A memorial mass for Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington will take place Feb. 5 at 3:30 p.m.
[caption id="attachment_32841" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="According to Consumer Reports Health, the Medical Center reported twice the amoutn of average IV-related infections.
Google announced that the University Asst. Computer Science Prof. Sudhanva Gurumurthi is among the recipients of its Focus Research Awards yesterday, which total $5.7 million of unrestricted grant money to fund 12 projects at 10 different academic institutions. The grant money will be divided among four areas of interest to both Google and the research community: machine learning; mobile phones as data collection devices for public health and environment monitoring; energy efficiency in computing; and privacy, said Sean Carlson, Global Communication and Public Affairs manager at Google. The awards are partly geared toward promoting projects that investigate energy efficiency in both hardware and software design, he added. "As more people use cloud computing, all this information is processed somewhere," Carlson said.
Dining Services announced yesterday that the West Range Caf
Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Charlottesville, incumbent congressman and stand-alone Democrat, thus far has garnered nearly five times the amount raised by his Republican competitors for the November election. The campaign raised a record $308,725 during the fourth quarter of 2009, adding to its total of $1,140,470 for the 2010 election year. "We're thrilled to have gained support from over 2,100 individual donors - nearly five times as many donors as all the Republican candidates combined - 77 percent of whom are small donors," said Anna Scholl, finance director for the Perriello campaign.
[caption id="attachment_32791" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Students have the option of taking the UVAirBus service to and from the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport for $5 and the Richmond International Airport for $15 each way.
After last semester's snow storm trapped several students in Charlottesville at the beginning of Winter Break, some students may have been apprehensive about the University's response to weather-related events. But University Services pulled together Saturday to combat the unexpectedly heavy snowfall that hit Grounds. "What we had projected as a pretty moderate event turned out to be much more significant," said Jay Klingel, director of operations and maintenance.
The state population's growth rate is beginning to return to figures close to those from before the recession, according to a study by the University's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. The population grew by 87,000 people from July 2008 to 2009, said Mike Spar, a research associate with the Center's Demographics and Workforce Group.
[caption id="attachment_32786" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="In addition the 2010 Outstanding Faculty award, Prof.
[caption id="attachment_32748" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Honor Committee members passed two amendments last night, which will be voted on during a referendum this February.
In one of Student Council's major undertakings this year, the administration of President John Nelson overhauled the consultant program for contracted independent organizations.
[caption id="attachment_32745" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="President John T. Casteen, III spoke about the Univerisity's history at Jefferson Hall yesterday.
[caption id="attachment_32743" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Cavalier Daily's 121st Managing Board (L-R): Irene Kan, Bobby Laverty, Ross Lawrence, Matt Martorana and Bennett Sorbo.
The Virginia Senate recently passed a bill for the third time that would allow any qualified voter in Virginia to vote absentee in-person without providing a reason. Currently, eligibility for voting through absentee ballots is reserved for individuals who are disabled, in the military or in other circumstances that would prevent them from physically engaging in the voting process on the day of elections.
[caption id="attachment_32720" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The outgoing Committee is in the process of considering several constitutional changes.
As the spring semester opens, the University Judiciary Committee will look to continue its progress increasing its outreach and transparency efforts. "It seemed like in the past we've had difficulty directly communicating what our procedures look like at the University," Vice Chair for First-Years Will Bane said, "but this semester UJC plans to show the student body "[what we are] here to do and how we do it." The Committee hopes to hold a UJC Awareness Day later in the spring to facilitate this communication, Chair Michael Chapman said.
[caption id="attachment_32677" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Dan and Gil Harrington held a press conference yesterday on the Copeley Road bridge.
Though the past two weeks have seen a widespread and popular outpouring of support for Haiti after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the tiny island, individuals and organizations on Grounds have not lessened their focus on helping to secure the devastated country's future. According to the Hoos for Haiti blog, the organization has almost reached the halfway mark of its $100,000 goal.
[caption id="attachment_32673" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="University Transit System officials hope students will be able to plan their commute more carefully with the new alert system.
