[caption id="attachment_49248" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Medical School announced a new master's program yesterday combining public health and service in the Peace Corps.
Students who do not exercise critical thinking skills and are not civically engaged in college have greater difficulty finding jobs, according to a study released yesterday at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The study, "Documenting Uncertain Times: Post-graduate Transition of the Academically Adrift Cohort," used the Collegiate Learning Assessment, a standardized testing evaluation of higher education, to compare the academic strength of 925 students to post-graduate success. The study comes about a year after University Asst.
[caption id="attachment_49160" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Harry Belafonte, right, and History Prof.
A Virginia lawmaker is pushing for legislation which aims to retain university professors in Virginia by offering a 50 percent in-state tuition reduction to dependents of public university faculty. State Sen.
The Office of Research announced yesterday the creation of U.Va. Innovation
[caption id="attachment_49156" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Delta Gamma sorority is conducting an internal investigation of a chapter member who leaked offensive lyrics in an email last week.
[caption id="attachment_49108" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="If adopted permanently, the new pilot e-book initiative could significantly decrease textbook costs for students.
[caption id="attachment_49106" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="A Charlottesville woman was found dead at the Red Roof Inn on the Corner Sunday.
[caption id="attachment_49104" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="West Range Caf
The Virginia Senate voted by a narrow 20-19 margin last Friday to pass a controversial redistricting bill, which would create new boundaries for the state's 11 congressional districts. Sen.
[caption id="attachment_49061" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="About 30 people gathered downtown Friday to protest the U.S.
[caption id="attachment_49059" align="alignleft" width="214" caption="The University's admissions office, located in Peabody Hall, offered admission to 3,187 early action applicants last Friday.
Gov. Bob McDonnell endorsed former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination Friday, a day before he finished a distant second in the South Carolina primary. The endorsement comes in the thick of the unpredictable GOP campaign.
A Charlottesville federal judge dismissed a case last week brought by five homeless men who challenged a City ordinance against panhandling last September. The ordinance, passed by City Council in August 2010, prohibits solicitation on the Downtown Mall within 50 feet of either side of 2nd Street West or 4th Street East as well as solicitation to or from individuals in outdoor caf
Charlottesville police officer Wilbert Davis Brassfield pleaded not guilty to three counts of embezzlement Friday, according to court records. Brassfield was charged for his alleged involvement with the unauthorized withdrawal of more than $10,000 from the Courts of Praise Christian Fellowship's bank account.
[caption id="attachment_48981" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Delta Gamma President Katie Corradini said the song does not reflect the sorority's values.
[caption id="attachment_48979" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Del. Bob Marshall, R-Manassas, reintroduced a bill last week which would let faculty carry guns on Grounds.
[caption id="attachment_48977" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Dr. Richard Guerrant, left, was named one of Virginia's Outstanding Scientists of 2012 Wednesday.
A graduate student riding a bicycle was injured Wednesday evening when she collided with a vehicle in the 800 block of West Main Street at about 3:38 p.m. The car and the bicycle were traveling eastbound along West Main Street when the car made a right turn onto 7th Street NW, causing the bicyclist to collide with the vehicle, Charlottesville Police Lt.
[caption id="attachment_48935" align="alignleft" width="214" caption="The Virginia football team participated in the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta New Year's Eve.
