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Members of the Charlottesville chapter of Virginia Organizing, a statewide grassroots justice organization, attended a City Council meeting Monday to voice their concerns regarding the underrepresentation of minorities in Charlottesville government's managerial positions.
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The Association of American Universities announced a five-year initiative last week to improve methods of undergraduate education in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
In response to a July statement released by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Old Dominion University began drafting a regulation this week which seeks to ban all non-law enforcement personnel from carrying guns in school buildings and at sporting events. Cuccinelli wrote that University policy prohibiting students, faculty and staff from carrying guns does not extend to non-affiliated visitors with concealed-carry permits.
[caption id="attachment_45765" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Michael Straightiff took over the University Patent Foundation yesterday.
[caption id="attachment_45756" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The five students of the newspaper's managing board are charged with compromising the honor trial of a former writer.
[caption id="attachment_45699" align="alignleft" width="149" caption="Dan Fenn, former staff assistant to President John F.
An increasing number of business schools are accepting Graduate Record Examinations test scores as a substitution for the traditional Graduate Management Admission Test submission in the application process, a Kaplan Test Prep survey released Sept.
[caption id="attachment_45696" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The University Human Resources department hosted the first ever Hoo's Well@ fair in John Paul Jones yesterday.
[caption id="attachment_45693" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation awarded Hannah Meredith for her research on amoeba motility.
Janny Scott, author of "A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother," spoke yesterday at the Miller Center of Public Affairs about her book and the life experiences of Stanley Ann Dunham, mother of President Obama. Before beginning research for the book, Scott worked in the journalism industry for more than 30 years.
[caption id="attachment_45620" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Coach Mike London and his football team may benefit from an indoor athletic facility.
President Obama signed a bill last Friday that aims to institute sweeping patent reforms, which could affect the way the University competes with other institutions of higher education to obtain patents for its research. In a statement released Friday about the America Invents Act, the White House mentioned the University as being one of "over 40 universities [that] are answering the President's call to expand their commercialization programs and goals." "Universities were asked in time for [the bill signing] to report to the White House Office of Science and Technology" about how they are doing a better job promoting innovation and commercialization, especially in how they partner with the private sector, said Mark Crowell, executive director for innovation partnerships and commercialization at the University. In response, the University is more heavily focusing on obtaining patents for research, with an emphasis on translational research, which can be made into commercialized products, Crowell said. The new provisions could have lasting effects for the University's approach to patents. "[The law] is going to change the calculus of how quickly to file [a patent]," University Law Prof.
[caption id="attachment_45617" align="alignleft" width="196" caption="The Mead Endowment is named after Ernest "Boots" Mead, a retired professor of music.
[caption id="attachment_45518" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Pittsburgh football teammates Lucas Nix and Emanuel Rackard are among the many players who will now compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
[caption id="attachment_45515" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="An investigation of the Rotunda's roof this past summer found that the structure did not have major damage despite years of leaking.
Prince William County Court Judge Gaylord Finch delayed arguments in the American Tradition Institute's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the University Friday because of the potential precedent-setting implications of the case. Following a brief hearing about a Motion to Intervene - a petition to the court by an outside party requesting to join the case because of interest in the subject matter - filed on behalf of former University Environmental Sciences Prof.
After months of debate, the Virginia Board of Health voted 12-1 Thursday to approve abortion clinic regulations critics say may shut down clinics across the state. The new regulations tighten providers' licensing and inspection requirements, threatening clinics which may not be able to afford to meet the new standards. If approved by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Gov.
