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.
Arun Chaudhary, the first ever Official White House videographer, visited the University yesterday evening to describe the opportunity he has to broadcast previously unseen aspects of President Barack Obama's life in the White House. The Center for Politics hosted the event in the Rotunda Dome room, where Chaudhary, who received his degree in film theory from Cornell University and served an adjunct instructor at New York University, spoke about his experiences while filming Obama.
The Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics released a report Tuesday showing the steady growth in enrollment in colleges and universities during the past several years slowed in 2010.
The University's chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held a lecture yesterday evening about the ways the U.S.
The University's chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Black Student Alliance held a rally yesterday evening on the north side of the Rotunda to commemorate the death of Trayvon Martin.
Student Council's representative body yesterday evening passed three resolutions which honor the three students who passed away this academic year.
Seven University intellectuals had 12 minutes yesterday evening to tell students gathered in Old Cabell Hall about their "greatest idea" for "Look Hoos Talking," a Student Council-sponsored event.
The Virginia House of Delegates yesterday rejected 69-23 budget amendments which the Virginia Senate passed 35-4 Monday.
The national percentage of adults with college degrees has plateaued, despite goals set by 36 states and the Lumina Foundation for Education to increase the number of college degree holders, according to a report the foundation released Monday. The Lumina Foundation, based in Indianapolis, is a private organization which seeks to expand student access to education.
Stanton Braverman, a retired lawyer who owns three properties in Charlottesville, filed a lawsuit Friday against the City of Charlottesville to protest the planned construction of a dam at the Ragged Mountain Reservoir near Fontaine Research Park.
Charlottesville City Director of Communications Ric Barrick resigned last week following a controversy surrounding his handling of a bidding process for a City contract.
Virginia Organizing, a grassroots organization, held a rally yesterday afternoon at the steps of the U.S.
Student Council awarded its annual accolades to contracted independent organizations in a ceremony at the Rotunda yesterday evening.
The Honor Committee named third-year College student Stephen Nash as Honor Committee Chair during the Committee's annual retreat held at Graves Mountain Lodge in Syria, Va.
Six days ago, the University's Office of Emergency Management conducted a tornado emergency drill.
The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society sold more than 400 tickets for the University's 49th annual Restoration Ball held Saturday night on Peabody Lawn to fundraise for the restoration of the Rotunda.
