University recognizes students, faculty for achievement
By Anna Perina | October 29, 2012At its annual Fall convocation ceremony Friday, the University recognized 344 third-year University students in the top 20 percent of their class.
At its annual Fall convocation ceremony Friday, the University recognized 344 third-year University students in the top 20 percent of their class.
Entrepreneur Randal J. Kirk has offered his resignation from the University Board of Visitors, citing his recent move to Florida as the reason for his departure. “I am honored to have served as a member of the Board since 2009,” Kirk said in the letter.
Individuals within the Honor Committee are considering a major overhaul of the Committee’s system that would include the simultaneous implementation of jury reform and informed retraction.
On Election Day, Virginia voters will see a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution on the ballot that would define more narrowly the way government bodies can employ eminent domain to seize private land.
A Storify feature of live coverage and responses to the University’s announcement that classes on Monday, October 29 would be canceled.
The University cancelled its classes for the third time in 30 years Sunday evening with Hurricane Sandy bringing extreme weather to the state.
Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan visited Charlottesville Thursday for a rally outside the Crutchfield Corporation promoting Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and local Republicans running for Congress. With 12 days before the general election, both Republican and Democratic campaigns have paid great attention to Albemarle County, an important area up for grabs in the swing state of Virginia.
The attorneys representing former University student George Huguely filed for an extension in the Virginia Court of Appeals last week, earning themselves an additional 30 days to file trial transcripts.
Her trafficker handcuffed her to a door for two weeks. When Chong Kim escaped and ran into a shopping mall screaming for help, “people pulled their children away from me,” she told students gathered to hear her speak Wednesday evening in Clark Hall. Sigma Psi Zeta sorority hosted the event, where Kim shared her experiences as a survivor of sex trafficking in the U.S., in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month and as part of the sorority’s efforts to fight violence against women. Kim, a U.S.
The National Basketball Association could be coming to Virginia, according to a report released Tuesday.
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership has signed an agreement with Virginia’s public higher-education institutions and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to draw businesses to the commonwealth, Gov.
Gov. Bob McDonnell announced a regulatory reform initiative calling for regulatory agencies to examine their policies, remove unnecessary rules and streamline regulations, according to a statement from the Governor’s Office released Monday.
University Career Services hosted a Diversity Career Day in the John Paul Jones Arena Wednesday to introduce prospective employers to students from colleges and universities in Virginia and Washington, D.C.
The University still faces a formal review by its accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, for the firing and subsequent rehiring of University President Teresa Sullivan this past summer.
Bruce Springsteen held a free concert at a rally in support of President Barack Obama’s reelection Tuesday.
Student Council voted at its representative body meeting Tuesday evening to decline the The Black Sheep publication’s request for CIO status, which would have permitted it to receive funding from student activities fees. Copies of The Black Sheep, a student-run satirical publication, started appearing around Grounds this semester.
Architecture Prof. Frank Dukes, the director of the University’s Institute for Environmental Negotiation, has been awarded the 2012 Sharon M.
President Barack Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney faced off Monday evening in the third and final debate of 2012 election season to talk foreign policy.
Low-income Virginia residents suffering from HIV/AIDS no longer have to wait for their medication. Additional funding from the General Assembly helped the state’s AIDS drug assistance program (ADAP) reduce its waiting list — which peaked at 1,112 people last December — to zero at the end of August.
Internet platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are not just social tools anymore, a survey released Friday indicates.