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BOV taps new student for service

The University Board of Visitors announced Friday that James W. Head, a first-year Law student, will serve as the non-voting student member of the 2004 Board. Described by Charles Glazer, chair of the audit and compliance committee, as "the best for the job," Head was selected from six final candidates interviewed by the Board's executive committee Friday morning. Head graduated from the University in 2003 with a distinguished major in political and social thought.

Foundation gives $12.5 million for new building

The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation of Fairfax announced a $12.5 million challenge gift to the University Medical School in order to finance the construction of a new and advanced medical education building last month. The gift -- the largest private donation to date for a Medical School building project -- will provide half of the necessary funding for the structure, leaving the University to raise the remainder of the building's $25 million anticipated cost. In keeping with the Moore Foundation's stated mission to "enhance educational opportunities for young people," the building will contain the newest technologies for medical education, a Moore Foundation press release said.

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