A new admissions program, through which international students talk to prospective students at their local high schools abroad about the University, will be expanded following its success during the recent Winter Break.
The University?s decision to cancel classes from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In an effort to better inform the University community about the honor code, the Honor Committee will be recruiting new educators this spring.
Charlottesville?s City Planning Commission approved a bill Tuesday that could provide home builders with incentives to build lower-income housing.Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris noted that limited access to affordable housing has been a problem for Charlottesville residents for the past five years, and the recent economic recession has worsened the situation.?Housing costs have gone through the roof, and wages have stayed the same,? Norris said.
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the University has cancelled all undergraduate classes Monday and scheduled a series of events throughout the rest of the week to honor the civil rights leader.Wynne Stuart, associate provost for academic support and classroom management, said the decision to cancel classes was made by the University Calendar Committee, a presidential committee composed of University representatives, including undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and most of the University?s deans.African-American Affairs Dean Maurice Apprey said the University will host two events ? one Monday and one Wednesday ? to recognize King.?I believe that the purpose [of cancelling classes] was to see if doing so would facilitate discussion about issues on that day,? Apprey said.
Tightened purse strings and economic troubles have not stopped University employees from donating generously to both local and national charities through a workplace-giving campaign.University employees have given about $923,000 for the 2008 giving year, an increase from the $880,000 raised in 2007, noted Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign administrator Careen Waterman, a University community relations associate.
According to a survey published online in the January-February 2009 issue of Academe, doctoral students may be less likely to pursue professorships at research-intensive universities because of the lack of accommodations these institutions make for family needs.Conducted at nine of the 10 University of California campuses, the survey results suggest that today?s doctoral students are leaning toward institutions that have a stronger focus on teaching instead of research, said Karie Frasch, University of California Faculty Family Friendly Edge Project manager.Researchers conducted the survey for seven years with students at different points in their doctoral careers.
Television personality Bob Barker, who hosted ?The Price is Right? for many years, recently donated $1 million to the University Law School for the establishment of an animal law program.?The Bob Barker Animal Law Program will include a course on animal law taught by Prof.
The Jefferson Scholars Foundation plans to award fewer scholarships this year than in years past as a result of limited endowment funds.
Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Charlottesville, sponsored his first bill, the College Learning Access Simplicity and Savings Act of 2009, last Friday in an attempt to simplify the process of claiming federal tax credits for students and their families.
In response to pending commonwealth budget cuts preventing the Office of the Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences from funding events with guest speakers and guest artists, Arts & Sciences Council has launched a departmental grant program to help fund such events at the University.
In the current economic downturn, with jobs scarcer than usual, staying out of debt can be difficult for college students and young graduates.
A team of University engineers working on a project to improve the security of radio frequency identification computer chips recently received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.RFIDs are small, patch-like devices primarily used to transmit information over very short distances to devices capable of reading them, said John Lach, University associate electrical and computer engineering professor.
While residents of houses along the greater Rugby Road area celebrated the holidays out of town with families and friends, criminals were busy breaking into their Charlottesville homes, stealing belongings and damaging cars left on the streets.
With the American economy in a recession, many college students are starting to worry about tuition costs.
It may seem sadistic to suggest, as you place your shiny new books upon your shelf and print out your new schedule, that you will probably be stressed, overworked and maybe even runny-nosed two weeks from now.But wait!
Herpes is a viral infection and a resilient one at that. Knowledge of the disease has been around since the time of Hippocrates ? think old, Greek ? but it is clear that herpes is not going anywhere.
While some University students spent Winter Break recovering from the busy fall semester, others volunteered their time to help University admissions officials sort through thousands of pieces of mail from prospective students.
Charlottesville resident Reynold Samuels Jr., 40, was sentenced yesterday to 24 years and four months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute controlled substances and one count of copyright infringement.According to U.S.
Remember the first time you walked in on your parents performing the vertical dance?
