The Courtyard Marriott-University Medical Center hotel on Main Street, a longtime target of living wage protesters, has agreed to provide its employees with a hospitality training course at Piedmont Virginia Community College.
In the wake of the recent global outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the University now is considering the cancellation of study abroad summer programs in Hong Kong and China.
The University's German House will be shut down at the end of the school year due to fire code regulations, displacing the 11 University students who reside there.
In anticipation of potential traffic problems stemming from the new Emmet Street parking garage slated to open this fall, a traffic study group released its recent findings on traffic congestion at the Ivy Road and Emmet Street intersections at a press conference yesterday. Kimley-Horn & Associates conducted the study while working in conjunction with local, city and University officials. Kimley-Horn Project Director Clark Tewksbury explained the assessment process and presented the proposals for the intersection yesterday. To gauge public opinion, the group initially held a public meeting in December and proceeded to conduct an exhaustive study of 16 intersections, with specific study of the parking garage area. "Essentially, the traffic patterns will remain the same in that the overall network will be the same," Tewksbury said.
NCAA President Myles Brand announced yesterday that tournament games will not be postponed due to an increasingly likely war in Iraq, ending several days of speculation over whether the NCAA and National Invitation Tournaments would be rescheduled. Following the Sept.
The Virginia Quarterly Review soon will be under new leadership following the retirement of Staige D.
Beginning in the 2003-2004 school year, the economics department will no longer offer a concentration in finance for economics majors. Due to the recent hiring freeze and a temporary research leave by a University finance professor, next Spring the department will not offer the primary course required for a finance concentration, ECON 436: Topics in Quantitative Finance, according to Economics Department Chair David Mills. Professor Massimo Guidolin plans to take a research leave for the 2004 spring semester.
Former University English Professor Cecil Lang passed away Feb. 15 at the age of 82. Lang taught at the University from 1965 to 1991 and was an acclaimed scholar of Victorian non-fiction in the English Department.
A recent development proposal could bring new business and housing options to the Charlottesville area. According to Charlottesville Mayor Maurice Cox, the city is requesting proposals from private contractors to build on the one-acre plot of land at the intersection between Preston Avenue, Grady Avenue and 10th Street. "The city has put together a request for proposals to sell the land to a private developer to build upon a residential city block," Cox said.
Beginning in the fall of 2003, students will pay an additional $260 on average in housing fees to live on Grounds. The new costs will be part of a long-term project to maintain and possibly replace current University housing. The Board of Visitors unanimously approved the increase at its meeting last weekend. "There are a couple of purposes of the increased prices," Chief Housing Officer Mark Doherty said.
