The University is attempting to build another bridge across the Potomac by participating in a new federal program that allows residents of Washington, D.C., to pay in-state tuition at public colleges across the country. The $17 million D.C.
Realizing the seriousness of inadequate College funding, University officials have defined fundraising objectives for the College through the year 2005, estimating that efforts over the next five years need to yield over $250 million. University President John T.
We're number one - or are we? In a list of the 100 best values in public colleges released yesterday by Kiplinger's Personal Finance, the University ranked second behind the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The rankings are in slight contrast to the U.S.
University President John T. Casteen III and Leonard Sandridge, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will head a committee to search for a vice president of finance, a new position at the University. The vice president is one of several new executives who will report to Sandridge. He or she will be responsible for financial systems, policies and procedures and will perform "the detailed responsibilities of finance and business operations," Sandridge said. The vice president also will oversee several University divisions, including Business Operations, Financial Administration, Human Resources, Risk Management and Business Analysis. All of these departments now report to Sandridge.
Charlottesville Police Chief J.W. "Buddy" Rittenhouse announced his retirement yesterday, ending 35 years of service to the community. Rittenhouse will retire Feb.
As presidential candidates Texas Gov. George W. Bush (R) and Vice President Al Gore (D) embark on whirlwind campaign tours to woo potential voters, both camps have blatantly omitted traditionally Republican Virginia from their campaign itineraries.
The work of University physicians has helped bolster the fight against one of the deadliest diseases on the planet: lung cancer. A lung screening technique, introduced by a trio of University doctors - Thomas Daniel, Jonathan Truwit and Spencer Gay - promotes the early detection of lung cancer. Their method is not only cheaper than past methods but also safer for the patient.
Accidentally-bred mice may hold the cure for a debilitating intestinal disease. The mice, originally bred by a group of Japanese scientists to study the aging process, developed lower intestinal problems and now are key players in the study of Crohn's disease, which is the inflammation of the lower intestine. After scientists realized the mice were no good for their study, they shipped them all the way to Charlottesville, where University researchers are studying the disease. The University research got a jump start recently when the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases gave a $5.1 million grant over five years to fund further study of Crohn's disease. "If this mouse model truly represents human disease, this research will lead to a mechanistic understanding of Crohn's disease and help in the development of new therapeutic strategies," said Biomedical Engineering Prof.
Coming all the way from Kansas, Vicki Coleman set up office in Clemons Library yesterday, where she will serve as the library's new director. "I would like to ensure meeting the needs of the students today and in the future," Coleman said of her new position at Clemons, which also houses the Robertson Media Center. Coleman, who has significant experience in working with library systems, previously worked at the University of Kansas at Lawrence, where she was the director of the Spahr Engineering Library.
While going through their workout routines at the North Grounds Recreation Center yesterday morning, several people were forced to evacuate after a small gas leak at a neighboring construction site. No one was injured and the evacuation took only 20 minutes, said Benjamin Powell, battalion chief of the Charlottesville Fire Department.
The company that produced the identification bracelets used in 1995's infamous University Hospital baby swap filed a motion last week to dismiss one of the switched babies' mother's lawsuits against the corporation. Precision Dynamics Corp.
In his first address to faculty since announcing his resignation last week, Dean of the College Melvyn P.
Ending a long Greek social tradition, sororities will no longer mix with fraternities at fraternity houses if alcohol is served. Almost all of the University's 16 sororities' national chapters have passed policies prohibiting mixers at fraternity houses with alcohol.
U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode (I-5th) emphasized the importance of voting Republican in this fall's elections during a speech to the College Republicans last night, despite his current lack of party affiliation. Goode, a former Democrat who is now an Independent, often aligns himself with Republicans and last night he expressed many views that lined up with GOP positions. For example, Goode voted to eliminate the marriage tax penalty and voted against the estate tax, which places a tax on people's estates to be paid by their heirs.
Admitting women to the University in 1970 was a monumental step for a school that had been predominately male since its opening in 1825.
In 1978, University President Frank Loucks Hereford Jr. told the University Union's Faculty Forum Plus the story of Carol Ann Preston Davis. In 1892, Davis, one of the only women at the University at the time, took a math exam and performed extremely well on it.
Virginia Secretary of Education Wilbert Bryant and Larry J. Sabato, government and foreign affairs professor, are expected to announce a joint partnership between the University's Youth Leadership Initiative and the Virginia Student/Parent Mock Election today in Richmond.
Thanks to the efforts of one of the University's newest charitable organizations, migrant workers in the Charlottesville area will now have access to basic medical care and health education. Beginning this year, the Migrant Outreach Network, a second chapter of the University's Nursing Students Without Borders group, will provide basic health assessments and education to migrant workers in Albemarle and surrounding counties.
Gastrointestinal problems like irritable bowel syndrome and cramping are not common topics of conversation -- especially for women.
The foliage around the Rotunda just got too unwieldy for the otherwise serene Jeffersonian landscape. The 14 boxwood shrubs wrapping around the Rotunda's north terrace grew big and bushy and blocked the view of the Rotunda.
