Assistant Dean of Students Pablo Davis will be moving to a new position, effective in five weeks.
Two Charlottesville police vehicles chased a car thief around Charlottesville, Albermarle County and Fluvanna County for 20 minutes Tuesday morning. A 1988 black Subaru station wagon was taken from a home in Albemarle County on Northwood Avenue, near the northeast end of the city.
The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention on Friday named University President John T.
On August 5, the Office of the University Registrar will roll out a new Integrated Student Information System platform.
The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the serial rapist has been quadrupled, representatives from the city, county and University announced Friday.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. today will mark the official opening of a new Breast Cancer Center at the University.
Students enjoy warm temperatures and a break from the rain yesterday near the Corner and Brooks Hall.
Area residents with spinal cord injuries now have a new treatment option. The Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center at the University Health System has purchased a Galaxy Cycle, a therapeutic bicycle which uses electrical impulses to stimulate patient's muscles. The Kluge center is the first in Virginia to acquire the machine, making it one of 24 centers in the country to offer the treatment.
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. and Rector of the University Board of Visitors Fred G. Pollard died Monday.
The recent spate of attacks and break-ins attributed to a serial rapist in heavily student-populated areas have led area females to reevaluate their sense of security and to increase safety precautions. Recent graduate Andrea Czarkowski said she was concerned that a June 6 break
"One-half of a Bible's worth of rain" is how a recent advisory from the State Climatology Office described the twenty days of rain most of Virginia received during the month of May. While it may be hasty to start building an ark, rain fell in Charlottesville on a record-setting ninety days during the first six months of 2003.
A federal Tuesday sentenced former Virginia Republican Party Director Edmund A. Matricardi to three years probation and a $5,000 fine for eavesdropping on a conference call between Democrats. Matricardi pleaded guilty to the charges in April, and Tuesday he apologized to Governor Warner, Democrats, the people of Virginia and the Republican Party. -- Compiled by Megan Moyer
Four University-owned buildings were added to the Virginia Landmarks Register last month when the Virginia Department of Historic resources issued registers to University-owned properties Birdwood, Montebello and Sunnyside. Montebello was constructed by John M.
It's official. The Atlantic Coast Conference has opened its doors, and the University of Miami and Virginia Tech have walked right in.
The University has named Dr. R. Ariel Gomez, a pediatric physician and long time faculty member, to the post of vice president for research and graduate studies. Gomez has served as the interim vice president since August 2001. A professor of pediatrics, Gomez has been a member of University faculty since 1984.
The Supreme Court decided in favor of maintaining current pornography prevention laws in public libraries, in a decision announced June 23. Libraries that receive federal funding, including public school libraries, are required through the Children's Internet Protection Act to implement anti-pornography programs to prevent child access to pornography. The court said that the state interest in protecting children outweighs the right to access first-amendment protected content online.
Questions about course selection, how much spending money you need in college and how to get to the student health center filled the corridors of Newcomb Hall this week as four hundred students from the class of 2007 arrived on grounds for orientation. During the month of July, most of the entering first years and transfer students will come to the University to attend one of seven two-day orientation sessions.
For the second time in four years, the city of Charlottesville was in danger of celebrating Independence Day without a fireworks display.
Governor Mark Warner announced appointments to Virginia's higher education oversight boards and various college and university boards of visitors, including those of Virginia Tech and James Madison, which both met with controversy this year, on Friday. The Governors Advisory Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments makes decisions on nominees based on "merit, experience, sound judgment and proven leadership," according to a press release. Warner expressed approval of the Commission's recommendations. "The outstanding men and women I am appointing today have demonstrated a commitment to work for the best interests of higher education in the Commonwealth," said Warner in a press release.
The Rutherford Institute filed suit in federal district court yesterday against the city of Charlottesville.
