[caption id="attachment_44047" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Morris said students have been much more involved with RecycleMania this year, showing the school's increasing commitment to sustainability.
Three College professors were awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship Monday to further their research projects.
[caption id="attachment_44050" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="University police said they are investigating a bias incident on Grounds.
Student Council passed a bill Tuesday night which will create a committee to allocate $20,000 of unused programming funds from the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs toward a pilot program to support large-scale green projects around Grounds. The Green Initiative Funding Tomorrow program is Council's answer to a 76 percent majority of voting students who supported a referendum proposing a "green" fund in University-wide elections in February 2010. Although Council already has in place an Environmental Sustainability Committee, which works on sustainable initiatives at the University, Tuesday's bill created a separate committee, which will be responsible for managing funding for extensive projects as well as selecting project submissions. "It makes more sense to give it the due diligence," Council President Dan Morrison said.
[caption id="attachment_43976" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is seeking information on climate research done at the University.
[caption id="attachment_43973" align="alignleft" width="231" caption="Charlottesville received national recognition Tuesday for it's walkability.
[caption id="attachment_43970" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Larry Sabato hosted a panel on economic solutions yesterday, highlighting changes to social security, medical care and the prescription drug industry.
[caption id="attachment_43927" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="At last week's meeting, Student Council formally endorsed the Carbon Reduction Plan put forward by the Presidential Committee on Sustainability.
The Supreme Court refused Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's request to expedite his challenge against the Affordable Care Act Monday. Cuccinelli argued the health care reform is unconstitutional because it mandates citizens purchase something, specifically health insurance from private organizations.
[caption id="attachment_43924" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The endowment will translate the research occurring in University laboratories into products on the marketplace.
Several organizations worked to bring the Moroccan ambassador to the University last night to share the culture and progress of his nation.
[caption id="attachment_43861" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Gov. McDonnell released the Virginia Transportation Challenge in an effort to encourage Virginians to work towards a healthier lifestyle and improve the quality of the environment by using alternate forms of transportation.
With more than a year-and-a-half to go before voters head to the polls for the 2012 elections, eight Virginia politicians - an unusually high number for this stage of the campaign season - are already vying to fill the seat of Sen.
[caption id="attachment_43858" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Two graduate students from the Education School created Military Veterans @ UVa, a group dedicated to helping student veterans transition to life at school.
[caption id="attachment_43801" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Thomas Jefferson Foundation received a donation from Douglas Kelley last week of more than 200 historical artifacts, including 90 newspapers from Jefferson's day and a rare French print of the third president.
University students teamed up last week with peta2, a young adult division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, to draft a petition seeking the expansion of vegetarian and vegan options available through University Dining. The students exceeded their goal of obtaining 400 signatures the first day, receiving a total of 497 signatures.
[caption id="attachment_43797" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="University Police charged Anthony Daniel Landram with one count of obscene sexual display after two students and a library employee reportedly saw him masturbating on the fourth floor of Clemons Library Thursday.
The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Student Council and four deans held a town hall-style meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss the restructuring of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and its effect on current graduate students. The two parties discussed the changes made in March to the fellowships program for entering Ph.D.
[caption id="attachment_43739" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="One of the 12 programs will restore Edgar Allen Poe's room.
Two University ROTC instructors, Maj. John Prather of the U.S. Marine Corps and Capt. Jared Hoover of the U.S.
