In response to comments regarding Bill Ayers ? who was called a ?washed-up terrorist? by Republican presidential candidate Sen.
How were you chosen to be a chef at the Olympics?It was a whole application process.
The Thursday, Oct. 23 news article ?U.Va. to still hold classes on election day despite petition? quoted fourth-year College student Marta Cook, a former Cavalier Daily Opinion columnist, as saying a bus taking students to and from the Alumni Hall and University Hall polling locations Nov.
Despite lobbying by some students, the University will not cancel classes on Election Day, because it believes students? flexible schedules allow ample opportunities to vote.
University researchers are preparing to launch a study that has the potential to influence the way alcohol dependence in young adults is treated.Bankole Johnson, chair of the department of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences, will lead a clinical test of the effectiveness of ondansetron, traditionally used as an anti-nausea medication, in treating alcohol abuse in adults ages 18 to 25.?Ondansetron ... contains a chemical that reduces [the] craving for alcohol and binge drinking,? Johnson said.The clinical study will involve eight weeks of treatment with the drug, Johnson said, including two sessions of psychosocial intervention and follow-up monitoring.
Three Nursing School researchers are conducting trials to test a Web site they developed that would offer support and information to families that have experienced domestic homicides.
As midterms pass and final exams and projects loom nearer, it is important for students to maintain a healthy lifestyle in order to keep up their grade point averages, a recent study suggests.The 2007 College Student Health Survey Report, released earlier this year by the University of Minnesota?s Boynton Health Service, sought to quantify the effect that physical and emotional health have on students? academic performances.
The results of the Report of the Virginia Climate Change Survey were released during a panel discussion held at the Miller Center of Public Affairs last night.The survey, which was conducted through telephone calls to more than 660 Virginia residents during September, sought to measure public opinion concerning climate change within the commonwealth.The panel consisted of the survey?s authors, Christopher Borick and Barry Rabe; L.
Last night Student Council?s Safety and Wellness Committee announced the beginning of its ?Lighten? Up? campaign, which will work to provide more lighting in off-Grounds residential areas.?Off-Grounds safety is something that has definitely become a major priority for us this year,? Council President Matt Schrimper said.
A group of Architecture students recently presented its findings to the Piedmont Housing Alliance regarding which areas in the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County have experienced the greatest number of foreclosures in the past two years.
When you sit down in front of the television, do you ever change the channel when you want to turn up the volume instead?
The University Medical Center and Culpeper Regional Hospital are one step closer to a mutually beneficial partnership, officials said, now that the two health institutions? boards have both agreed to a University investment in the hospital totaling $40 million.The deal, which must be reviewed by Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonell prior to being finalized, will greatly benefit the growing Culpeper area as a whole, as well as the hospital?s many patients, Culpeper Regional Hospital spokesperson Abra Hogarth said.
Virginia voters are requesting absentee ballots in increased numbers this year, though with only two weeks until Nov.
Throughout the past year, a number of dining establishments frequented by University students and other community members have been cited for health code violations.Jeff McDaniel, environmental health manager for the Thomas Jefferson Health District, said commonwealth health inspectors show up unannounced at restaurants to get a genuine idea of day-to-day operations and procedures.
The University recently announced a partnership with HathiTrust, an organization that collects digitally preserved content from university libraries.Several other schools have already partnered with HathiTrust, including the University of Michigan, which leads the initiative, according to the HathiTrust Web site.
University students will have the opportunity Nov. 4 to take a University Transit Service bus to two Charlottesville polling stations.
University students and staff have been specifically targeted in an e-mail phishing scam asking users to provide their University usernames and passwords, said Shirley Payne, Information Technology and Communication office director for security coordination and policy.
Employees of the University Medical Center and Medical School are no longer permitted to receive gifts from companies that do business with the University Health System, according to a new University policy.Steve Wasserman, Medical School assistant dean for research, said the policy is designed to eliminate financial conflicts of interest for employees and to ?create an environment in which patients, funding agencies and the general public are convinced that there are no external influences on what you are doing in the various missions you are fulfilling for the University.?Wasserman said pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers, among others, in the past would offer gifts such as pens, notepads and tote bags to employees.
The University is considering retrofitting the Ivy Stacks Storage Facility in order to increase storage space for the University Library?s collection.
Student-athletes nationwide are graduating at a higher rate than ever, according to a recent study released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.The NCAA found that student-athletes who enrolled in college between 1998 and 2001 graduated at an average rate of 78 percent, NCAA spokesperson Erik Christianson said.
