[caption id="attachment_38222" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Last night, the Honor Committee held its first of three mock trial sessions, allowing members of the University community to observe and participate as jurors in a dummy case.
The University Health System will cease accepting patients who are covered by West Virginia Medicaid as of Dec.
Second-year Engineering student Amanda Ray will appear in the first round of the Jeopardy College Championship Friday evening.
[caption id="attachment_38131" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Charlottesville residents flocked to see President Obama, who visited the city Oct.
[caption id="attachment_38129" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Student Council hopes to increase interest in coach Tony Bennett's basketball program by holding a mixer with the team.
The state of Virginia's total budget has increased by 59 percent during the past 10 years, according to a report released Monday by the General Assembly's Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
The International Anesthesia Research Society recently named Edward Nemergut, an associate professor of anesthesiology and neurological surgery at the University, as its 2010 Teaching Recognition Award Recipient for Innovation in Education.
The University Judiciary Committee announced Sunday that it will translate its Standards of Conduct into Spanish and Mandarin Chinese to accommodate international students and their parents. The Standards of Conduct comprise 12 rules that govern the UJC's disciplinary proceedings and are used to determine guilt, Chair Will Bane said. The decision to translate the Standards of Conduct was not because of any specific past issues involving rules being lost in translation but rather to ensure that no future uncertainties arise, he said.
[caption id="attachment_38073" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Police officers will survey West Main Street during the coming weeks as part of "Operation Share the Road," a campaign to increase education and enforcement regarding traffic laws for both motorists and bicyclists.
The vast majority of educators at the college level make semesterly adjustments to their course curricula, according to a study recently conducted by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The study interviewed 1,068 professors from 20 public and private institutions of higher learning across the nation. About 86.6 percent of educators make some sort of revision to their syllabi, including new readings and assignments, according to the study.
President Teresa A. Sullivan presented the Thomas Jefferson Award - the highest honor bestowed upon University faculty members - to its 59th and 60th recipients during Friday's Fall Convocation. The awards were given to Richard Guerrant, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Global Health, and Darden Prof.
Although the University pays one of the highest entry-level wages in Charlottesville, living wage campaign organizers have said the administration is not doing its part to halt the United States' steadily worsening class inequality.
The Honor Committee debated three aspects of how juries in honor trials deliberate at last night's meeting, as it works to improve the trial process and maintain healthier relations with the University community. Committee Chair Charles Harris said the majority of the debate centered on proposals to increase, clarify and direct jury participation. The first proposal, put forth by Law School representative Barlow Mann, involved presenting jurors with a list of specific questions to direct their deliberations and help them render a more objective verdict.
The population growth of the Charlottesville-Albemarle region is outpacing what the local ecosystem can withstand, according to research from Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population. The local nonprofit organization recently finished the first phase of its Optimal Sustainable Population Size Project, which aims to determine how many people the region can support sustainably.
After the Republican Party rode a wave of anti-incumbency fervor to take the House of Representatives last week, colleges and universities are trying to determine how the change will affect higher education at a time when many institutions are facing financial hardship. Although major changes to funding and policy are unlikely, Pell Grants, which provide need-based awards to students, could face cuts in the coming session, as the program currently faces a $6 billion shortfall. "The Pell Grant could be impacted, but we're not sure what the new Education and Labor Committee is going to do," said Scott Miller, associate director of Student Financial Services.
The New College Institute in Martinsville, Va. is looking to become a branch campus of an existing state university, Director Barry Dorsey said. NCI, which currently offers degree-completion programs in conjunction with the University and eight other institutions, was founded in 2006, when the Virginia General Assembly approved $2.5 million in initial appropriations, which was matched by the nonprofit Harvest Foundation. "The New College Institute is one thing that the Harvest Foundation hoped would transform Martinsville," Dorsey said. Virginia lawmakers created NCI with the intention of offering programs from other schools only for its first six years of existence, Dorsey said.
After being flagged as a "red light" college for issues related to freedom of speech last year, the University has reformed its speech codes to ensure that it does not abridge students' constitutional rights. The "red light" rating - one notch above "red alert" - came from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which began critiquing the state of free speech at the top 25 universities in the country last year.
The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority is considering changing the system that regulates the waiting list for access to public housing. The Housing Authority is a public agency that, among other services, provides public housing to Charlottesville residents.
[caption id="attachment_37974" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="New code changes affect punishments for littering, disorderly conduct, drinking and possessing alcohol on public school grounds.
In-state tuition and fees at public four-year universities increased by an average of $7,605 for the 2010-11 academic year, 7.9 percent higher than in 2009-10, according to the College Board's 2010 annual "Trends in College Pricing." Average published tuition and fees have increased by about 24 percent at public four-year college and universities since 2005-06.
