University honors 40th year of full coeducation
By Sarah Hunter Simanson | March 28, 2011More than 300 people gathered this past weekend to celebrate 40 years of full coeducation at the University.
More than 300 people gathered this past weekend to celebrate 40 years of full coeducation at the University.
[caption id="attachment_42405" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="The Young Explorer's program works to provide opportunities for students to conduct research in the field by awarding financial grants based on merit.
[caption id="attachment_42401" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The University Judiciary Committee recently elected new executive leadership earlier this month.
[caption id="attachment_42333" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Politics Prof. Len Schoppa moderated the panel, which included Assoc.
The University Department of Parking and Transportation announced Tuesday an increase in parking permit prices to compensate for continuing expenses.
This week the Engineering Student Council hosted Engineers Week, a celebration of Engineering students and their future profession.
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.
Eighteen University students won several distinctions Tuesday during the first-ever statewide redistricting competition.
[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.
Vice President Joe Biden announced Tuesday an incentives-only education reform program encouraging states to increase their college graduation rates.
A group of University students is interacting with local incarcerated residents as part of a normal course schedule this semester.
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.
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.
[caption id="attachment_42157" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="StudCo proposed last night making football games into 'zero-waste' events, removing the need for trash cans.
[caption id="attachment_42153" align="alignleft" width="235" caption="Chesterfield teacher Taylor Anderson, who was teaching English to Japanese students, was found dead.
[caption id="attachment_42120" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Virginia mock trial team won two bids and multiple awards after arguing both sides of a hypothetical case about whether a company that produced beads coated with a poison is liable for the death of a toddler.
[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.
[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.
Two University instructors from the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic will argue separate cases before the U.S.
[caption id="attachment_42035" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society hosted the 48th annual Restoration Ball and raised an estimated $5,000 dollars as part of its effort to raise $57,773 to restore the University's Rotunda.