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Stimson Center Senior Advisor Mona Yacoubian spoke yesterday about the current Syrian uprising one year after the Arab Spring at the weekly meeting of the International Relations Organization. The discussion centered on Syrian politics, including concerns about the nation's deteriorating domestic situation and the possible collapse of Pres.
The Virginia General Assembly failed to agree on a budget before its March 10 deadline this weekend, pushing the legislature into a Special Session which will ultimately pose extra costs to taxpayers.
The University's Law School ranks seventh among the nation's top law schools, according to the 2013 Best Graduate Schools rankings released yesterday by U.S.
Student Council representatives yesterday evening passed a resolution 14-0 to signal the body's support of lobbying group Virginia21's efforts to increase funding for higher education. Alex Reber, second-year Engineering student and co-chair of the Legislative Affairs Committee, introduced the resolution last month.
Professors at the University's Medical Center have stopped the world's tallest man from growing, according to press statement released Monday by the University's Health System.
Charlottesville City Council yesterday evening discussed raising the minimum wage of Charlottesville employees to $13 an hour from the current rate of $11.67.
The Law School earlier this month began an $8 million redesign of Slaughter Hall in an effort to expand office space for the school's 20 legal clinics and create more accessible student spaces. Preliminary design work for the project began Jan.
The American Council on Education published a report yesterday which found the typical American college president is a married, white, 61-year-old male with a doctorate degree in education who has held his position for seven years.
The College Council hosted a film screening yesterday evening of "Habibi Rasak Kharban," a film written, directed and produced by 1999 University alumna Susan Youssef.
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled this month that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli does not have the right to review former University Environmental Sciences Prof.
University Judiciary Committee Chair Victoria Marchetti yesterday evening proposed 11 articles which, if all passed by the UJC, will result in a new version of its bylaws.
The University's YOUTH-NEX Center collaborated with American pop singer Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation last month to prevent youth bullying.
Senate Bill 1, which requires voters to present identification before being permitted to cast a ballot, awaits Gov.
The Virginia Supreme Court handed down a decision yesterday denying Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's claim that he has the right to review former University Environmental Sciences Prof.
The Living Wage Campaign ended its 13-day hunger strike yesterday but vowed to continue efforts to secure higher wages for the University’s lowest-paid employees. A total of 26 students participated in the hunger strike. Graduate Arts & Sciences student Dannah Dennis spoke at the campaign’s daily rally yesterday, thanking supporters and saying they would continue to promote wage increases at the University. “This is the end of the strike, but it is not the end of the struggle,” Dennis said.
The Center for Politics hosted an array of prominent political pundits in the Rotunda Dome Room yesterday evening to discuss key aspects of the Republican presidential primaries, particularly the upcoming "Super Tuesday" races.
Six members of the Living Wage Campaign met yesterday with several University administrators to discuss a wage increase for the lowest-paid University employees.
A study released earlier this week by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center titled "Transfer and Mobility: A National View of Pre-Degree Student Movement in Postsecondary Institutions" reported increased transfer rates within institutions of higher education. The report, which was published in partnership with Indiana University's Project on Academic Success, examined the transfer patterns of more than 2.8 million full- and part-time students from 2006 to 2011. Curry School Associate Prof.
