University students may not find a marching band particularly novel, but for a couple of French filmmakers, the subject holds significantly more intrigue.
At Saturday night?s seventh-annual Mead Endowment awards dinner, 10 University faculty members received funding for ?dream? proposals to develop classes they would like to teach.
Poll results released last Wednesday by the National Education Association?s Got Tuition campaign suggest higher education affordability is an important issue to many voters.The poll, conducted from July 21 to Aug.
In advance of the upcoming Oct. 4 home football game against the University of Maryland, the University has once again issued a statement allowing Lawn social events, albeit with several new provisions designed to better control excessive crowds and maintain the historic Lawn community, Dean of Students Allen Groves said.The new provisions, which reverse the tailgate ban issued following the home football game against the University of Southern California, are the result of extended discussion with Lawn and Range residents last week, Groves said.
Volkswagen Group of America announced a five-year, $2.1 million education initiative and partnership yesterday with six institutions in Virginia and Washington, D.C., including the University.At the University, the initiative, called ?Partners in Education,? will fund a new international component of the Rodman Scholars program and a graduate engineering student fellowship, Volkswagen Group Communication Director Jill Bratina said.
Every day, people cross the train tracks behind the Corner, cutting several blocks from their walk to class or work.
The Education School will launch the Curry Education Research Lectureship Series today, with the first of several speakers seeking to promote further discussion of education-related ideas.
Following the Wednesday afternoon shooting at the off-Grounds University Heights apartment community during which three people were wounded and one was killed, Albemarle County Police have made several arrests and University Heights officials are now making efforts to address the situation, Albemarle County Police Lieut.
Despite the troubled economy, tourism spending in the Charlottesville area rose last year, according to a report released Monday by the Charlottesville and Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, and Jill Biden, wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, targeted undecided female voters at a rally in Newcomb Plaza yesterday.
Albemarle County Police responded to a reported shooting in the off-Grounds University Heights apartment community yesterday afternoon.
Considering herself a friend of the University, Elizabeth ?Ibby? Greer, widow of T. Keister Greer, a University alumnus and lawyer, will be donating her husband?s personal legal files to the Corcoran Department of History later this year in hopes of giving back to the University that she believes gave her husband so much.?It was his Virginia education that made his career,? Ibby Greer said, noting that her husband?s education gave him the ability to spot technicalities that others could not.
The Council of Graduate Schools released a study this week that revealed national growth in the enrollment of minority populations in graduate degree programs.The study ?documents the success of graduate schools in achieving a more representative student body,? said Stuart Heiser, manager of government relations & external affairs for the council.Heiser explained that the study surveyed both the members of the council and also the members of the four regional associations of graduate schools.
In an attempt to establish a greater international presence, the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University will be expanding its network to five major countries by August 2009.Through a new program, Fuqua students will be able to study at campuses in Shanghai, Dubai, St.
The University?s search for the founding dean of the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy is progressing as the search committee narrows down candidates to a group of finalists who will be invited to Grounds next month.The finalists, whom University Provost Arthur Garson referred to in an e-mail as a ?group of incredibly distinguished finalists,? were selected after a series of off-Grounds interviews, Batten School Director David Breneman said.The search committee, chaired by Garson, consists of a Board of Visitors member, a member of the Miller Center of Public Affairs? Board of Directors, as well as various faculty members, Garson stated in an e-mail.
Last night Student Council debated and ultimately did not pass a resolution that would endorse the Tees Overseas campaign, a student group, whose goal is to collect unwanted orange T-shirts and send them to overseas areas in need.The resolution asked for Council?s formal support and appreciation for the efforts of the group, which is currently funded by Council?s Athletic Affairs Committee.Some Council members first expressed concern with the language of the endorsement resolution, which stated, ?recent marketing efforts and policies threaten to strip Scott Stadium of its unique identity that existed during the era of the football program?s greatest success.? Council members took the language to mean that if Council passed the resolution, it may appear as though Council endorses dressing up for football games instead of wearing a T-shirt.?If Tees Overseas is taking a certain side that?s fine, but Student Council is not in a position to take a side,? Vice President for Administration John Nelson said.
The University Medical Center announced Monday that it saved nearly 1.8 tons of plastic this summer that had previously never been considered recyclable.The conservation was achieved through a demonstration project in June and July for recycling in clinical use.
Boeing, a global aerospace company, has begun research on an engineering school ranking process with the hopes of improving university engineering departments across the country.Boeing spokesperson Cindy Wall said by evaluating how students perform in the workforce, Boeing will be able to critique various engineering departments.
Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, will speak at a rally on Grounds today, accompanied by vice presidential candidate Joe Biden?s wife, Jill Biden.The rally will take place in Newcomb Plaza starting at 4:15 p.m.
Linwood Holton, a former Republican governor of Virginia, has formally endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in the ongoing presidential race.
