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Christopher Lynn Matthew, charged on Saturday with sexually assaulting a University graduate student, was released from jail Wednesday evening after forensic evidence found him innocent, Commonwealth Attorney David Chapman said. According to a press release issued by the Charlottesville Police Department, DNA test results, which came late Wednesday afternoon, cleared Matthew of all charges and proved that he was not involved in the incident. "Mr. Matthew thankfully has been excluded as a suspect," Chapman said.
The vernacular of the medical doctor is rife with words of conflict. Diseases are incursions by alien forces which must be fought off and destroyed by the benevolent immune system.
Promotion for a significantly expanded January Term began this week with a flurry of e-mails and advertisements after last January's successful pilot program. January Term 2006 will offer more than 400 students the opportunity to study on Grounds and provide study abroad student spots to another 110.
On top of ticketing, lodging and travel, visitors for the Rolling Stones concert have one more logistic to figure out: parking. With 52,000 total tickets, the number of ticket holders from out-of-town may surpass that of a regular home football game. "It's a different crowd from football games because there's not going to be as many students," said Rebecca White, director of the University Department of Parking and Transportation. White said the department is offering different parking options, ranging from free to $15-20. In a recent release, the department reported that 1,500 "premium" parking spaces directly next to the stadium are available for $15 apiece through a lottery which began yesterday.
The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce released a study Aug. 31 showing overall job growth in the Charlottesville region over the past 10 years.
The line stretched from Bryant Hall, through the parking lot and toward the Engineering School. Students pitched tents the night before in order to get the best tickets.
A University press release yesterday announced that FBI investigators have determined the graffiti on Beta Bridge reported to Charlottesville and University Police Aug.
The University is known for many things, such as being Thomas Jefferson's most prized invention, girls with pearls, a "Sea of Orange" and a complicated system of abbreviations and acronyms that make up a large part of the vernacular on Grounds.
Twenty-four professors from the Architecture School issued an open letter yesterday addressed to the Board of Visitors, the administration and the University community at large accusing the University of mimicking the Jeffersonian architectural style rather than constructing buildings in the spirit of the University's founder. The professors claimed in the letter that by merely copying the architecture it serves to belittle the legacy of Jefferson's original "Academical Village." "There is a growing and fundamental break between what we value and what we teach in the School of Architecture and how architectural themes are trivialized on Grounds," Architecture Prof.
The Education Committee of the United States Senate introduced its version of the Higher Education Act this week, an act which will determine federal education policy for the next six years. The Senate's bill differs from the corresponding legislation passed by the House of Representatives in July of this year on multiple points, including interest rates for federal student loans, college reporting requirements and the recommended maximum Pell Grant. The Senate Committee's bill seeks to lower the interest rate on student federal loans to a fixed rate of 6.8 percent from the current variable rate of 8.25 percent. The Senate legislation also includes numerous reporting requirements for colleges, requiring that they report the costs of tuition and attendance, the amount of financial aid awarded to students and teacher training, among other things.
Political scientists from all over the world met in Washington, D.C. this week to discuss whether college students taking political science courses are able to take the concepts learned in the classroom and apply them to real-world situations. At the Annual American Political Science Association Meeting entitled "Mobilizing Democracy," some professors said they would characterize their students as generally apathetic and unaware of the current events that are relevant to their course of study, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Members of the APSA panel found they could better engage their students civically and intellectually by integrating articles from The New York Times into their classroom discussions, The Chronicle reported. "We professors have a duty to teach the academic literature and its reasonable applications in the world of politics," University Politics Prof.
The University of Virginia's College at Wise nursing department will receive a grant of $90,256 from the Appalachian Regional Commission to expand its Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program. Congressman Rick Boucher, D-Abingdon announced offering of the grant, and according to Boucher's press release, this grant will ensure that the students in the nursing program receive a comprehensive, state-of-the-art education. According to Jane Dean, the director of college relations at U.Va.-Wise, the grant is being used to purchase equipment for advanced cardiac life-support training, EKG training and pediatric nurse training. With this grant, "U.Va.-Wise becomes one of the few schools in the state to certify in advanced cardiac life support prior to graduation," Dean said.
Dozens of students met in Newcomb Hall Ballroom last night to discuss possible changes to the University Judiciary Committee's treatment of hate crimes.
The University has been plagued by racial tensions for most of its history. The legacy of slavery and discrimination in the American South has meant that the most visible social fault lines are often along the color barrier.
History Prof. Stephen Innes died Monday afternoon after a long battle with leukemia. He taught at the University for twenty-eight years. "He was a great scholar, a firm friend and a devoted father," History Department Chair Charles W.
The University Faculty and Staff Career Services is once again offering employee benefits in the form of tuition waivers, reimbursement and assistance since the program has seen an increase in enrollment, said Emily Bardeen, director of Faculty and Staff Career Services. This growing program allows University employees to enroll in one class at the University free of charge or receive financial assistance for job-related classes attended at other accredited universities, according to Bardeen.
The completion of an online tutorial now will be required for all faculty members participating in tenure or tenure-track faculty search committees.
