[caption id="attachment_30924" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Garrett Hall, future home of the Batten School, will undergo extensive interior restoration in the coming months.
University President John T. Casteen, III and three faculty members were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Saturday. The AAAS has honored excellence and service to the nation and the world since 1780, according to the organization's Web site, electing members who are "men and women of exceptional achievement, drawn from science, scholarship, business, public affairs, and the arts." This year, in addition to Casteen, the AAAS inducted Law Prof.
One of the University's most famous alumni was buried Sunday. Again. The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum honored author and former University student Edgar Allan Poe with a funeral in Baltimore 160 years after his death, said event organizer and Poe House Curator Jeff Jerome.
[caption id="attachment_30917" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The premiere of the epilogue to "The Laramie Project" play debuted last night at McLeod Hall.
Honor Chair David Truetzel presented a proposal at last night's Honor Committee meeting that would give expelled Semester at Sea students the right to request a new trial if found guilty of an academic honor offense during the program.
Today, University employees can begin donating through the annual Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign, a state-wide fundraising program.
[caption id="attachment_30881" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Prof. Gertrude Greenslate's posthumous gift to the University generated about $386,000 for the University's various international studies programs.
At a hospital filled with the latest technology, University emergency room doctors no longer have to carry a clipboard and scribble notes.
[caption id="attachment_30878" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Recording artist and television personality Nick Lachey visited three University students, who won significant prizes using his new reverse auction Web site, Winnit.com.
[caption id="attachment_30845" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia Democratic Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner were among the senators students were encouraged to call for Pell Grant support.
[caption id="attachment_30839" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Education School, which is co-sponsoring the conference, recently opened its newest building, Bavaro Hall.
The University received an overall B- grade on the Sustainable Endowments Institute's College Sustainability Report Card for 2010, slipping slightly from last year's B. SEI is the only independent evaluator of sustainability policies at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, SEI spokesperson Lea Lupkin said. The organization published profiles for 332 schools, which each responded to at least one survey evaluating cooperative green strategies in nine "indicator" categories: administration, climate change & energy, food & recycling, green building, transportation, student involvement, endowment transparency, shareholder engagement and investment priorities.
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... first-year College student Joe Riley? Although he may not be a superhero, and although he only recently landed on Grounds, Riley has already proven to be quite the savior for some local community members, assisting in two different medical emergencies in the past two weeks. On Sept.
[caption id="attachment_30808" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Students will have the opportunity to receive the swine flu vaccine after employees in direct contact with patients are vaccinated.
[caption id="attachment_30806" align="alignleft" width="257" caption="Democratic candidate for governor Creigh Deeds, pictured earlier this spring, spoke yesterday about his plans to expand higher education in the commonwealth.
[caption id="attachment_30804" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="This artist's conception simulates an infrared view of a recently discovered giant ring around Saturn.
The Charlottesville City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday apologizing for its role in the Massive Resistance, an effort to keep Virginia schools segregated in the 1950s. The resolution will open several discussions and help rebuild some trust in the community, Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris said. "All of this is a precursor to dialogue on race," Norris said.
The American Political Science Association's Task Force on U.S. Standing in World Affairs published a report yesterday revealing that overall favorability about the U.S.
University President John T. Casteen, III will announce the 2009 recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Award - the University's highest honor - during the Fall Convocation ceremony Oct.
University officials announced Wednesday additional plans for the ongoing restoration of Pavilion X. The University contracted construction company Bensonwood to create a new parapet that will line the roof of the pavilion.
