The University Board of Elections announced Wednesday the four referendum questions that will appear on the spring elections ballot.
Mary Frances Berry, a University of Pennsylvania professor who also worked on the Commission on Civil Rights in the Carter and Clinton administrations, delivered the Black History Month keynote address yesterday.
The Virginia Senate Education and Health Committee unanimously passed a bill yesterday granting the University more autonomy over the management and investment of certain funds.
As administrators go through the process of conducting interviews to fill tenure-track positions for the 2007-08 academic year, the University continues to look towards increasing the diversity of its faculty. The current tenured faculty is 88.6 percent white and 75 percent male, according to Gertrude Fraser, vice provost for faculty advancement. Bill Harvey, vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity, said the University is ranked 12th among 61 institutions in the American Association for American Universities in terms of the number of black faculty members. "That sounds better than it is," Harvey said.
Through a radical transplant surgery, the first of its kind conducted in the Commonwealth, University surgeons cured 15-year-old Ashley Lilly of a serious form of pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas.
Former Associate Dean of Students Sybil Todd passed away at age 66 Tuesday in Dallas after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to a family friend.
Charlottesville City Councilman Dave Norris spoke at the University Democrats' meeting yesterday and discussed the council's efforts to rectify the perceived disparity between affordable housing and wages. "A huge proportion of people who work in Charlottesville cannot afford to live here," Norris said.
John Paul Jones Arena was recently named "Best New Major Concert Venue" by the readers of Pollstar magazine, a music industry trade publication.
As many as 20 cars were involved in a pileup on the Afton Mountain side of Interstate 64 at approximately 3 p.m.
A Virginia Senate Finance Committee voted nine to six yesterday to change HB 3202, known as the Comprehensive Transportation Finance and Reform Act of 2007, in order to address concerns about funding for transportation.
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Feb. 6 aimed at creating a paper trail for the electronic voting process.
Student Council passed a resolution last night recommending changes to the Council constitution aimed at supplementing the representatives' responsibilities and clarifying procedures. According to the resolution, these amendments will require all representatives to serve on the Appropriations Committee.
The University recently announced the creation of a professorship at the Miller Center of Public Affairs named in honor of James R.
As students finalize summer plans, including travel and summer school, approximately 400 students from colleges nationwide anticipate an experience that will be a fusion of the two -- the Semester at Sea program. Administrators recently announced the faculty members who will accompany and instruct students and are finalizing plans for the first Semester at Sea program entirely run by the University. This summer, the University will send students sailing along the western coast of Central and South America.
Kaine declares state of emergency before ice storm Gov. Tim Kaine declared a state of emergency yesterday for the entire Commonwealth as a result of an impending ice storm, according to a press release issued by his office. The primary reason for the declaration of emergency is not to prepare the entire state for emergency but to free up resources by "facilitating the purchasing and deployment" when swift action is called for,said Bob Spieldenner, the director of public affairs at the Department of Emergency Management. It is estimated that the northern and western portions of the state will receive between one quarter and one half inch of ice accumulation.
Representatives from Hoos Against Single Sanction, Students for the Preservation of Honor and the Honor Committee debated options for changing the single sanction during a forum held by the Committee last night. Josh Hess, founder of Students for the Preservation of Honor, Rachel Carr, vice president of Hoos Against Single Sanction and Vice Chair for Trials Jay Trickett presented arguments for and against the single sanction, as well as alternative sanctioning systems such as informed retraction or multiple sanctions. "We wanted to discuss different proposals and examine the pros and cons," said Laura Holland, chair of Honor's single sanction ad hoc committee. Hess, who argued for the single sanction, admitted that the single sanction as a punishment is tough, and that emotional and intellectual frustration can result from it.
The title of yesterday's article "Nine Va. Tech honor justices step down" was incorrect and should have read "Five Va.
