The Inter-Sorority Council elected its new executive board Monday night.
The University?s Parking and Transportation Committee is currently considering an initiative proposed by Student Council that would provide free late-night parking for students in the Central Grounds Parking Garage near Newcomb Hall.The initiative, headed by Council?s Safety and Wellness Committee, proposes providing free parking for students from 10 p.m.
Charlottesville City Council members heard the first of two readings regarding year-end appropriations for the 2008 fiscal year yesterday, as local leaders prepare to begin 2009 budget talks.
University Architecture students involved in a neighborhood planning course gave a presentation yesterday about foreclosure and property decay to representatives from the City of Charlottesville, Piedmont Housing Alliance and other local organizations.Second-year Architecture graduate student Adam Lovelady said the project, whose participants are all affiliated with the Architecture School?s urban and environmental planning department, was divided into four themes, each of which involved a different group of students: ?Identifying Priority Areas,? ?Correlating Blight and Prevention,? ?Forecasting Foreclosures? and ?Increasing Financial Literacy.?In discussing the methods used for the project?s data collection and analysis, fourth-year Architecture student Laura Hammett, who is also a Cavalier Daily production editor, noted that the initial data on foreclosures were collected from foreclosures.com, Piedmont Housing Alliance?s foreclosure data and The Daily Progress newspaper.
The nation?s current economic woes will affect the number but not the variety of jobs available in Virginia, according to the most recent ?Stat Chat? by the University?s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.The most recent edition of the Stat Chat, which outlines Virginia?s population and workforce statistics three times per year, also noted that despite a shrinking job market ?employment in Virginia will continue to span a broad range of occupations and will require education at all levels.?The study used data published by the Virginia Workforce Connection, the Virginia Employment Commission, the U.S.
University students and other community members seeking an easier way to visit Washington D.C.
The University officially launched its U.Va. Today Daily Report yesterday, University spokesperson Carol Wood said, noting that the new electronic daily newsletter seeks to better deliver and ?push? University-related news, updates and headlines into the hands of students, faculty and staff.An e-mail announcing the launch sent by Leonard Sandridge, University executive vice president and chief operating officer, stated that people signed up to receive the newsletter ?will receive top stories about University staff, faculty and students, calendar items and general information about what?s happening.? Links to other media outlets and University blogs will also be included, the e-mail stated.Wood said the report is an outgrowth of the current U.Va.
Democrat Tom Perriello was declared the winner in Virginia?s fifth congressional district race yesterday, following the completion of an extensive vote count and canvass by the Virginia State Board of Elections.
The Jefferson Scholars Foundation recently created the Hartfield-Jefferson Teaching Prize to acknowledge exceptional teaching in the University?s Engineering School.In determining the recipient of prize, which is limited to undergraduate professors, the foundation looks for commitment to curriculum issues as well as excellence in teaching, Jefferson Scholars Foundation President James Wright said.
Civic literacy does necessarily go hand in hand with a college degree, according to a study released by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute last Thursday.?We thought it might be good to look at how Americans of all educational attainments did, so we could compare and contrast and isolate the impact of college,? said Richard Brake, ISI director of university stewardship.
Variations in the gene for serotonin transport may affect drinking habits in alcoholics, according to Neurobiology Prof.
The Darden School proved successful at the sixth annual Innovation Challenge, where two student teams swept all three possible awards, including one worth $20,000.The Innovation Challenge is the world?s largest innovation competition available to M.B.A.
Utility installation and construction for two new science buildings, which were put on hold during the October Board of Visitors meeting, will begin Nov.
The headline for an article in yesterday?s Cavalier Daily stated ?Miller Center hosts 10th democracy conference.? The headline should have stated ?Center for Politics hosts 10th democracy conference.? The Cavalier Daily regrets the error.
Former men?s lacrosse team captain Will Barrow, a ninth-semester College student, passed away Saturday in Charlottesville.University spokesperson Carol Wood could not confirm the cause of death and said Charlottesville City Police are currently investigating Barrow?s death.According to a press release issued by the athletic department, Barrow was a sociology major enrolled as a part-time student in order to finish the courses needed to complete his degree.
During halftime of Saturday?s football game between Virginia and Clemson, the Seven Society delivered a $14,777.77 gift to the University community.With the U2 classic ?Beautiful Day? blaring from the loudspeakers, a man in a black cape parachuted onto the football field and presented the check to the University.
The Center for Politics and Congressional Quarterly Politics hosted the 10th annual American Democracy Conference at the University Friday with a keynote address from Senator-elect Mark Warner.In his address, the first since his election to the Senate, Warner spoke about the need for bipartisan cooperation.?The stakes are too high for our country to be about retribution, to be about payback,? Warner said.
In response to a 2004 complaint filed by the non-profit organization Security on Campus, the Department of Education has ruled that aspects of the University?s sexual assault policies at the time requiring confidentiality violated federal law.Security on Campus filed the complaint on behalf of Annie Hylton, a former University student who was sexually assaulted and chose to bring her case to the Sexual Assault Board, an autonomous subcommittee of the University Judiciary Committee.
The University began using an eBay-like Web site last week to auction off its used property, including items such as LCD screen monitors, copy machines, stainless steel carts, fire extinguishers and a massage table.The site, Govdeals.com, is designed for local and state government agencies wishing to auction off surplus and confiscated goods, according to owner Liquidity Services? Web site.
The Faculty Senate met yesterday to discuss an agenda heavily influenced by concerns pertaining to the global economy and the implications it could hold for current University operations.
