Honor Committee website is officially live, featuring easier access to its social media platforms and a new option to file a report or retraction online. “I’m personally really excited about it, because we really think it will give an accessible and informative face and front for the committee,” said Honor chair Stephen Nash, fourth-year College student.

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Foundation creates domestic violence app

By Joseph Liss | September 24, 2012

The One Love Foundation, which seeks to uphold the memory of former University student Yeardley Love, last week unveiled a new app to help identify the risk of intimate partner violence. Love was murdered by her ex-boyfriend George Huguely, former University student and lacrosse player in May 2010.

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Council committees garner 368 applications

By Joseph Liss | September 24, 2012

Student Council received 368 applications for positions on 16 different committees, 26 fewer than last year’s record-breaking fall recruitment. Council could not email out the Class of 2016 listerv this year, which third-year College student Eric McDaniel, Student Council’s director of University relations, said could potentially explain the decrease in applicants. Council was unable to meet with Virginia Carter, director of external communications, who has the ability to send emails to class listservs, until after the application period had ended.

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Virginia polls give Democrats clear lead

By Lizzy Turner and Will Keel | September 21, 2012

Democrats have taken a clear lead in Virginia’s two biggest national elections this year, according to two new polls that show President Barack Obama maintaining a slight edge against GOP nominee Mitt Romney while Tim Kaine gained a new advantage over George Allen in the U.S.

Rebecca Blank, acting U.S. secretary of commerce, visited Grounds Wednesday with good news for the Virginia Innovation Partnership — $1 million in federal funds.
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Blank and Sullivan announce grant for University innovation

By Donald Sensabaugh | September 20, 2012

Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank and University President Teresa Sullivan announced Wednesday the Virginia Innovation Partnership — a fund that supports start-ups and early-stage technologies — will receive a $1 million federal grant. The award is part of $7 million in new grants available through the i6 Challenge, an annual initiative led by the Department of Commerce that funds innovation-based entrepreneurial projects.

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Coursera adds 17 online partners

By Grace Hollis and Erik Payne | September 20, 2012

The online learning service Coursera, which announced a partnership with the University July 17, added 17 universities to its list of participating institutions Wednesday. Coursera is a free online course service available to anyone with computer access. It currently partners with six of the schools in the U.S. News and World Report’s top 10, as well as 27 other institutions.

Honor Chair Stephen Nash, above, discussed honor with students Wednesday.
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Nash, students talk honor

By Kaelyn Quinn | September 20, 2012

The Honor Committee held the first in a series of seven roundtable discussions Wednesday evening in an attempt to bring students into a dialogue about honor at the University. Honor Committee Chair Stephen Nash described the discussions as an opportunity for students to “share their experiences about honor and what it has meant to them during their time [at the University] and ways they think the Honor Committee and honor system can improve.”

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Mann, U.Va. triumph again in legal battle

By Lizzy Turner | September 19, 2012

Michael Mann, former University environmental science professor, will not have to give the American Tradition Institute access to his email correspondence and various other documents pertaining to his controversial climate change theory, the Prince William Circuit Court ruled this week. Should the ruling stand, it could set a precedent that researchers in public institutions do not have to disclose to the public proprietary documents relating to their research.

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Council approves $90,000 operating budget

By Emily Hutt | September 19, 2012

Student Council passed its 2012-2013 operating budget at its representative body meeting Tuesday evening, allocating about $90,000 in spending for upcoming initiatives. The budget appropriates funds from both the Student Activities Fees (SAF) paid by students each semester and additional funds, known as non-SAF, obtained through agreements with companies.

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