A study released Tuesday by the University’s Law School Clinic showed that more than 7,000 students in Virginia were exempted from attending primary or secondary school on religious grounds last year. Virginia law requires a school board to excuse students who hold a religious belief that conflicts with the principle of classroom education.
Three Olympic athletes had a message for University students assembled Tuesday evening at John Paul Jones arena: Don’t be afraid of failure. Gymnast Jonathan Horton knows what defeat feels like.
As the 2012 presidential election approaches, pundits are speculating about whether young voters will turn out in large numbers, as they did four years ago.
University students hoping to voice their ideas about the future of social messaging will now be able to, thanks to a partnership unveiled Monday night between the University’s OpenGrounds initiative and national communications company Vonage.
The National Science Foundation has awarded the University a five-year, $18.5 million grant to fund a research center for self-powered health devices in partnership with three other schools, the University announced last week in a press release.
Research has established that African Americans and other minority groups are more likely to suffer vascular problems, which are associated with the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Preventative measures the University is taking to keep trespassers off the Rotunda scaffolding could cost the school up to $150,000 more than it had initially budgeted for the roof project, University spokesperson Carol Wood said Sunday. Facilities Management installed the scaffolding during the summer months to allow construction workers to access the Rotunda roof.
The Board of Visitors retreat last month cost more than double its original budget, according to receipts released last week. The University is footing the more than $34,000 bill, with the initial $15,000 budget funded by the University endowment and the excess costs paid for by Board office funds set aside earlier in the annual budgeting process.
J. Milton Adams, who has served as the University’s vice provost for academic programs since 2003, became its inaugural senior vice provost last week as part of a strategic planning initiative aimed at tackling the challenges of higher education. In a letter to President Teresa A.
A male University student was confronted by four individuals at 161 Rugby Road early Sunday morning, according to an email the University Police sent students Sunday.
It was a noisy first week back on Grounds, according to Charlottesville Police, who issued 10 noise regulation citations during the weekend, eight of which were in the University area.
The roof of the University Bookstore is currently being replaced, which adds yet another obstacle to the already construction-ridden Grounds.
With a little help from grassroots supporters, former Congressman Virgil Goode will have his shot at the White House in November.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a group that promotes free speech on college campuses, Thursday named the University among the top seven colleges in America for free speech. The foundation evaluated the student free-speech policies of more than 400 colleges and universities, said Robert Shibley, the foundation’s senior vice president.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last week reinstated a fine against Virginia Tech for failing to notify students in a timely manner about the 2007 campus massacre. Then-undergraduate Seung-Hui Cho shot two Virginia Tech students in the early morning before going on to kill 32 individuals in total.
The Republican National Convention, which concluded last week in Tampa, directed national conversation to reflect upon the changes the country has undergone in the past four years; similarly, changes at the University affect the experiences of many. From budget freezes to changes in financial aid policies, from growing class sizes to construction around Grounds, the University too has experienced innumerable changes in the last four years.
Some students are concerned that policy changes implemented by the University in the two and a half years since former University student Yeardley Love was murdered by her ex-boyfriend George Huguely haven’t been as effective at making the community aware of the signs of relationship abuse as administrators intended. The changes since the high-profile murder include revisions to the Sexual Misconduct Policy and procedure, as well as a new criminal disclosure requirement instructing students to inform the University of violations if they are more grave than a minor traffic infringement.
A Virginia voter identification law set to take effect this fall will likely have a limited effect on the election’s outcome, pundits say.
The Democratic National Convention kicked off last night from Charlotte, N.C. with appeals to youth voters who will likely prove central to the political conversation in the coming weeks. Kal Penn, comedian, former White House staffer and the DNC’s host, earned a prime-time spot last night to encourage young adults to get out and vote.
Charlottesville City Council members met Tuesday evening and unanimously approved a Downtown Mall ambassador program — a scheme intended to curb recent downtown behavioral problems and to help welcome tourists to the area. The proposed plan would provide a resource for tourists who have questions while visiting the Charlottesville area and would also help ensure law enforcement. The pilot program is anticipated to fund four seasonal, paid ambassador positions and to cost about $80,000, which will come out of the City’s strategic investment fund. Despite complaints about recent juvenile behavior on the Downtown Mall, some residents said they worried that such a program could take the enforcement aspect too far.
