In the Friday, Feb. 24 News article "Eleven candidates disqualified," Kendall Fox, an Honor Committee candidate from the College, was erroneously quoted saying "I was given no instruction.
The Honor Committee voted Sunday night to allow for the community to request a reversal of the order in which counsels are allowed to speak in closing arguments, a change that could occur at the discretion of the trial chair.
Beginning this spring, the College of Arts & Sciences will offer a program in computer science. The Bachelor of Arts program in the Collegeapproved at the faculty meeting on Thursday will be separate from the Bachelor of Science currently offered in the Engineering school. A Bachelor of Arts in computer science, the first major to the combine academic programming of the two schools, was approved in the College of Arts & Sciences faculty meeting last Thursday. According to David Evans, chair of the computer science BA committee, College students will be able to declare a major in the interdisciplinary computer science program in the upcoming spring semester. "For many years students in the College have wanted to take computer science but not with the engineering focus -- they wanted to do additional majors like economics or psychology or something in the life sciences and the engineering degree didn't allow them to do both," said Thomas Horton, member of the computer science B.A.
University professors John Arras and Jose' Fuentes were two of 15 recipients of the 2006 Virginia Outstanding Faculty Awards recognizing excellence in teaching, research and public service, presented on Feb.
Forty student leaders participated in the University's second annual Day of Dialogue on Race in the Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room yesterday. The event was intended to encourage student groups to recruit minority students, to address racial stereotypes and to give an equal voice to overlooked minority groups, Assistant Dean of Students Daisy Rodriguez said.
A small group of Law School students have recently organized a program to raise awareness in the Charlottesville community about domestic violence and assist the increasing number of victims in the area. The students, led by third-year Law student Cristi Head, have established the Domestic Violence Project, which works with the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society to support the victims of domestic violence. "Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior to maintain power or control over a partner in the context of intimate or family relationship," said Anne Trainor, a case manager for the Charlottesville Shelter for Help in Emergency. Trainor added that this abuse can be sexual, mental or physical, and that it occurs among families of all races, religions and classes. Four students work with the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society this year, as opposed to the six students last semester.
Eleven candidates were disqualified by the University Board of Elections Wednesday night from appearing on the spring election ballot.
Computer Science Prof. Alfred Weaver was awarded a $50,000 grant from Microsoft this week to fund his Trustworthy Computing course being taught this semester in the Engineering School. Microsoft Research received more than 112 proposals for the Trustworthy Computing program this year and only awarded grants to 15 institutions, according to a Microsoft press release. "I told Microsoft that I wanted to start a new course, and they funded [my] project," Weaver said. Barry Johnson, associate dean for research, said this grant is just one of several grants that Weaver has received from Microsoft for his academic research. "I did win another trustworthy computing award from Microsoft a year ago," Weaver said. He also said he received funding from the company several years prior to winning that award.
About $150,000 of the funds allotted to student groups by the Student Council Appropriations Committee remains unspent each year, according to various sources.
Faculty concerns about the University's recently accepted Semester at Sea program dominated discussion at the most recent full faculty meeting of the College of Arts & Sciences held yesterday by Dean Ed Ayers.
Former Vice President for Administration Okey Udumaga, who is running for his old position in elections beginning tomorrow, offered his resignation from his position last week under pressure from fellow members of the executive board of Student Council, according to Council President Jequeatta Upton. Udumaga, who is running again for VPA in the upcoming elections, maintained he was not asked to leave his position as VPA but instead personally decided to resign upon realizing he was overcommitted. Upton said members of Council's executive board met with Udumaga last fall after he failed to complete a task in a timely manner and told him that he had a history of similar performance issues.
A study was recently released showing that the majority of students who chose "unknown/other" as their race and ethnicity on their undergraduate college applications would later define themselves as white. The study, "Unknown Students on College Campuses," was conducted by the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the James Irvine Foundation.
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.
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