Virginia Quarterly Review Editor Ted Genoways announced his resignation Tuesday evening, effective May 31, to focus on his writing career.
India's Ambassador to the United States, Nirupama Rao, made an official visit to City Hall yesterday to congratulate Charlottesville Mayor Satyendra Huja, a fellow native Indian, on his special election by Charlottesville City Council. Huja was elected mayor on a 5-0 vote by Council members in January.
Applied Predictive Technologies, a DC-based strategic consulting and software firm, hosted a weeklong University case study competition this week, which ended with an awards ceremony and reception yesterday evening. APT hosted the competition with the University's chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) to help students understand what consulting careers entail.
The University is one of 22 SEC and ACC schools participating in a virtual career fair which started Tuesday and ends today, and features 63 employers.
A Charlottesville grand jury indicted second-year Engineering student Ralph Samuel Rogers Monday in the Albemarle Circuit Court with 10 counts of child pornography. University Police worked with the Charlottesville Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children task force to arrest Rogers at Lambeth Field in December on 10 class six felony counts of possession of child pornography, University Police Captain Michael Coleman said.
A group attempting to minimize the legal repercussions which accompany the possession of marijuana approached Charlottesville City Council Monday with a resolution which aims to direct law enforcement away from marijuana prosecutions.
The Charlottesville Fire Department responded to a call Monday night which reported a chemical smell inside the common areas of the Corner Village at 1215 Wertland Street, according to an incident report released by the fire department yesterday. Charlottesville Fire Chief David Werner said department units, comprised of three fire engines, one tower, one hazmat unit and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, were dispatched to Wertland Street after people reported feeling sickly and suspected the odor was the cause. "Upon arrival, an odor was detected in the common hallways but at [the] time, nothing had been detected as a hazardous material," Werner said in an email. Werner said one of the buildings was evacuated as a precaution only. "There was a woman and then another young woman who felt sick after and asked for assistance from the rescue squad," Werner said in the email.
The number of international students who applied to U.S.
Irish Ambassador Michael Collins spoke to University community members in the Rotunda Dome Room yesterday afternoon about Ireland's weakened economy, which state leaders hope will improve through reduced deficit spending. He opened the talk by emphasizing the connection between Ireland and the University, and addressed Thomas Jefferson's influence on Ireland. "Jefferson never had [an] opportunity to travel to Ireland, but his ideas did," Collins said.
Local nonprofits pressed Charlottesville City Council for additional funding at Council's meeting yesterday evening while the City continues negotiations to approve its budget by April 10. The Paramount Theater, Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR) and Mountainside Senior Living, among other groups, requested increased support from the City. Brandon Collins, a former City Council candidate, asked for at least $10,000 in additional funding for PHAR, a Charlottesville organization which aims to "support and improve public housing communities," according to its website.
Students unveiled a September 11 memorial at a ceremony Sunday in Newcomb Hall.
Six representatives from the Virginia Senate and six from the Virginia House of Delegates met yesterday in a special session, aiming to resolve differences between the Senate and House versions of the Virginia budget which would last for the next two fiscal years. The Senate previously passed a version of Gov.
A fire in the University Heights apartment complex Friday resulted in about $30,000 worth of damage to the building, said Howard Lagomarsino, assistant chief of the Albemarle County Fire-Rescue Division. The blaze began about 1 a.m.
The University announced yesterday it has extended 7,759 offers of admission to fill about 3,360 spots for the Class of 2016.
The University announced yesterday third-year College student Joseph Riley has won a Truman Scholarship, which offers students aiming to work in government or public service $30,000 to put toward graduate studies and leadership training. Riley is a Politics Honors and Mandarin Chinese major.
Albemarle County Police yesterday evening investigated a "suspicious white powdery substance" found in a plastic bag inside Sheridan G.
The University Health System announced plans Wednesday to open a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) clinic at Martha Jefferson Hospital, in partnership with the Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA) and the Riverside Health System. PACE is a national program which provides health care to patients receiving Medicare and Medicaid benefits, as well as privately insured seniors in full-time nursing home care. "Nursing homes are expensive," said Larry Fitzgerald, the University Health System's chief financial officer.
Families of two students killed in the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings filed this week to overturn a $100,000 cap on claims against the state which would prevent them from receiving a $4 million sum a jury awarded them March 14. Attorney Robert Hall, who represents the two families of Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde, said in an email Virginia Tech was guilty of negligence because it failed to warn the school community an armed shooter was on campus April 16, 2007.
