The Archeological Survey of India, a team of archeologists led by T. Satyamurthy, discovered the remains of an ancient temple and city walls near the town of Mahabalipuram, the Associated Press announced Feb.
A new television network presenting programs from 33 college stations will begin airing on the Internet next month. Prashant Chopra, chief architect with Campus EAI Consortium, said the Open Student Television Network is television created for students by students.
Global pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. and the Pfizer Foundation are donating $2 million over the next four years to the University Health System's Center for Global Health. The grant will fund a new exchange program of post-doctoral fellows and students between the University and several international partners to conduct research on global health issues. At least two fellows from the University will be able to travel abroad for up to one year to study infectious diseases, clinical microbiology, epidemiology and biostatistics.
A new television network presenting programs from 33 college stations will begin airing on the Internet next month. Prashant Chopra, chief architect with Campus EAI Consortium, said the Open Student Television Network is television created for students by students.
A recent survey by Manpower Incorporated, an employment services company, found that the City of Charlottesville has the sixth-best employment outlook in the nation for the second quarter of 2005. In its quarterly report released Tuesday, Manpower stated that the flourishing employment opportunities seen nationally in the first quarter of the year would continue through June, as 30 percent of the 16,000 employers surveyed said they expected to increase their workforce over the next three months.
The Charlottesville City budget for the 2005-2006 fiscal year was recently proposed by the budget office and currently is being deliberated by the City Council. The Council had a work session Wednesday to review expenditures and will hold its first public hearing on the proposal Monday.
The SAT I emerged from its makeover March 12 when the College Board administered the newly-revised test to perspective college students. "The test was revised in order to more closely reflect what students were learning in high school and to include the writing section," College Board spokesperson Caren Scoropanof said. The University will accept both the new and old SAT through fall 2006, Dean of Admissions John Blackburn said. Besides the addition of a writing section, the College Board decided to remove the analogy and quantitative comparison section, according to their Web site. "The test, on all parts, is becoming more like a classroom achievement test," Blackburn said. The addition of the writing section has extended the test from two hours 45 minutes to three hours 45 minutes.
A newly revised set of polices and procedures for dealing with sexual assault in the University community was announced by Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia Lampkin yesterday. Additionally, the Sexual Assault Board has adopted a new set of operating principles including the suggestion to form a permanent advisory committee to research the issue of sexual assault within the University. Among the revisions to the University's procedures for cases of sexual assault, the confidentiality required during the Sexual Assault Board's hearing is more clearly defined, SAB Chair Shamim Sisson said. "The new procedures spell out more clearly the way in which confidentiality needs to be maintained in the process," Sisson said. Although the preparation and the process of the sexual assault hearings will remain confidential, the accusing party and the accused party both have a right to a determination letter, which states the SAB's final decision and includes the sanction imposed on any individual found guilty. "If a student decides to disclose this information, they may do that," Sisson said. Sisson also said the University recommends that the student discuss disclosing the information provided on the determination letter with legal council before talking about it, in order to avoid allegations of libel. The revised procedures "are a clear response to the student concern that the required confidentiality may have been overbroad and an abridgement of their rights," Sisson said. Terms used in the procedures have been redefined, particularly the difference between sexual assault and a slightly lesser offense, sexual misconduct.
When a foreign presidential candidate became gravely ill as an election approached, when a standoff with the extremist anti-government group Montana-Freeman lasted 81 days, and during the protracted D.C.
The Downtown Business Association of Charlottesville began circulating a petition last week among Downtown Mall business owners who would like to see a cross-street opened to pedestrian traffic. "Customers can't navigate from the north to south side of the Mall," said Alaina Tucker, Downtown Business Association intern and fourth-year College student. The Downtown Business Association has suggested that 4th or 5th streets be opened to vehicular traffic because current traffic patterns do not allow sufficient access to businesses on the Mall. "We are working on a petition for it to see how much support there is in the community," Tucker said.
Two separate technical problems with the University's Central Mail System caused some consternation for students who tried to access their e-mail accounts Monday and Tuesday. Information Technology and Communications worked to correct problems caused by incompatible security software Monday and problems caused by disk failures Tuesday, ITC Network Systems Manager Robin Ruggaber said. ITC replaced the failed disks Tuesday night and conducted an emergency reboot at 5 a.m.
Thinking about making an off-the-cuff comment directed at the president? Think carefully. A University of Oklahoma student was investigated by the Secret Service when a comment he made on thefacebook.com was interpreted as a threat. Oklahoma freshman Saul Martinez said he was perusing thefacebook groups about three months ago when he stumbled across a group called "Bush Sucks." Martinez said he was amused by a comment another student made about having her 'cute fish' replace the president and decided to reply. "I said, 'I think we should replace him with your pet fish.
Charlottesville Police arrested and jailed a man Monday for breaking into the Kent Terrace house of an Engineering student.. The suspect, 34-year-old Charlottesville resident Frederick Ayers, was charged with assault and battery, burglary and grand larceny. Charlottesville Police Lt.
Accepted Lawn Residents for 2005-2006: Stewart H. Ackerly Karin Agness Scott R. Anderson Milena K.
A recent survey of higher education institutions found that total private donations to the nation's colleges and universities increased by 3.4 percent in 2004.
Statistics provided by the Housing Office reveal the 181st class of Lawn residents to be your average, above-average group. Of the residents selected thus far, over three-quarters, 78 percent, come from the College.
Lawn selection, one of the University's most time-honored traditions, was recently completed, but not without some students expressing concern that the process is less than perfect. After evaluating the 272 applications submitted this year, the Lawn selection committee released the list of 47 third-year students chosen for the 181st class of Lawn residents last week. Forty-seven students are chosen every year for the Lawn by a selection committee made up of 35 students, 20 Ex-Officio members, students who represent a specific portion of the University population, and 15 lottery members, fourth-year students who apply and are chosen at random.
The Infectious Disease Clinic at the University Hospital re-obtained the Ryan White Title III Primary Care and Early Intervention Services grant March 3.
In the 2005 legislative session, the Virginia State Senate Budget amendments restricted state appropriations so that they can only be used to provide financial aid to in-state graduate students at Virginia colleges and universities.
