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Lawn residents irked by recent rocking chair thefts

A Lawn resident's rocking chair was stolen this weekend, bringing up the total number of incidents involving chair theft this academic year to seven, Lawn resident Christine Devlin said. "My chair happens to be amongst those that are missing," said Lawn resident Ben Cooper, former Honor Committee chair.


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Foundation chooses Morven coordinator

In an effort to help create an interdisciplinary, international academic center for the University, the University of Virginia Foundation recently named Stewart Gamage, current vice president of public affairs at the College of William & Mary, director of the University's Morven Project. The Morven Project seeks to establish an academic center for the University on land given to the University in 2001 by John W.


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Students receive first Warner awards

Two University students received a jump-start this weekend toward their planned political careers, as third-year College students Grayson Lambert and Sarah Buckley received the first annual Senator John W.


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Show me the money

From the College to the Engineering School and extending to all arms of the University, there is neither much variation in the evaluation procedures that lead to raises in faculty salaries nor many differences in how a new hire's salary is determined.


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University celebrates retiring faculty

Tuxedos, toile tablecloths and the buoyant sounds of a string quintet characterized last night's annual dinner reception to recognize retiring faculty, held in the Dome Room of the Rotunda.


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IFC spring rush sees 10th year

Though the decision to move Inter-Fraternity Council rush for first-year students to the spring was controversial 10 years ago, the IFC has since adapted, now preferring the second-semester rush process. Former Dean of Students Robert T.


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Correction

The Tuesday, April 8 News article "Athletic department leading fundraising initiative" incorrectly stated that the athletic department recently achieved more than 78 percent of its fundraising goal of $300,000.


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Visits present dean finalists to University

The University has selected the final three candidates for the permanent Dean of Students position, each of whom will make a presentation and answer questions in sessions open to the University community in the upcoming weeks. A search committee comprised of faculty members and students formed in mid-January to examine applicants, said Christina Morell, assistant vice president for student affairs.


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Manta ray vehicle research nets hefty Navy grant

A University professor recently received a U.S. Office of Naval Research grant valued at about $6.5 million for her research on a proposed underwater vehicle with similarities to a manta ray. Hilary Bart-Smith, a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor, who received the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Program grant last month, said she and her team of researchers from the University, West Chester University and Princeton University, are trying to create an unoccupied vehicle that will imitate a manta ray in its movement.


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Medical Center, Culpeper hospital may join forces

The University Medical Center and Culpeper Regional Hospital have taken initial steps toward a new partnership slated to begin in January 2009. "We've established a statement of shared values and principles and we have both signed [a] letter of intent about what we want to do," said R.

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