Student Council?s Legislative Affairs Committee discussed Tuesday night its upcoming trip to speak with legislators in Richmond, where it will voice its opinions about three student-related bills now going through the General Assembly.
Charlottesville City Council unanimously supported an investigation into the creation of a park-and-ride service Monday night, in an effort to alleviate Downtown Mall parking woes.
It is flu season at the University.University Student Health Director James Turner said Student Health has seen more than 115 flu cases this semester, and Virginia is the first state this year to report widespread flu activity.?We?re following a typical influenza season,? said Curtis Allen, spokesperson for the Center for Disease and Control.
Why is the University replacing ISIS with the Student Systems Project?Because the functionality and the underlying technology of ISIS are outdated now and they can?t meet either the current or the future administrative or academic needs of the University.What kinds of new features will SIS include, and how will the change benefit students?It?s primarily giving students more self-service functionality, more things they can do themselves through what?s called the ?student center.? Some of the things that you?ll be able to do that you couldn?t do before are if you have licenses or certifications ? you can update that yourself ? you can complete the financial aid application by going online, you can set up a payment contract, you can view award and loan information, accept, decline or modify financial awards.
University Judiciary Committee members decided Sunday by a vote of 11 to 7 against placing a referendum on the spring ballot that would increase the number of UJC College representatives from three to five.Since discussion about such a proposed increase began last fall, some UJC members have noted that because the College is by far the largest school within the University, three College students in UJC do not properly represent the school.
In the hope of ending gerrymandering in the commonwealth, the state Senate unanimously passed a bill Monday that intends to make the state redistricting process less politically-driven and create more contested elections.Sen.
The University?s Tibet Center formally opened its doors Friday in an act symbolic of the University?s progress toward promoting the teaching and sharing of Tibetan history and culture.
The Jefferson Scholars Foundation recently awarded Economics Prof.
Law School Prof. David Martin will take a two-year leave from teaching to serve as the principal deputy general counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security.Martin is an expert in immigration law as well as refugee law and served as general counsel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service during the Clinton administration.Law School Prof.
Cancer has been making headlines for years, primarily projecting into our minds images of people going bald from chemotherapy or statistics about the deadliness of various cancers.
As Student Council leaders start planning for an upcoming transition process, Council has suggested strategies to continue recent and important initiatives, such as the University Unity Project.To ensure that newer initiatives continue successfully under new leadership, Council President Matt Schrimper said Council has developed an ?intricate transition process? not previously implemented.
Computer Science Assoc. Prof. David Evans recently received the 2009 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
A state-level bill that could lead to additional funding for the University of Virginia Cancer Center is currently being considered by the Virginia Senate?s Committee on Rules.The bill, Senate joint resolution 292, would establish a joint subcommittee to study the benefits of appropriating additional funds for cancer research at the University Cancer Center and the Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University.
The University?s Young Women Leaders Program recently was awarded the Virginia Mentoring Partnership?s 2009 Outstanding Mentoring Program Award.
University President John T. Casteen, III announced Friday that Harry Harding will serve as the founding dean of the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.?The dean in a sense defines a new school,? Casteen said, adding that ?Harding has a wonderful opportunity.?Though Harding is new to the University, he is no stranger to the spheres of leadership, public policy and education, Casteen said.
Though he did not testify, second-year College student Ronald Johnson was acquitted of charges of cheating in an open Honor trial Saturday afternoon.
A significantly higher percentage of medical students suffer from depression than most young adults, the Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges reported in the February edition of Academic Medicine.The study, titled ?Depressive Symptoms in Medical Students and Residents: A Multischool Study,? showed that 21.2 percent of medical students suffer from depression, while only eight to 15 percent of the general young adult population is affected.Kimberly Ephgrave, a University of Iowa surgery professor and a contributor to the study, said she was not surprised by the results.
Members of The Cavalier Daily gathered Saturday to elect the newspaper?s 120th managing and junior boards.Former Operations Manager Andrew Baker, a third-year College student, was elected as the paper?s new editor-in-chief.?I?m very excited to work with the new staff,? Baker said.
The Office of Institutional Assessment and Studies (IAS) is conducting an assessment of the writing programs in each of the University?s undergraduate schools in order to follow the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia?s (SCHEV) requirement for the University to evaluate the success of its students in ?core competencies,? said Jonathan Schnyer, IAS Associate Director and University Assessment Coordinator.How it worksThe assessment, upon request by SCHEV, will examine not only the writing skills that students have when they graduate, Schnyer said, but also the ?value added? in terms of what students learn during their four years at the University.
Nine days after the passing of former University Admissions Dean John Blackburn, the University named one of Blackburn?s prot
