If you think the only piracy a college-student is capable of is downloading the occasional mp3, think again.
In order to combat problems with admissions letters arriving late, the University will begin e-mailing acceptances to international students next year in addition to sending a letter by mail.
The University Police Department arrested seven protesters Friday at "The Liberation of Kuwait: Dawning of a New World Order?" conference. At 10:27 a.m., W.
Student Council Executive Board, Honor Committee and University Judiciary Committee candidates voiced their views during sparsely attended University debates held in the Newcomb Hall Theater last night.
For some, business school is a necessary evil on the way to your career. For others, it simply may be a way to take an unpaid sabbatical for a couple years to play golf and pick up a degree in the process.
Student Council Executive Board, Honor Committee and University Judiciary Committee candidates voiced their views during sparsely attended University debates held in the Newcomb Hall Theater last night.
Curry School of Education professors and graduate students are developing a unique Web site and instructional program designed to help teacher educators.
Participants in the conference on "The Liberation of Kuwait: Dawning of a New World Order?" discussed Middle East policy issues inside Old Cabell Hall yesterday as demonstrators affiliated with the "Not One More Coffin" conference protested Iraqi sanctions on the Lawn.
University President John T. Casteen III announced the selection of University Law Prof. John C.
Yesterday's surprise snowstorm not only inconvenienced students trudging to class, it also caused a higher-than-average number of vehicle accidents in the Charlottesville area. "There were lots and lots of accidents," said Rebecca White, director of University Parking and Transportation. In two unrelated mishaps, a University Transit Service bus slid off the road and a car slid into the back of a management vehicle, White said.
Craig Miller, chief technology officer at Proxicom, an e-business consulting and technology company, gave nearly 350 students a glimpse into the future of the communications business yesterday afternoon at the Newcomb Theater.
Because of a practice known as racial profiling, minorities tend to be disproportionaly stopped by law enforcement officers, predicated on nothing but the color of their skin. As part of Black History Month, Kevin Stokes, a third-year College student, organized a panel to discuss this issue.
It was clear from yesterday's Faculty Senate meeting that the referenda to the Honor Committee Constitution are the responsibility of students alone. Although Committee members could have made a plea for faculty to endorse the proposals yesterday, they chose instead to educate present faculty members about the referenda and field questions and concerns about the system in general. "Although the input of the faculty carries a lot of weight, [the honor system] is a student-run system," Committee Chairman Thomas Hall said. While a Faculty Senate endorsement of the referenda "would have been nice, we certainly weren't seeking it today," Hall said. Hall, along with Luke Mitchell, Committee vice chairman for education, attempted to explain how the proposed changes would apply on a faculty level.
New technology at University Hospital has the potential to save lives. Along with a site in Williamsburg, University Hospital is one of only two places in Virginia that uses digital mammography in place of analog film mammography. With the new unit, hospital technicians can digitize mammogram images for display on a computer, making the process more effective and efficient. In the older process, the technician performing the mammogram would leave the room to get the developed images, adding time to a patient's office visit. With digital mammography, it only takes about 10 seconds to digitize and place the image on a computer screen, said Jennifer Harvey, associate professor of radiology and director of University Hospital's Division of Breast Imaging. Digital images also reduce the chance of lost records because the images can be stored as part of a confidential hospital-wide computer system. "This allows access to the image from any room in the hospital," Harvey said.
Robert W. Cantrell, University vice president and provost for health sciences, announced Tuesday he will leave the post when his term ends June 30. After a year-long sabbatical beginning next fall, Cantrell plans to resume his role at the University as a professor. Cantrell, 67, joined the faculty in 1976 as professor and chairman of the otolaryngology (head and neck surgery) department.
The Virginia Senate passed a bill Tuesday allowing pharmacists to provide women with emergency contraceptives within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse.
Alissa Eichinger thought she was just feeling tired. The second-year College student had been working harder than usual when she began to experience a sore throat and swollen tonsils.
In a move that could complicate Internet music sharing, Napster offered Tuesday to settle with the recording industry. To avoid a court order that may shut down Napster permanently, the file-sharing service said in the settlement it will pay $1 billion to major record labels, songwriters and independent labels and artists over the next five years. Five major recording labels would divide $150 million a year among themselves and independent labels would divide another $50 million a year. If the settlement is accepted, Napster users would have to start paying fees to use the service.
U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon heard two motions for summary judgments yesterday to dismiss a $1.5 million lawsuit against the University.
At last night's meeting, the New Student Center Committee of Student Council announced the hiring of David Oakland as principal architect in charge of the new student center's initial drawings. Oakland was hired "for feasibility study and conceptual drawings of the new student center," Committee Chairman Steven Reinemund said.
