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Council presents E-Week

This week the Engineering Student Council hosted Engineers Week, a celebration of Engineering students and their future profession.


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Ten Miler will close roads

Select roads on and around Grounds will be closed in the morning for the Charlottesville Ten Miler foot race Saturday. The race will begin in front of University Hall on Massie Road, which will be closed from about 7:30 to 8 a.m.


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Scott addresses reform

[caption id="attachment_42268" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rep. Robert "Bobby" Scott spoke to the Introduction to American Politics class yesterday, one year after President Obama signed the health care reform act.


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Initiative hires new professors

This year marks the first of a three-year period in which new and retiring professors overlap employment at the College, an effort of the Legacy of Distinction Fund to prevent an absence of qualified professors.


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Findings refute partisan biases

Researchers have found evidence they think explains why university professors tend to lean liberal, rejecting the notion that liberal bias in higher education informs their political views.


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Hurt addresses political topics

[caption id="attachment_42115" align="alignleft" width="176" caption="Rep. Robert Hurt spoke to students about last year's campaign, the growing national debt and the significance of citizens' involvement in the government.


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UJC announces new executive committee

[caption id="attachment_42112" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The incoming Committee chairs include Vice Chair for Trials Emily Forrester, Vice Chair for First Years Charity Harrell, Chair Victoria Marchetti and Vice Chair for Sanctions Cliff Cutchins.


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Students provide aid in filing taxes

University students are volunteering to help qualifying community members file their federal and state tax returns for free in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. The University's involvement with VITA was revitalized in 2007 when the Law School partnered with Madison House's Creating Assets, Savings and Hope program.


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Honor names executives

[caption id="attachment_42027" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="After the resignation of former Honor Representative Brandon Kist, third-year College student Ann Marie McKenzie was appointed to the Committee.

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TEDxUVA is an entirely student-run organization, hosting TED-style events under official TEDx licensing. Reeya Verma, former president and fourth-year College student, describes her experience leading the organization when its ability to host TEDx events was challenged, working to regain official TEDx licensure and the True North conference, which prominently featured University alumni.