The Virginia Department of Health announced yesterday that it has identified two more human cases of West Nile virus.
Daniela Bell, Graduate Labor Union president, sent University President John T. Casteen III a letter yesterday asking him to reverse library staff cutbacks and reductions in library hours. This fall the University library staff eliminated 80 student positions due to budget cuts. The letter, which Bell wrote on behalf of GLU and otherconcerned graduatestudents, lamented the effects the library cuts are having on graduate students and on the University in general. The letter mentioned particular concerns of graduate students who work at the libraries and have lost their jobs. In addition to making staff cuts, Alderman Library will close two hours earlier, at 10 p.m., and no libraries will be open on weekend mornings. The cuts, which University Librarian Karin Wittenborg announced last month, come as a result of the state budget crisis that has led to substantial cuts in the University's public funding. "Cutting the library really hurts the teaching mission of the University and the research mission of the University," Bell said. Library officials did not feel as though the library had been disproportionately targeted for cuts, library spokesperson Charlotte Scott said. "Everyone is in the same boat; this is a statewide budget crises," Scott said.
Republicans will rule the House, while the Senate race looks like a tossup, according to the University's political soothsayer, Politics Prof.
University ranks ninth in diversity study The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education has ranked the 26 top universities as to how successful they have been in integrating black students. Duke University was named the most diverse, and the University of Chicago was named the least. The top five schools were Duke University, Emory University, Princeton University, Washington University and Vanderbilt University. The bottom five schools were University of Notre Dame, Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, California Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago. The University of Virginia was ranked at number nine. According to its press release, the JBHE derived its data from "government sources and original research," which are "based on 13 widely accepted quantitative measures of institutional racial integration." Unlike similar rankings used by U.S.
For the second consecutive year, the University Bookstore has donated $50,000 of surplus funds to Student Council. Bookstore Director John Kates said that, while the bookstore has left the distribution of the funds to Council, he hopes "that the donation will benefit as many students as possible." Last year, Council used $25,000 donated by the Bookstore to purchase a new van for Escort Service.
Continuing a long tradition of excellence, the University Medical Center has earned yet another accolade.
As the Sept. 20 deadline approaches for University officials to send the 2003-2004 budget proposals to Richmond, President John T.
Despite muggy conditions and overcast skies, about 50 University students and community members congregated on the Rotunda steps yesterday to show their support for Congressman Virgil Goode. Goode, a Republican who represents Virginia's 5th District, is seeking his fourth consecutive term in the U.S.
In an effort to reassess and possibly revise curriculum, faculty members in each of the University's schools are completing the last leg of a University-wide review this year. "Each school will re-evaluate its curriculum," College Dean Edward L.
After 25 years of collaboration with African universities, the University won recognition from the United States delegation to a United Nations summit devoted to international environmental issues. The Southern Africa-Virginia Networks and Associations, officially ratified by the University and four African universities in late July,2002, was designed to address environmental and health topics pertaining to southern Africa. In a special session of the World Summit on Sustainable Development held last Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa, the U.S.
Also a native of Virginia, Clark was born Aug. 1, 1770, on a plantation in Caroline County. At the age of 14, Clark and his family moved to a plantation in Kentucky on the frontier.
Born Aug. 18, 1774, in Albemarle County not far from Charlottesville, Lewis was a boyhood neighbor of Thomas Jefferson.
Just as Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lt. William Clark embarked 200 years ago on the Corps of Discovery to learn about the great American West, the University now is undertaking an intellectual journey to research and teach the history and development of the West that these two historic figures first brought to the American consciousness. The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Project is a multidisciplinary four-year endeavor begun in 2000 and funded by the President's Office.
RICHMOND -- A busload of University students and administrators rallied with other schools and state government officials yesterday, encouraging Virginia voters to pass the higher education bond referendums this fall. The rally marked the beginning of a statewide bipartisan campaign to pass the referenda in the Nov.
Students and faculty alike are expressing concern over the state of Virginia's economic crisis and its effects on the University.
The Black Fraternal Council will kick off the 2002-2003 school year Thursday with "Meet the Greeks," a conference attracting students who are curious about traditionally black fraternities and sororities on Grounds.
D.C. Mayor launches expensive ad campaign Washington, D.C., mayor Anthony A. Williams commenced a $225,000 advertising campaign for the Democratic nomination for his November reelection bid yesterday, turning to both television and radio to get his name out for the Sept.
The Black Student Alliance, the political and social voice for black students at the University, will workthis year to attract new attention to their organization. Among the events planned for the first semester include the return of a student-run general-interest magazine. BSA president and second-year Architecture student Tyler Scriven said that black students should be encouraged to join groups that have traditionally been dominated by whites.
As University students and administrators gather in Richmond today in support of a higher education bond referendum on the November ballot, the bonds' prospects are muddled by questions of public apathy and voter turnout. If approved by voters, the bonds would provide $68.3 million in funding for University construction projects and facilities upgrades.
