The Asian Student Union kicked off Stomp Out Stress Week Monday in an effort to help students de-stress as finals season approaches and spread mental health awareness.
The Middle Eastern Leadership Council announced the new 2015-2016 executive board this past weekend.
The University announced this past week the appointment of Carolyn Devine Saint as the University’s new Chief Audit Executive.
The Virginia Transparency in Higher Education bill passed through the House Feb. 5 and was referred to the Senate Committee on Education and Health Feb. 6.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe issued an executive order Thursday to help improve access to nutritious food in Virginia.
The Darden School hosted the seventh annual University of Virginia Investing Conference on Thursday and Friday. The conference was focused on investing in innovative fields and companies.
As fourth-years and graduate students around the University scramble to secure jobs, a large number of Charlottesville residents are doing the same. As of September, Charlottesville’s unemployment rate is 4.7 percent, as compared to Virginia’s 5.2 percent and the national 5.9 percent.
Election day is this Tuesday. Below, read candidate profiles for the three Senate candidates vying for the Virginia seat. Additionally, find information about the two candidates competing in the Charlottesville-area House of Representatives race.
Student leaders constructed a memorial to honor and celebrate late second-year College student Hannah Graham Sunday morning at the Whispering Wall.
The Student Council Committee on Sustainability recently headed an initiative to cut down on energy use in Alderman Library by letting the computers go black after 10 minutes of inactivity rather than after an hour.Second-year College student Alex Wolz, a member of the Committee, helped lead the effort.“We thought this would be a good issue to tackle because we could solve the problem without compromising the performance of the computers,” Wolz said.According to Lia Cattaneo, co-chair of the committee, the issue was first recognized by Council Representative Body Chair Abraham Axler, who observed that it did not seem energy efficient to have screen savers whenever a computer was not in use.Wolz said the amount of time it took for the computers to enter hibernation mode was unnecessary and that it wasted electricity. “A simple reduction in the amount of time it takes for the computer screens to go black saves electricity and therefore reduces UVA's energy footprint, all without affecting the performance of the computers that students use for research, homework, etc,” Wolz said.According to Wolz, James Kelly, supervisor of ITS’s Desktop Image Group, worked closely with Wolz on solving the problem.
