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Committee selects new Range residents

The Range Selections Committee announced Thursday evening the 52 graduate students who were selected as the 2013-2014 residents for the Range rooms in the University’s Academical Village. The East and West Range rooms, adjacent to the Lawn, are awarded each year to some of the University’s “most accomplished graduate students,” in an effort to honor Thomas Jefferson’s vision for the Academical Village, according to the Range website. “This year we had 16 people elect to come back next year,” Cutchins said.


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U.Va today from the founder's perspective

University President Teresa Sullivan addressed students and faculty Thursday afternoon in a Founder’s Day address in the Harrison Institute. Her speech focused on the University today as it would be viewed through the eyes of Thomas Jefferson.


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University leaders discuss Jefferson

The University hosted the annual Thomas Jefferson Lecture in Harrison Auditorium Wednesday afternoon to discuss the democratizing role of higher education in American culture and Thomas Jefferson’s vision of the role of higher education.


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Personal prank panics student body

It all started with a Snapchat. As a flurry of panicked students circulated news that student dorm rooms were being searched by Alcoholic Beverage Control officials Monday afternoon, first-year College student Meredith Markwood came to the realization that what had started as a practical joke played on her by a friend had created school-wide chaos.


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Someone you know — sexual assault at the University

The national press surged on Steubenville, Ohio in March, as two high school football players — aged 16 and 17 — were convicted of raping a 16-year-old classmate while she was too intoxicated to give consent. The nationwide conversations about rape culture, prevention and policy that the trial prompted remain particularly relevant on college campuses across the country.


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Sullivan keynote address kicks off Grad Days

“Grad Days” commenced Tuesday afternoon with a keynote speech by University President Teresa Sullivan on the future of graduate students at the University in the light of major changes in the higher education system.


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Arts & Sciences Graduate students see tuition increase

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.

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