Budget proposals released Sunday by both the House of Delegates and Senate rejected former Gov. Tim Kaine's proposal to transfer $18.8 million from state universities to the commonwealth's general fund, a plan that would have ultimately raise student fees.
The University is considering applying jointly with the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County to become a pilot community for the installation of Google Fiber, a fiber-optic network that could produce Internet speeds greater than 1 gigabit per second, more than 100 times faster than the broadband connections most Americans can currently access, all at a price that Google says is competitive. "Google has announced publicly that it's looking for communities to install ultra high-speed Internet," Charlottesville City Council member David Brown said about the nomination process, which Google will conduct by accepting applications and online votes until March 26.
[caption id="attachment_33462" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Altria released a statement Monday naming Casteen as the 10th board member.
[caption id="attachment_33460" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Residents spent many hours clearing snow from walkways after this winter's record precipitation.
Four small, rare galaxies are on the verge of merging into one larger galaxy, according to University Asst.
[caption id="attachment_33407" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Last fall, Clark Library remained open for two additional hours during final exam week to accommodate students who wished to continue studying into the early morning hours.
The House Appropriations Committee released its amendments to the state budget for fiscal years 2010-12 Sunday.
The University decided last Friday to move the Papers of the George Washington Project, a comprehensive publication of the first president's papers and correspondence, to Mount Vernon's new Library for the Study of George Washington. The project, which was established in 1968 as a collaborative effort between the University and Mount Vernon, currently contains an excess of 135,000 copies of documents, said Theodore Crackel, editor-in-chief of the project.
[caption id="attachment_33403" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Hand Center recently opened at the University Hospital.
The University Board of Elections experienced technical difficulties during the first hour of student-elections voting at 8 a.m.
[caption id="attachment_33361" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Dr. William Maloney, who completed his residency at the University Hospital, recounts his experience aiding victims transported from Haiti.
[caption id="attachment_33359" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Fontaine Research Park is a 54-acre, off-Grounds facility home to several research projects affiliated with the University.
The University's role in the construction of a nuclear research center may see reinvigorated interest in nuclear power among students. The Center for Advanced Engineering and Research, currently being constructed in Bedford, Va., would allow University students, as well as those from other nearby schools, to conduct cutting-edge research. "We wanted to bring the expertise of research universities within our reach," CAER's Executive Director Bob Bailey said. The Engineering School, along with nuclear power company AREVA and Virginia Tech, was involved in the planning stages of the center. The finished plan for the new two-story research center includes nuclear energy controls, control room technology, wireless sensors and cognitive radio.
The City of Charlottesville, in collaboration with Virginia Supportive Housing, is working to construct an apartment building on Fourth Street that will have 60 single-room occupancy units.
[caption id="attachment_33328" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Honor Committee members discuss how conversations can give students unfair advantages on test day.
[caption id="attachment_33326" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Placards for Morgan Harrington on Copeley Bridge, where she was last seen alive, exemplify community outrage about the Virginia Tech student's murder.
The Darden School and the University's College at Wise have paired up to create the Darden/U.Va-Wise Partnership for Leadership Development, a program that will offer six unique courses about the subject to mid-level and senior executives from about 25 companies in southwestern Virginia and neighboring regions of Tennessee and North Carolina. Each of the six courses will cover a different topic related to leadership development during the course of the two-year program, said Colin Winter, a Darden School director for the program. "The variety of courses will provide students with the opportunity to select those that make the most sense for their needs and career path," he said.
University students will vote this week on an amendment to the Honor Committee's constitution that would allow the body to release summaries of cases on the election ballot. The amendment, which was proposed by Alexander Cohen, Graduate Arts & Sciences representative and a former Cavalier Daily opinion columnist, has been the primary topic of Committee discussion for the past four weeks. The summaries would include basic information about the case - whether an accused person was convicted, acquitted on terms of act and intent or acquitted for triviality.
A referendum sponsored by 'Hoo Crew, the athletic department and Student Council's Athletic Affairs Committee to determine the winning student design for the University's 2010 football T-shirt is currently up for vote in the University-wide elections starting today. A five-person panel narrowed down the 37 entries to the three that appear on the ballot. "We've selected three finalists from the designs that were submitted and now the student body will decide the winning design from those finalists," said Todd Goodale, associate director of athletics for marketing and video services.
Although the University prides itself on the tradition of student self-governance, less than 40 percent of full-time students typically participate in the spring University-wide elections. The statistics In 2006 and 2007, 36 percent of full-time students cast their votes, but that statistic plummeted in 2008 when only 28 percent of students voted.
