The Center for Equal Opportunity has released a study that alleges a black student is 111 times more likely to gain admission to the University than a white student with similar test scores and class rank. The study was released last month, nearly a year after a similar study was conducted by the same Washington-based think tank.
A new University Web site, sponsored by Student Council, allows students to exchange books directly with each other.
The Engineering School topped its $50 million Capital Campaign goal last month -- the latest in a string of individual schools to surpass their original expectations. Thomas N.
An electronic book provider, netLibrary, announced an agreement with the University's Electronic Text Center that will make 2,000 historic texts from the University's collection available to the public over the Internet. The agreement, announced Friday, is intended to preserve historic texts in digital form and allow other communities to access the information. According to netLibrary spokesman Brian Bell, the company produces about 100 electronic books a day. The online company is pleased with the deal "because netLibrary has a growing user base," Bell said.
The University has filled the position of assistant to the vice president for student affairs -- a job that had remained vacant since mid-August. Lori Willy, who previously worked in the Office of the Registrar during her 12-year tenure at the University, began work Monday as the replacement for H.
Third-year Education student Megan Parker passed away Jan. 7 at University Hospital after suffering injuries in a car accident Jan.
Virginia's recent booming economy is beginning to show returns for public higher education institutions.
After hearing three days of testimony, an Albemarle County Circuit Court jury convicted University running back Antwoine Womack Dec.
Although the University surpassed its $1 billion Capital Campaign goal with a $62 million gift to the Darden School Dec.
The University hopes to enter the 21st century with a bang. Virginia 2020: The Agenda for the Third Century at the University of Virginia, the brainchild of University President John T.
The University Library Special Collections Department has received four handwritten letters from Civil War Confederate generals Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Joseph E.
What does the future hold for sports at the University? Perhaps robots will serve as referees or improved shoe technology will force basketball hoops to be raised to 20 feet. Such changes may be in the cards, but members of the Strategic Planning Task Force for Athletics plan to tackle more realistic issues pertaining to the future of University athletics. The task force, a component of the University's long-term planning initiative, Virginia 2020: The Agenda for the Third Century at the University of Virginia, has been assigned to set long-term goals for the University athletic department in areas ranging from playing fields and other facilities to athletes' academic performance to Title IX compliance. Members of the task force include several directors of the University's Athletics Department, current and former student athletes, and faculty members in several non-athletic departments. The task force already has had two meetings -- one in December and one Monday. Task force members have received background information on the Athletics Department budget, intramural and recreational sports programs and National Collegiate Athletic Association graduation rates, said Amy D.
Representatives from Coca-Cola stressed the booming job market for University students in an information session about its career possibilities last Wednesday night in Newcomb Hall.
After receiving a $60 million gift to the Darden School -- the largest gift ever donated to any business school in the world -- the University announced Dec.
If you were to meet the Santa Claus of the past, you would find an unmarried, slim religious man living in Europe. Far from a jolly round man with a long white beard who dresses in red, the historic characteristics of the Christmas figure are unfamiliar to the current conception. This is not surprising, said Natalie Kononenko, associate professor of Slavic language and literature, because pagan tradition slowly has invaded what was once a predominantly Christian holiday. Kononenko said the idea of Santa Claus originated from an actual man, Saint Nicholas, who was the patron saint of children.
Santa Claus is coming to town in a few weeks, and at the nation's top watch-center of the North American skies, North American Aerospace Defense Command, some people are checking their lists and watching for the fabled gift-giver. Although the folklore of Santa Claus, the bringer of presents to all good children on Christmas day, has been around for several centuries, the technologically modern tradition of "tracking" Santa Claus for Canadian and American children has been around for 45 years. The practice began in 1955 when a Sears store put an advertisement in a local newspaper, saying children could call a hotline to get an update on where Santa Claus was, Project Coordinator Maj.
The Alta Vista company, a leading online media and commerce site, announced Monday Nov. 29 that it acquired Raging Bull, a financial-oriented Web site with stock quotes, news and message boards. Alta Vista acquired Raging Bull for an undisclosed sum.
Two University students were robbed at gunpoint Friday night near Thornton Hall on McCormick Road. According to University Police Capt.
My friends often ask me questions they feel I can deal with, since I'm a computer science major and thus, a "techno-geek". The questions range from what kind of computer to buy to the more esoteric ones where they try to stump a computer science major. But recently, the most popular questions have been about Y2K. "On the eve of the new millennium should I avoid flying?
For political junkies, Monday was a big day as big-name politicians and journalists congregated in the Rotunda to scrutinize the world of politics.
