In the midst of a nationwide nursing shortage, the University has been successful in attracting some new nurses. This summer, 47 new nurses, 16 of which are University graduates, will begin work at University Hospital.
This afternoon, University President John T. Casteen III will announce the establishment of the College Foundation, a nonprofit fund-raising organization to support both the undergraduate and graduate schools of the College of Arts and Sciences. The foundation provides a way for alumni and private sources to contribute money to the University.
As the Dave Matthews Band entourage descends upon the University, law enforcement and other safety officials are taking steps to ensure that both concert goers and community members are kept out of harm's way. The Albemarle fire team and the Charlottesville-Albemarle rescue squads have been developing contingency plans for problems that may arise during and after the concert. "We have been doing nothing but Dave Matthews [planning] for the last three weeks," Albemarle Fire Battalion Chief Britt Grimm said. To determine how much extra coverage is needed, the rescue squad drew up an estimate of typical injuries and accidents that have occurred at similar types of venues, said Benjamin Sojka, one of the University special events coordinators for the Charlottesville-Albemarle rescue squad. The teams then determined the best plan of action to cover the large event. This Saturday, fire and medical teams will be located inside Scott Stadium throughout the entire concert.
Jefferson Hall commemorates Thomas Jefferson. Alderman Library honors former University president Edwin A.
University students who are frustrated with the high cost of textbooks and low prices offered at the University Bookstore buyback soon may find relief. A personal experience with the bookstore prompted one student to develop a proposal to provide students with some financial relief. "I felt like I had been robbed" when I sold my books back to the bookstore, said Ronald Mayhew, a first-year College student and a Student Council representative.
The Virginia General Assembly passed Senate and House of Delegates redistricting plans yesterday, which will now go to Gov.
Complete with picket signs and bullhorns, about 150 students and Charlottesville community members gathered outside of Old Cabell Hall yesterday, demanding health coverage for graduate students. The protest immediately preceded University President John T.
Fourth-year College student Benjamin Smith is the first University student in years to win the Center for Arabic Study Abroad fellowship, giving him the opportunity to study Arabic in Cairo, Egypt. The fellowship, awarded to Smith in March, will pay for his tuition and a monthly $400 stipend for room and board when he begins studying at the American Language Institute at the American University of Cairo for an entire year, starting this June.
Council representatives had an extended night of listening to 11 Contracted Independent Organizations' appropriations appeals Tuesday. These organizations appealed their defunded status or the money allocations given to them by the Student Council Appropriations Committee.
Springtime in Charlottesville usually means Fridays After Five, lazy days, wildflowers - and great weather for flying helicopters.
Despite the clamor of graduate students protesting on the Lawn and the ongoing budget discord in Richmond, University President John T.
As a result of new evidence, 25-year- old Michael Bryan Plum of Charlottesville was indicted Monday for two different sexual assaults in Charlottesville, that occurred over two years apart.
The University's biomedical engineering department - already one of the top in the country - took another step forward last month in furthering its national reputation. Last month, the American Institute of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering elected Klaus Ley and Thomas Skalak as two of 66 fellows in its 2001 class of inductees.
After months of speculation, some say University policies within the government and foreign affairs department may result in the departure of one of the most popular lecturers at the University. Caught in the middle of the understaffed department is James R.
Close to 20 faculty and more than 30 student organizations have signed on to support the Burma resolution that Student Council passed last month. Third-year College student Andrew Price, a co-author of the Burma resolution, said he hopes to raise awareness and increase student interest in the University's business in Burma before an April 26 meeting with former U.S.
In an uncommon display of student activism at the University, the Graduate Labor Alliance plans to rally on the Lawn today demanding that the University provide full health insurance coverage for its 3,300 graduate students.
A group of state senators and Virginia businesspeople filed a lawsuit yesterday in a bipartisan effort to prevent Gov.
(This is the fourth article in a four-part weekly series examining the way members of the University view the honor system.) Four years ago, during the first semester of his first year, Vineet Aggarwal entered one of his classes ready to take a big test.
U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Indiana), who many speculate could be the next Democratic candidate for president, emphasized the importance of bipartisanship yesterday as he addressed a crowd of more than 400 students in Wilson Hall. "He's exactly the kind of candidate that the Democrats should nominate if they want to win in 2004," said Larry J.
In a report published last week, a commission of scholars cast doubt on whether Thomas Jefferson fathered children with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings.
