[caption id="attachment_44724" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Students in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences in fields such as science and math are required to teach.
The College announced Tuesday it received $41.7 million in new fundraising commitments in fiscal year 2010-11.
[caption id="attachment_44721" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The walkway beneath the Rotunda stairs is missing a sign which disappeared Thursday night.
Southern Living magazine named Charlottesville one of the five best college towns in the South last week. "IPads and laptops have replaced satchels and quills, but students still sign honor codes, dress up for football games and vie for coveted spots in secret societies at the university Thomas Jefferson founded in 1819," Southern Living stated in the issue. City spokesperson Ric Barrick said he was particularly proud of the ranking because it demonstrates the partnership between the City and the University. "We are just a good combination of many factors that make us a small town with a big city feel," he said. Third-year Nursing student Elizabeth Mathews agreed. "I like the Downtown Mall a lot," she said.
Hispanic enrollment in North American colleges and universities has increased by 24 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to a report from the Pew Hispanic Center released last week.
Students planning on applying to graduate schools from now on will face a reformatted and longer Graduate Records Examination, which went into effect in August. The GRE, a standardized test administered by Educational Testing Services, is an admissions exam required by most graduate programs in the U.S.
[caption id="attachment_44640" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Council planned events for the 10-year anniversary of the Sept.
Nine percent of people in Charlottesville and surrounding Albemarle County, including 16 percent of children, suffer from food insecurity, according to a report released last Thursday by Feeding America, a national hunger relief charity.
[caption id="attachment_44567" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Students lined up at the food trucks located by the Amphitheater during lunch time.
[caption id="attachment_44565" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Martha Jefferson Hospital moved to a new facility, which has more space to accommodate the latest technologies.
Abortion clinics in Virginia would have to abide by the same rules as hospitals under a new draft of regulations released by the Virginia Department of Health Friday, should they be passed by the Board of Health and signed into law by Gov.
With the 2012 presidential election nearly a year away, talk of possible vice presidential candidates has begun to heat up, including speculation about whether Virginia Gov.
[caption id="attachment_44506" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Four or five unidentified males reportedly attacked a male victim on the 1100 block of John Street and fled with his wallet at about 1:35 a.m.
An online training video aimed at educating and helping the University community identify and respond to potentially troubling situations will be released to students and faculty this fall. The video, "Hoos Making a Safer Community," was developed by the University's Office of Emergency Preparedness and an appointed Violence Prevention Committee.
[caption id="attachment_44503" align="alignleft" width="243" caption="Members of the Honor Committee held their first meeting of the 2011-2012 academic year Sunday night.
[caption id="attachment_44499" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Members of the University community shielded themselves from rain and wind Saturday as Hurricane Irene made its way up the East Coast during the weekend.
[caption id="attachment_44460" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The grant money will go toward research on dam removal and its effects on rivers to help buy equipment, fund field trips and bring in researchers.
[caption id="attachment_44458" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The bike sale and classes were open to local residents, as well as students, faculty and staff.
[caption id="attachment_44456" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Bad choices in dining facilities combined with the convenience of fast food restaurants contribute to poor eating habits.
The University submitted a 4.3 megabyte disk with 3,827 pages to the American Tradition Institute's Environmental Law Center yesterday, making ATI the first group to successfully retrieve former University Environmental Sciences Prof.
