A recent proposal to raise graduate school tuition for doctoral candidates by nearly $4,000 for the next academic year is part of an effort to ultimately lower tuition costs, according to Associate Dean for Graduate Academic Programs Philip Zelikow. Monday Feb.
The University Judiciary Committee elected its new leadership Sunday evening. Third-year Engineering student David Ensey was elected incoming Chair. Ensey and outgoing Chair Emily Forrester, a fourth-year College student, said the new Committee was generally pleased with the way the Committee was currently being run but hoped to improve the efficiency of the process.
Third-year College Student Evan Behrle was elected chair of the Honor Committee this weekend during the Committee’s annual retreat. He ran unopposed for the position and will replace fourth-year College student Stephen Nash when the new committee takes office on April 1. The Committee also elected its four vice chairs.
The University’s use of live cats to train graduate physicians on how to insert breathing tubes into critically ill newborns has drawn ire from animal-rights groups around the country. But the Medical Center last week quietly abandoned the practice.
Behind dominating pitching and timely hitting, the young Cavaliers put together an impressive sweep of the Wolfpack at Davenport Field and have staked a strong claim as one of the top ten teams in the nation.
Following their tremendous performance over three days at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, redshirt senior Jedd Moore and redshirt sophomore Nick Sulzer will have their name added to the short list of All-American wrestlers in Cavalier program history.
Led by another assertive effort by budding star freshman guard Justin Anderson, the Cavaliers (23-11, 11-7 ACC) coasted past St. Johns (17-16, 8-10 Big East) 68-50 for their 19th straight home victory, the fourth longest active streak in Division I men’s basketball.
Environmental and activist groups across Grounds used the United Nation’s World Water Day on Friday to raise awareness about local and international water issues. U.Va. Sustainability, a student-run organization supported by the University’s Office of Sustainability, set-up several tables on the west plaza of Newcomb Hall to educate students about their water consumption.
The Batten School continued its Leadership Working Group Speaker Series Thursday afternoon as it hosted two visiting professors speaking on the role of women in power.
McDonnell signed a bill to prevent the use of substances similar to marijuana illegal in the state.
University hospital restrained patients for unknown amounts of time and failed to document the incidents in which this occurred.
The University Health System awarded $2.4 million to five project proposals.
The Charlottesville Fire Department responded to a car fire in the Health System South Parking Garage Wednesday morning.
The University Democrats hosted Attorney General Candidate Justin Fairfax in Monroe Hall on Wednesday evening. Fairfax outlined both his background in the judicial system, as well as his plans pending election as Attorney General of the Commonwealth.
The University announced the appointment of Dr. Nancy E. Dunlap as interim Dean of Medicine on Monday.
Brett and Laura share a burger — and actually kind of like each other.
Student Council held a meeting where Greek housing and transparency of the StudCo leadership were discussed.
Approximately 75 percent of public universities grant their librarians faculty status, according to a 2008 study by a scholar at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In 2009 Wake Forest University transitioned librarians from staff to faculty. The University, however, has chosen to move in the opposite direction. In this academic climate, this decision seems out of place.
A Cambridge University professor spoke in Minor Hall to students and faculty on Tuesday. He presented his ideas on the importance of the study of humanities in a hard-sciences world.
The University is in the process of finalizing the details of a program that would partner with the Trinity college of Arts and Sciences at Duke University to give students access to less commonly taught languages.
