The staff at the University's Information Technology and Communication Office has been busy this summer, fielding countless questions regarding computer viruses. ITC staff said they have encountered numerous viruses this summer, but viruses such as MTX, Hybris, Sircam and Code Red have been reoccurring problems.
With the help of a $2 million donation from three alumni, the Commerce School is in its preliminary stages to expand its Monroe Hall facilities.
University Police are investigating a report that two patients used heroin and had sex while checked into the psychiatric unit of the University Medical Center last week. A female patient reported to police July 24 that she and a male patient had sex in the laundry room and injected heroin in her bathroom at the hospital, University Police Captain Michael Coleman said. Earlier that week, Medical Center employees suspected illegal drug use by the same male patient and he consented to a search of his room.
As part of the University's continual efforts to improve safety and living conditions in the Greek system, the Center for Alcohol and Substance Education was awarded a grant Friday from the U.S.
Managed health care company Coventry Health Care, Inc. announced Monday that it plans to purchase the parent company of QualChoice of Virginia Health Plan, Inc. QualChoice is the University-sponsored health care plan for students who do not have their own health insurance and is the plan provided for staff members. As part of the definitive agreement, Coventry will pay the Medical Center and the University Health Services Foundation $12.5 million for Blue Ridge Health Alliance, Inc. and its HMO subsidiary, QualChoice, and will enter into a five-year provider contract with the University.
Lawyers representing the University Medical Center met last Friday with five former employees who are suing the University on grounds they were unjustly fired.
As part of the ongoing new student center planning process, Student Council has received a feasibility report from a Charlottesville architecture firm. With $20,000 in funding from the University, Council hired VMDO Architects to conduct a study to determine what the University can do with its space availability outside Newcomb Hall, said Andy Burdick, a member of Council's New Student Center Committee.
Officials of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia announced that Carl N. Kelly will serve as the agency's new chairman, effective immediately.
U.S. News and World Report's2001 "America's Best Hospitals" issue included eight medical specialties of the University Medical Center as among the finest of their kind. The specialties and their rankings are cancer, ranked 22nd; endocrinology (hormonal disorders), sixth; geriatrics, 49th; nephrology (kidney disease), 49th; neurology, 29th; otolaryngology, (ear nose and throat), 22nd; pulmonary (respiratory disorders), 34th; and urology, 23rd. "It's always good to be recognized by your peers," said Paul Levine, director of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, at the Medical Center.
By the end of the summer, students, faculty and staff will see five new faces in some of the most prominent positions at the University.
Maybe hard hats should appear on first-years' lists of dorm-room supplies to help them endure the construction that will be occurring on central Grounds during their stay as students. Included in the slew of projects are renovations of Peabody Hall, Clark Hall and the Aquatic and Fitness Center as well as construction of a new dining hall. Clark Hall Construction on Clark Hall began last July and is scheduled for completion by June 2003.
Many University students consider the spring races at Foxfield the social highlight of the year.
In the 1970s, a proposal before the Charlottesville City Council to transform the downtown into a pedestrian mall caused division and disagreement among council members, business owners and locals.
The jobs are scarcer, the salaries are lower and the unemployment is higher. Summer jobs are hard to come by, but that only means that this summer, college kids have been more creative in their job picks. Still - the numbers are grim.
Computing at the University will have a new feel this fall with a new program to make work and e-mailing easier for students, faculty and staff.
The preliminary hearing for Jamie Jovin Poindexter, accused of murdering a University graduate student in April, was postponed on July 12, pending decisions about his ability to stand trial.
Three outside experts in patient treatment at psychiatric wards have agreed to serve as advisers for the University Medical Center.
The first year at the University can be overwhelming. The huge, impersonal lower level classes and the scramble to sign up for higher level classes is a big change from high school.
The debate over the use of human embryonic stem cells in scientific research just got a lot more complicated.
With a fourth of the cases investigated, the Honor Committee is making progress sorting through the staggering 122 honor charges that a physics professor filed against some of his students for allegedly cheating on term papers. Committee Chairman Thomas Hall said the Committee already has investigated 30 accused students who were degree candidates or connected to degree candidates' cases before graduation in May.
