A University student fell off a balcony during a party hosted at a private residence last weekend.
Motorcycle fatalities continue to increase, making this year one of the deadliest for the Commonwealth in terms of biker-related deaths, according to Deborah Cox, public relations coordinator of the Virginia State Police. Using data from the Department of Motor Vehicles, the state police noted 116 motorcycle deaths this year, an 87 percent increase in the number of fatalities that had occurred by this time last year, according to Cox. Cox, along with the state police, took an in-depth look at the fatalities during October, finding that motorcycle deaths over the last five years were most prevalent in that month. "Some of the common causes in the October fatalities were speed, running off the road, losing control and failing to negotiate the turn," Cox said. The state police did not perform studies to investigate why there has been such a sharp increase in deaths, but Cox noted a 51-percent increase in general motorcycle ridership since 2002. Although statewide statistics are alarming, they are not indicative of ridership on Grounds, according to University Police Lt.
The University recently added a number of Revolutionary War editions of the Virginia Gazette to the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections.
Based on a 20 percent increase in ridership during last month's free-ride experiment, the City of Charlottesville will now consider making the switch to fare-free buses permanent. The Charlottesville Transit Service began offering fare-free transit on its buses last month as part of an experiment to make the transit system more competitive with automobiles, City Councilor Dave Norris said. "It's a way to test whether we'd see any significant increase in ridership," Norris said.
The University's Security and General Safety Committee identified safety and lighting concerns in the areas behind Hereford College, around the Student Activities Building and around the construction in front of the drama building during a night tour of Grounds last Thursday. The night tour, conducted biannually by the committee, allows members to look into concerns that have been raised by students, faculty and staff about safety around Grounds, according to committee Chair Mark Fletcher. "It's always interesting, because it's one thing to hear someone's request and then another to see it firsthand," Fletcher said.
An 18-year-old male fell victim to a robbery behind the University Grill located on Ivy Road Wednesday evening.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recently announced that John Jane, University professor of neurological surgery, is a recipient of the 2008 Parker J.
Students, faculty and staff have faceda barrage of information concerning the upgrades to University security since the April 16 Virginia Tech shootings.
Neither second-year Darden student Michael O'Brien nor first-year Darden student Natalia Postrigan expected their teams to make it to the finals in the business competition known as the Innovation Challenge.
An e-mail sent to residents of Brown College yesterday warned students of suspicious phone calls from people claiming to be affiliated with the University who were asking for money. The e-mail, sent by Resident Staff member Shaheen Ali, urged students not to offer personal information over the phone. A student who wished to remain anonymous because of concerns for her safety said she received two such phone calls several weeks apart.
Since summer 2005, the University's Rainey Academic Program has provided students participating in AccessUVA the opportunity to adapt more quickly to life at the University, spending time in Charlottesville during the summer before their first year.
The University's attorneys and the attorney who represents former University employee Dena Bowers are in a legal conflict regarding Bowers' lawsuit against the University.
Students enrolled in Physics Prof. Stuart Wolf's PHYS 105, "How Things Work" course are required to not only buy a traditional textbook, but also an i-Clicker.
Recent University research focusing on a particular gene in diabetes-prone mice may help pave the way for several practical, human applications regarding the Type 1 form of the disease. According to Craig Nunemaker, director of the University's Pancreatic Islet & Cell Core Facility, researchers used a specifically bred non-obese mouse that was susceptible to developing a form of diabetes similar to the Type 1 variety. Type 1 diabetes, according to University Microbiology Prof.
Ryan McElveen, chair of the Committee on Curriculum Internationalization, challenged the University to respond within 10 days to his report outlining student dissatisfaction with University efforts to internationalize the University's curriculum at last night's Student Council meeting.
The leaves are not the only thing changing in Virginia this fall -- yesterday's election ushered in a Democratic majority in the Virginia Senate for the first time in 12 years.
