The University is home to the only program in the United States utilizing the B.A. Bar device, a machine which can be used to aid people who are unable to speak or have impaired speech.
As the General Assembly works to finalize its budget, Gov. Tim Kaine (D), members of the House of Delegates and members of the Virginia State Senate continue to debate how best to address the transportation problem plaguing Northern Virginia. Currently, Governor Kaine is promoting a four-year plan that will raise $700 million in the first year and $900 million in the fourth year by increasing certain fees, according to Kevin Hall, press secretary for Gov.
Larry Summers resigned from his post as president of Harvard University on Tuesday, preempting a vote of no confidence by Arts and Sciences faculty at the school. While Summers reportedly retained the support of most students and faculty in other Harvard schools, some members of University faculty said he alienated too many of his constituents to continue as president and that his often inflammatory leadership style was incompatible with the academic world. University Law professor and former University President Robert O'Neil said Summers's failure was caused by a combination of an overly-ambitious agenda and a rude personality. Ultimately, he alienated too many of Harvard's Arts and Sciences faculty members -- a uniquely powerful constituency at Harvard, O'Neil said. "Harvard is the only major university that does not have some faculty governance body," he said.
Spanish Prof. David T. Gies has been hired to be the academic dean of the Semester at Sea program and will take over the program for the voyage of Summer 2007. "My role will be to shape the curriculum that very much adheres to the University's academic standards and is interesting and exciting to the students and faculty," Gies said. The 2007 voyage itinerary includes travel up and down the Pacific coast of Central America and South America, making this the first voyage to focus on one region, Gies said.
The article "Honor, UBE dispute student population" (Feb. 21) and its headline implied that the Honor Committee had officially discussed and taken a position on the definition of "student body." In fact, the Honor Committee has neither officially discussed nor taken a position on this issue.
A-J Aronstein Third-year College Hometown: Mount Vernon, N.Y. U.Va Housing: University Way Activities, positions, associations:
Peter Joseph MathewsSecond-year College Hometown: Fairfax Station, Va.U.Va. Housing: MetcalfActivities, positions, associations:
Gregory Neal Jackson Jr. Third-year Engineering Hometown: Fluvanna County, Va. Housing: Off-Grounds Activities, positions, associations:
Jeffrey FrankThird-year College Hometown: Newport News, Virginia U.Va. Housing: Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity house Activities, positions, associations:
Nicholas Jordan Second-year College Hometown: West Bridgewater, Ma. Housing: Off-Grounds Activities, positions, associations:
Student Council introduced two resolutions last night, one which encourages professors to post syllabi before the start of courses and the other which renews support for the existence of the Virginia Pep Band at varsity athletic events.
Anna S. PopovaThird-year College Hometown: Born/raised: Siberia, Russia Currently live in Manassas, Va.U.Va Housing: 15th St. Activities, positions, associations:
A new joint program sponsored by the City of Charlottesville Office of Voter Registration and the University Center for Politics aims to involve young people in the electoral process by recruiting University students as election officers, according to a press release from the City of Charlottesville. Evan Smith, deputy registrar for the city who introduced the project, said the idea came from a similar program in place among high schools in Orange County. "We're hoping to get the U.Va.
Over 100 students, faculty and community members gathered at the Rotunda yesterday to call upon the administration to pay the University's lowest-paid workers what supporters term a "living wage." The rally was organized by the Living Wage Campaign at the University of Virginia, which puts the minimum living wage as $10.72 per hour in the Charlottesville area, a figure that the group suggests should be indexed for inflation.
The University's Department of Biomedical Engineering has been awarded a $2.9 million Walter H. Coulter Foundation Translational Partners award, University spokesperson Kathleen Valenzi said yesterday. During a three-stage review process, 63 universities applied for the grant; nine, including the University of Michigan and Stanford University, were awarded funding, Biomedical Engineering Prof.
Honor Committee candidates squared off last night in a debate sponsored by the University Board of Elections. Candidates from the College of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering fielded questions on issues ranging from the consensus clause to the role of the trial chair in consistent outcomes. The College candidates who attended the debate were third-year counsel A-J Aronstein, third-year counsel Brendan Connors, second-year advisor Ben Cooper, third-year senior educator Kendall Fox, third-year counsel Sam Leven, second-year advisor Brian O'Neill and third-year senior advisor Andrew Siegel. Of the seven candidates, only O'Neill supported the consensus clause referendum, which would raise the voting turnout requirements for changes to the single sanction. "It's not because I think the single sanction should be impossible to change," O'Neill said.
A bipartisan panel discussed the issue of women and the presidency last night during the inaugural event of the University Center for Politics' 2006 National Symposium on Women and Politics. The event also marked the start of the "8 for '08" study by the White House Project, an organization which seeks to draw more women into political leadership roles, project president Marie Wilson said. Through the end of March, the White House Project will poll people to see which of eight women they think could best serve as president. "There are a couple of women who are being talked about over and over," Wilson said, citing Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice as examples. In addition to Clinton and Rice, the project selected three other Republicans and three other Democrats to create the list of eight potential female presidential candidates. Wilson said candidates were chosen because of their demonstrated political abilities.
February 18 Two undergraduate students in the College were found guilty and one undergraduate student in the College was found not guilty of cheating on an exam in an introductory level course by a panel of random students.
Though the University of Pittsburgh ended its affiliation with the Semester at Sea study abroad program because of ongoing concerns about safety, University officials say they have no problems with the program's health and safety procedures. In December, the University began its partnership with Semester at Sea, a study abroad program directed by the Institute for Shipboard Education where students from many universities can spend a semester studying aboard a cruise ship. William Brustein, the director of Pitt's University Center of International Studies, said safety concerns were the major reason for the break between Pitt and Semester at Sea. "As with many relationships, the parties moved apart," Brustein said.
