College Dean Edward L. Ayers announced his reorganization of the College administration at the Board of Visitors meeting in late January.
The Virginia House of Delegates followed the Senate in passing a sizeable bond package Feb. 7 that could benefit state universities throughout the Commonwealth. "The purpose of the bonds is to provide funds for financing the costs of capital projects for the Commonwealth's institutions of higher education," states the Virginia Educational Facilities Bond Act of 2002. The majority of the bond's funds go toward capital construction projects at state universities.
Third-year College student Joy Tongsri received a surprise in her mailbox last Friday: a letter congratulating her on being selected to live on the Lawn next year. Tongsri was given the honor together with 46 other students who will receive their notification letters by Feb.
Grade inflation is most frequent at the nation's most selective schools, according to a study released earlier this month.
University President John T. Casteen III announced the restoration of funds for summer undergraduate research fellowships last week, spurring a positive reaction from students and faculty alike. The program's funding, which comes from both a private endowment and funding from the Provost's Office, was slashed earlier this year when the state portion was withdrawn due to budget cuts.
University scientists have identified a protein that may provide insight into the cause of hearing deficiencies.
While Gov. Mark R. Warner considers cuts to the state budget which may force a tuition increase at Virginia universities, an American Council on Education survey shows that the public is concerned about the effects of similar cuts on the quality of education at the national level. The study, which was released last week and only addressed public higher education, showed that 77 percent of Americans view higher education as more important than they thought it was 10 years ago.
Allocating enough money to support a Friday night bar bill at Coupe de Ville's may be easy enough.
While perusing her research in Alderman Cafe on Wednesday, Charmaine Yoest is interrupted by her cell phone.
The Education Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Wednesday that would add a non-voting faculty member to the University's Board of Visitors. With a vote of 13-9, the committee advanced the legislation, which was sponsored by Del.
Six Democratic candidates for this year's Charlottesville City Council election squared off in a forum Wednesday night at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, focusing on the issues of transportation, regional planning and the environment in Charlottesville. The candidates present at the forum were former deputy city manager Bern Ewert, University nurse David Simmons, businesswoman Joan Fenton, photographer Alexandria Searls, Web site designer Waldo Jaquith and Mayor Blake Caravati. Two seats on the five-person council are up for election May 17, Caravati's and retiring Council member David Toscano's. "Given the record of Democratic nominees going on to win local elections, it's very likely that the two candidates that emerge from the Democratic convention will effectively be our future City Council members," said Maurice Cox, Council member and Architecture school professor. Currently, all five members of the City Council are Democrats. The forum was the second of three leading up to the Feb.
While politicians in Richmond consider increasing tuition because of a budget crisis, for many students the costs of attending the University will rise next year for another reason. The Board of Visitors approved Jan.
University professors are using the Internet to help Virginia high school students pass the 11th grade U.S.
Nine new leaders emerged from last night's Inter-Fraternity Council elections to take the helm of the 2002-2003 IFC executive board. Pi Kappa Alpha member Phil Trout, a third-year College student, was named president. Trout said he had many goals for the IFC, including a strong turnout for rush. "We had a good year, and I hope to continue with that success," he said.
The Staff Union at U.Va. signed an agreement yesterday to merge with the Communication Workers of America. The organization will be renamed the SUUVA-CWA. The SUUVA is a labor union representing the classified staff of the University, including hospital employees.
In countless cop shows and detective movies, juries routinely convict suspects based on fingerprints left at the crime scene. The verdict always seems so simple - a doorframe, a window and the murder weapon all bear the invisible mark of the suspect's distinctive fingerprints. And just as in real life, these simple prints often are considered enough hard evidence to put someone behind bars. "Fingerprinting is a routine forensic tool," said Law Prof.
From the musings of the ancient Chinese to the construction of the modern Hubble Telescope, space always has fascinated the human mind. Through NASA's Comet Nuclear Tour mission, scientists now have an unparalleled opportunity to study what some consider the most striking objects in the sky. The mission's goal is to catch a glimpse of the inner workings and complex structure of comets, the flying balls of dust and ice that glimmer in the night, according to Laura Lautz, NASA's education and public outreach coordinator. "Comets are basically bodies in the solar system identified by their characteristic tails," said Ken Siedelmann, a University professor of astronomy who conducts research on the solar system and is considered an expert on comets.
In his struggle to balance the state's deficit-stricken budget, Gov. Mark R. Warner has both students and faculty in public colleges across Virginia clamoring against his proposal to hike in-state tuition 5 percent while slashing funding by Virginia's public colleges. Warner's tuition proposal, designed to rectify a projected $5 billion shortfall in the state's budget over the next four-and-a-half-years, lifts a five-year-old cap on in-state tuition and allows for a 5 percent increase.
Cardinal Avery Dulles, the first American theologian to be named a cardinal, delivered an address in Minor Hall last night on the role of theological studies in public universities. Dulles, the highest-ranking Catholic cleric ever to speak at the University, argued that a department of theology would be inappropriate for a secular university, "especially one that seeks to stand in the tradition of Thomas Jefferson." However, Dulles urged that theology should be taught as one component of a religious studies course. "Professors should be permitted and encouraged to teach from a perspective of faith, while carefully avoiding proselytization," Dulles said. Dulles said that while the terms religious studies and theology often are used interchangeably, they actually have different meanings. "Religious studies do not require a personal commitment to the truth and value of the religion being studied," Dulles said. However, to study a faith theologically, "one would normally have to share in that faith," he added. Cardinal Dulles is the second cardinal to be invited to speak at the University, but the first actually to do so, said Father Gerald Fogarty S.J., a University religious studies professor.
