As I approach the third decade of my life, a great deal of anxiety overwhelms me.
Several initiatives aimed at distinguishing the University from its peers were presented yesterday afternoon during a joint meeting of the University?s Faculty Senate and the Commission on the Future of the University.
As this Honor Committee?s term winds down, Committee members have raised concerns about garnering enough interest in the upcoming Honor Committee elections.?Last year, we had a lag in filling spots,? Committee Chair Jess Huang said at Sunday?s meeting.Last spring, the Architecture, Education, Nursing and Medical schools entered the Committee with only one representative instead of the two allotted to each school other than the College, which is constitutionally provided five representatives.
A recent study by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching suggested a need for a shift in undergraduate engineering education from predominantly theory-focused programs to a more practical, realistic format with a focus on professionalism.Sheri Sheppard, professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University and a consulting scholar at the Foundation, said she and her colleagues studied 40 undergraduate engineering programs, mainly focusing on self-assessment documents from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology to see how the schools presented their own programs.
An ongoing collaboration involving the University?s Nursing, Medicine and Engineering schools has resulted in the creation of a simulator designed to help fight prostate cancer.
The University received a record number of applications from a diverse pool of high school students for the undergraduate Class of 2013, making this applicant pool a testament to the work of Admissions Dean John Blackburn, who passed away last week.Associate Dean of Admissions Greg Roberts said the Office of Undergraduate Admission received more than 21,000 applications, representing an increase of 16 percent compared to last year?s pool of applications.Roberts said the applicants include 56 percent more Hispanic students, 22 percent more black students, 50 percent more international students and 100 percent more American Indian students.The increase in the number of applicants, Roberts said, can be traced to a significant change made in the University?s application process last July: the acceptance of the Common Application.
A team of University Engineering students led by Jeff O?Dell, a second-year biomedical and mechanical engineering student, is working to complete bulletproof armor that the U.S.
Following the discovery of a crucial biomarker of pancreatic cancer, a University researcher has received a $1.2-million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop a screening technique for early detection of pancreatic cancer.Kimberly Kelly, Medical School assistant professor of biomedical engineering, said she is currently conducting pre-clinical trials to develop imaging agents, or probes, to detect early cancer cells.
While attempting to comply with budget cuts, colleges and universities across the country are becoming more creative with their spending decisions.
From officially admitting women in 1970 to meeting 100 percent of students? demonstrated financial needs today, the University has changed substantially during the past several decades.
Gov. Timothy Kaine officially became chairman of the Democratic National Committee Wednesday, replacing former Vermont Gov.
?We will restore science to its rightful place ... We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.
University employees were the second highest contributors to the campaign of newly elected Rep.
A recent survey conducted by UCLA?s Higher Education Research Institute found a record level of political involvement among college freshmen and suggested that these students are taking an increased interest in the often costly financial aspects of their post-secondary education.The survey, which has been conducted every year since 1966, was completed by 240,580 college freshmen attending four-year institutions throughout the United States.
In an effort to improve voter turnout in University elections this spring, the University Board of Elections is making several procedural changes.The University-sponsored 11-member organization that oversees elections for Student Council, the University Judiciary Committee, class councils, the Honor Committee and school councils aims to battle past years? low voter turnout with a more aggressive advertising campaign, UBE Chair Alisa Abbot said.
University Admissions Dean John Blackburn succumbed to his battle against cancer Tuesday night at his home in Charlottesville, surrounded by family.
A 2009 Green City Vision Strategy, proposed by Charlottesville?s Environmental Administrator Kristel Riddervold to Charlottesville City Council, was approved Tuesday night.
At a Harrison Institute discussion yesterday, professors from the University of Virginia, the University of Richmond and Brown University argued that despite its historic nature, Barack Obama?s presidency does not represent a fulfillment of Martin Luther King Jr.?s dream and said linking the two figures is an oversimplification.
The evolving, younger face of the nation is expected to produce changes in the field of medical school admissions, according to a recent survey by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions.
It is a new year, which means another realm of possibilities in the entertainment world. While we here at tableau believe 2008 had its highlights (The Dark Knight, Tha Carter III, Tina Fey as Sarah Palin), we look forward to the coming months in the hope of even greater events ? equal parts entertaining, outrageous and unforeseen.
