TAYLOR: The slush fund’s defeat is a reminder that our damaged institutions still function
By Nat Taylor | 4 hours agoIt is worth celebrating this momentary triumph, if only to inspire confidence in our democracy again.
It is worth celebrating this momentary triumph, if only to inspire confidence in our democracy again.
Virginians must affirm the VRRFA by voting it into the Constitution of Virginia and encourage their representatives to pursue consistent accessibility.
If accountability is to remain at the heart of honor, then consequences must do more than educate — they must also reflect the seriousness of the violations committed.
From July 1 onward, the higher education bubble for graduate students will only worsen thanks to federal student loan policies.
If passed, the bill would have sparked a budgetary train wreck.
Facing this barrage of issues, how might we remind ourselves of the humanities’ potential for not just compassion and cultivation of the senses, but academic rigor?
To understand the intersections between University president, Board member, student and governor is to equip yourself with the ability to lead informed and successful advocacy — advocacy that is sustained with true curiosity for this University’s future.
The solution is two-fold — executives must recognize and understand the fear felt by new college graduates, and new college graduates must do their part to make AI a useful tool in the workplace.
There is something markedly malignant in this reaction of booing speakers, as if those with a lifetime of opportunity to shape this new world should act with aversion rather than anticipation.
The choice is simple — if you want to study, you pay. However, that choice becomes increasingly untenable during the most academically and emotionally taxing weeks of the year.
The malleable nature of AI poses a unique challenge to the creation of educational best practices.
As the internet traffic hub of the world, Virginia hosts more than 35 percent of all hyperscale data centers worldwide.
Turning the University back into a space where reading drives academic exploration would reinvigorate students with a deeper sense of meaning, forming life-long learners rather than pumping out careerists.
In Virginia, constitutional limits do not yield to political expediency.
And yet, I am realizing now, that over the course of two years during which I asked this question of my staff, I never wrote down my “why."
As I prepare to graduate, I can’t say for sure that it all works out in the end.
I observed a gradual — but noticeable — shift. The University community began to trust us, to realize what we could do with few resources and less experience.
You may not know it at the time, but every moment of life, good or bad, may slowly but systematically be leading you to something greater.
Without these important initiatives, hospitals risk losing vital information that can be indispensable in diagnosing and documenting deadly diseases.
Over time, co-editors became close friends who made the endless hours in the basement of Newcomb Hall worth it.