During a period of continued bad financial news from Richmond, the University received some good news from the estate of the late David A.
Yale University permits military recruiters to recruit at law school Under pressure from the Defense Department, the Yale University Law School on Tuesday temporarily suspended its policy against allowing military recruiters on campus. The school formerly permitted recruiters to visit the campus only if first contacted by students. Defense Department officials had threatened to prevent $350 million in research funds from going to Yale if the law school did not change its policy.
Virginia is among the top states in higher education opportunity and participation, and stacks up better with other states than it did two years ago, according to the Measuring Up 2002 report, released yesterday by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
There appears to be another reason not to supersize those fries. A recent study conducted by the Swedish National Food Authority found that many high-carbohydrate foods, cooked at high temperatures contain the chemical acrylamide -- a compound known to cause cancer in laboratory animals.
Student Council voted on Tuesday to form the Studio Collaborative Committee and provide it with $10,000 to design and build projects for the University. The ad hoc committee originally tried to establish itself as a Contracted Independent Organization.
The U.S. Department of Education awarded the Curry School of Education's National Research Center on the Gifted & Talented over $1 million yesterday for their new project, which will benefit bright students in poor regions of the country. Project "LOGgED On," Learning Opportunities for the Gifted Economically Disadvantaged Online, will set up an interactive distance learning environment for rural and poor urban-area high schools across the country.
While most University students probably attributed the Virginia football team's 0-2 start to turnovers and sloppy defense, the traumatic aftereffects of a massive theft also might have had something to do with it. Shawn Edward Tate, a 19-year-old Albemarle County resident and former University employee, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of stealing from Onesty Hall $34,500 of personal items from 11 University football players between Aug.
In the face of statewide teacher shortages, Gov. Mark R. Warner announced Virginia's acquisition of a $13.5 million Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant on Monday. The three-year grant, issued by the U.S.
The annual U.S. News & World Report College Rankings are one of the most influential and eagerly anticipated evaluations in the higher education world, affecting everything from the decisions of prospective students to the self-esteem of university administrators. Yet some critics of U.S.
Third-year College student Thomas "Gary" Sharp was assaulted early Saturday morning in the 1700 block of Gordon Avenue. At approximately 2 a.m., near Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, a stocky, white male attacked Sharp from behind, according to Charlottesville Police.
College at Wise students attack SGA president Three University of Virginia College at Wise students were charged and released on bond Monday for assaulting fellow student Jimmy Joe Adkins. Stephen Wade Hopkins, 25, Jeremy Lyn Male, 27, and Keynen Ry Almer, 23, are accused of stripping off Adkins' shirt and chain necklace and hitting him with the chain. They were released on $25,000 bond Monday after being charged with abduction and assault of the victim. Adkins, Wise's Student Government Association president, is a member of the Gamma Chi Omega fraternity. The accused are members of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity and apparently were angry that a rival fraternity's letters were painted on Hopkins' house. Wise asked the males not to return to school.
Due to budget cuts, the University Registrar's Office announced yesterday it has ended telephone access to the Integrated Student Information System and terminated printing of the Course Offering Directory.
In what could be a landmark case deciding the fate of affirmative action in college admissions, students who sued the University of Michigan petitioned yesterday to be heard before the U.S.
A trio of local middle school students ran through the corridors of Gilmer Hall yesterday morning, shouting and setting off emergency showers and eyewash units, according to eye-witnesses.
Earl Washington Jr., who spent nine and a half years on death row before being pardoned by former Republican Gov.
University of Texas researchers develop potential cure for anthrax Through groundbreaking research that began in 1997, a pair of professors at the University of Texas at Austin created an antibody to neutralize the toxins in anthrax. Professor of biomedical and chemical engineering, George Georgiou, developed the potential anthrax cure with a fellow professor at Texas. The antibody injection would not serve as a replacement for antibiotics but would be administered as a supplement. Scientists tested this anthrax antibody cure during the summer of 2001. Researchers injected rats with the antibody followed by a lethal quantity of anthrax toxins during the lab tests.
"The Mexterminator" and Ethno-Techno are only two of the scheduled events Asst. Dean of Students Pablo Davis has lined up for the month of October, which is Hispanic Heritage Month. Davis said the month's programming aims to portray the wide range of culture within the Hispanic population. "Hispanic/Latino culture is not only a part of the rainbow of American culture, but a rainbow in itself," Davis said.
Over two years of hard work from more than 100 Architecture and Engineering students culminated in success Sunday when the University was named the first place winner of the Solar Decathlon's Design and Livability contest. The Design and Livability contest is one of 10 contests that comprise the U.S.
