As the weather in Charlottesville begins to heat up, so too do the bats of the top-ranked Virginia baseball team.
Construction fencing will completely surround the Rotunda on all sides beginning May 19, blocking almost all access to the lawn from the north side.
In the final two home matches of the season, the No. 5 Virginia men’s tennis team celebrated the careers of its seniors — Alex Domijan, Justin Shane and Ian Uriguen — clinched its 11th consecutive ACC regular season title and broke an all-sport ACC record.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program allows families with lower incomes to shop at the Charlottesville Farmer’s Market for fresh fruits, vegetables and local meats.
Boise State University Anthropology Prof. John Ziker recently released parts of his study examining university faculty’s use of time during the day at Boise State University. The results so far indicate faculty members actually work much longer than forty hour work weeks and much of their time is spent in ways other than research or teaching.
Last week, Medicare released extensive data about how much it paid to providers in the year 2011. The data set includes information about various procedures and how expensive they were, who performed tham, how many they performed, the average cost of each procedure and the average reimbursement provided by Medicare.
The University unveiled the “Kings of Freedom” Berlin Wall exhibition on the library quad Friday afternoon.
The Virginia Department of Transportation has taken plans to build a Western Bypass over Route 29 out of consideration. The decision poses questions surrounding the use of land purchased for the project. Many area residents hope VDOT will sell back the right-of-way for the land to members of the community.
Former Sen. Jim Webb was awarded the University’s highest honor at Monticello Thursday from the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. The Foundation works with the University annually to bestow three medals on the men and women who embody Jefferson’s ideal of a strong public life in the areas of law, architecture and citizen leadership.
The University has officially joined the global Rolls-Royce University Technology Centers Network, the two organizations announced Wednesday. The network is made up of “research groups in world class universities identified to develop long-term research and technology programs,” according to a press release. Both Engineering and Commerce students will be involved in research projects and business projects for the company.
The Charlottesville-based Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression announced nine recipients for the 2014 Jefferson Muzzle awards. The awards, according to the group’s website, “draw national attention to abridgments of free speech and press and, at the same time, foster an appreciation for those tenets of the First Amendment.”
Dozens of students joined together Wednesday afternoon to rally against a hate speech group protesting in the Amphitheater, culminating with more than 100 students and spectators collectively singing the “Good Ol’ Song” to drown out the protesters.
In anticipation of University founder Thomas Jefferson’s 271st birthday on Sunday, April 13, the University and Monticello have organized a series of events aimed at celebrating the nation’s third president and author of the Declaration of Independence throughout the week.
Queer & Allied Activism at UVA hosted an event Wednesday titled “Queering Spaces” to discuss hate crimes at the University as a part of LGBTQ Pride Week.
The OpenGrounds studio on the Corner will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide this week by hosting a series of events which aim to focus on a reconciliation of the events which occurred — not a reliving of them.
The Seriatim Journal and CommonCents co-sponsored a debate at the Miller Center Wednesday afternoon concerning the national debt and the budget deficit.
The hour began with a conversation moderated by Sabato. Chafee who has identified as a Republican, an Independent and a Democrat spoke of political polarization around the country.
Celebration of the humanities is in full force at the University with Humanities Week 2014. The events began last Saturday and will run until Friday night.
Randall Moorman, a cardiologist and professor of medicine, physiology, and biomedical engineering at the University, was honored as the 2014 Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year Tuesday, recognizing his work on early diagnosis of infection in premature infants.
“Needles don’t really bug me,” said Lauren Odegaard, a first-year in the School of Nursing. Odegaard was just one of many donors who did not mind needles at an ROTC blood drive on March 27th. The event, organized by Kaitlyn McQuade, a fourth-year Nursing student in Army ROTC, collected blood specifically for active military personnel, veterans, and their families, the second such drive McQuade has organized at UVa. McQuade said that she was inspired by an Armed Services Blood Program drive she saw in Washington state while undergoing ROTC training there.
