In an effort to reward graduate students for their contributions to the University, the Faculty Senate and the College have created a Fellowship Program to honor outstanding graduate students. "Graduate education as a part of University life" is one of the Faculty Senate's main goals for the year and will be discussed extensively at its retreat on Sept.
University students will have to grin and bear a runner-up spot on U.S. News and World Report's college rankings this year.
The economics department is facing a real example of the laws of supply and demand as the number of undergraduate economics majors has risen dramatically over the last 10 years and at a much faster rate than the department's full-time faculty. The number of economics majors more than doubled from 258 in 1991 to 612 in 2000.
A new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the number of United States college professors over the age of 70 should continue to increase in the coming years. According to the report, after the 1994 elimination of mandatory retirement, retirement rates of professors ages 70 and 71 years old fell by at least 50 percent. In 1984, under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Congress abolished forced retirement laws.
This year, students wishing to pursue activities outside of the classroom may have even fewer barriers keeping them from becoming involved. Beginning in January 2001, the University implemented a task force to examine ways to make it "easy and attractive" for students to participate in extracurricular activities.
Charlottesville Police still are investigating an alleged assault that occurred outside of the Sigma Chi fraternity house early Sunday morning.
If a proposed city resolution passes, Charlottesville street performers could face restrictions on how and when they may play their music. The proposed law states that between 10 p.m.
The infamous "freshman 15," the accessibility of alcohol, and fitting exercise into full schedules are only a few of the challenges that college students face.
The two words students never want to hear, "academic warning," always seem cause some confusion among College students.
The Faculty Senate and the Institute for Practical Ethics are joining in a scientific endeavor designed to achieve one of the Senate's main goals this year - fostering an intellectual community. In the past, finding an issue with which to approach such a daunting goal may have been difficult.
The Black Fraternal Council held elections for its executive board and directors Tuesday night. Members voted fourth-year College students Kevin Stokes and Andre Williams to the co-chair positions. The BFC this year plans to improve the organization's communication capabilities and to work more closely with other Greek governing councils. Stokes, a member of the Iota Phi Theta fraternity, said he hopes to develop a "great working relationship with the new Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life," created this summer through the Office of the Dean of Students. Included in the BFC are nine historically black fraternities and sororities, all of which are community service-oriented rather than strictly social organizations.
It took one word before normally tactful fourth-year College student Lynda Tang started sniffing another girl's rear end. With a snap of the finger, a student clad in a T-shirt and jeans leapt into his imaginary tutu and pranced into the arms of his ballet partner. Thousands of people have seen the act of stage hypnotist Tom DeLuca as he manages to convince everyone from CEOs to college students to submit to his hare-brained requests.
The controversial issue of health insurance at the University moved into a new phase Saturday when the University-sponsored HMO, QualChoice of Virginia, was sold to Coventry Health Care, Inc. Coventry will pay approximately $12.5 million to acquire QualChoice and its parent company, Blue Ridge Health Alliance Inc., from its majority shareholders, the University Medical Center and the University Health Services Foundation.
Following the completion of the Human Genome Sequencing Project, molecular genetic researchers discovered another type of genetic code in August, this time housed outside of DNA. The recently discovered code is thought to control how genes are activated or inactivated rather than dictate gene location and function, which was what the Human Genome Project initially aimed to uncover.
As a result of new findings, more changes may be in store for the University Medical Center. A report issued yesterday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, found deficiencies in the Medical Center during a full-hospital inspection, completed July 12. The Medical Center now has 10 days to issue a "plan of correction" outlining measures the hospital will take to remedy the deficiencies, said Marguerite Beck, spokeswoman for the Medical Center. Once the University devises a plan, the report will be sent back to CMS. "At the point where we receive the plan of correction we can disclose the report to the public," CMS spokeswoman Carol Messick said in a statement released yesterday.
After a massive letter-writing effort last spring by University students and alumni addressed to top University officials, one of the College's most popular lecturers will continue teaching through 2003. Government and Foreign Affairs Prof.
More and more University students may find that sometimes it's just easier to walk. Because of an unusual increase in the number of upperclassmen applying for parking permits this year, Gooch-Dillard residence areas have begun using a lottery system for doling out spots.
In the third such incident in under a week, Charlottesville Police are investigating another physical altercation near Grounds.
This fall, a unique environmental science course combining professors and students from three universities on two continents will be offered to University students.
With the addition of a new dance course this semester, individuals involved in the University's Campaign for Dance said they remain optimistic about establishing a permanent addition to the University's performing arts offerings. University officials have spent over a year and a half debating the addition of a major or minor dance program in the College.
