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SCOTUS omits AG

[caption id="attachment_47635" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Supreme Court is set to determine next week which appeals to President Obama's health care law it wants to hear.


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Professor wins research grant

The Alzheimer's Association awarded Asst. Psychology Prof. Brian Wiltgen last month with the New Investigator Research Grant, a two-year award worth $100,000, to investigate a part of the brain essential to memory, and whether its adaptability is a factor in deterring disease.


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Panel talks Britain, U.S.

[caption id="attachment_47548" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Panel members Evan Bayh, Juan Williams and Lord Alan Watson discussed the political relationship between Britain and the United States Friday at the Center for Politics.


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Honor votes to extend debate

[caption id="attachment_47546" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Honor Committee decided to continue the discussion about the possibility of introducing an alternative to the single sanction policy.


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Study highlights attrition among female engineers

Women who enter college as engineering majors are less likely than their male peers to graduate with an engineering degree and pursue a related career path, according to a study published in the October edition of the American Sociological Review. The authors of the review attributed this trend to a lack of confidence.


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Council recommends budget

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia suggested in an annual report this week that the government should spend $117.7 million this fiscal year on higher education institutions in Virginia. The report proposes a $51.2 million increase in funding toward "base adequacy," which aims to "support base operating needs, enrollment growth, additional faculty and staff, library and other instructional and research materials, and efforts to facilities." It also proposes a $6.4 million increase in faculty salaries and a $3.6 million increase in graduate financial aid. "The proposals made by SCHEV would be advantageous to higher education in general and therefore to the University as well," Colette Sheehy, vice president for management and budget, said in an email. University students will also benefit from these proposed increases in funding. "Any funding we receive from the state will benefit students as we are able to hire additional faculty, purchase equipment, support our AccessUVa program and mitigate tuition increases," Sheehy said. Kirsten Nelson, director of Communications and Government Relations for SCHEV, said the council took into account the size of institutions, financial aid and state tuition, among other factors in reaching its conclusions. The increase in funding necessitates a 3 percent to 5 percent increase of student tuition for each fiscal year, the report says. Now that the recommendations have been made, the General Assembly and Gov.


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Ex-White House official talks climate

[caption id="attachment_47507" align="alignleft" width="244" caption="Carol Browner, a former Obama administration official, visited the Law School yesterday to discuss environmental protection.


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Sierra Club camps out

[caption id="attachment_47466" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Sierra Student Coalition at the University hosted John Cruickshank, chair of the state-wide chapter, yesterday.


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State Supreme Court postpones climate case

The ongoing legal battle between Virginia Attorney General and University alumnus Ken Cuccinelli and the University about the release of documents related to climate change research is currently on hold, as both parties wait for the state Supreme Court to set a hearing date.


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StudCo hosts debate

[caption id="attachment_47394" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Student Council hosted a debate last night between Democratic State Sen.

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