Florida State senior guard Michael Snaer converted an and-one lay-up with 4.4 seconds remaining to spoil a furious Cavalier comeback and put a wrench in the Virginia basketball team’s postseason aspirations.
The University and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation has awarded its highest honors, the 2013 Thomas Jefferson Foundation medals, to landscape architect Laurie Olin, FBI director Robert Mueller, and founder of Teach for America Wendy Kopp.
Incoming library staff will no longer be designated as faculty, University Librarian Karen Wittenborg told library employees in an email March 1.
Whatever the cause of the Cavaliers’ (20-9, 10-6 ACC) road setback, the team must regroup and recover against Florida State(15-14, 7-9 ACC) in its regular-season road finale Thursday in Tallahassee after falling to fourth in the ACC standings.
The Board of Visitors recently approved updated enrollment projections through the year 2020. The plan is for the undergraduate student body to increase by about 1300 students while maintaining the current in-state to out-of-state ratio.
The University Jazz Ensemble, directed by John D’earth, played an engaging concert Feb. 23, showcasing a unique and varied sound that showed the audience a new and exciting type of jazz.
Don’t lie: whether you love her or hate her, you’ve probably seen at least one (or ten) Taylor Swift music videos. No matter how many times you’ve watched them, however, you may be missing out on some of the valuable life lessons Swift espouses through her videos.
Senior midfielder and captain Chris LaPierre started the season-opener before missing the next three games, returning against Vermont in a backup role, but his prolonged recovery is becoming a major issue for the Cavaliers (5-1) and coach Dom Starsia.
For the third time this academic year the University has canceled classes because of inclement weather.
Student Council approved a nitrogen reduction plan Tuesday evening, following in the footsteps of the Faculty Senate, which passed a resolution in February to curb nitrogen emissions at the University.
The No. 8 Virginia men’s lacrosse team narrowly survived a Tuesday afternoon matchup against an upstart Vermont squad, scoring the last two goals of the game to escape with a 12-10 victory. The Catamounts (1-4) took the lead with 1:53 left to play in the first quarter and did not trail again until Virginia sophomore defenseman Greg Danseglio notched his first career goal to put the Cavaliers (5-1) ahead for good.
The Center for Open Science, a nonprofit organization that aims to increasing transparency in scientific research, made its grand opening Tuesday in Charlottesville. Assoc.
The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library’s Goodwill Committee teamed up with the University’s Women, Gender & Sexuality Program to host the seventh annual “The Big Read” event in Charlottesville.
Helen Dragas criticized the Faculty Senate for their condemnation of her recent conduct toward University President Teresa Sullivan in an email Monday.
An email exchange obtained by the Washington Post between University President Teresa Sullivan and Rector Helen Dragas concerning goals for the academic year reveal a continuing divide between the University’s leading officials. “I am not averse to stretch goals, but I also do not care to be set up to fail,” Sullivan wrote in a Feb.
The University received a $300,000 grant from the Office of Gov. Bob McDonnell Monday to plan a science education partnership with Charlottesville City Schools. The partnership will encourage scientific learning by providing students high-tech equipment to work with, Curry Prof.
The sequester developed by President Barack Obama and Congress during the August 2011 debt crisis went into effect Friday after legislators failed to reach a budget compromise. The plan, which Politics Prof.
Bob Schieffer, longtime journalist and host of CBS’s weekly news broadcast “Face the Nation,” spoke to Politics Prof.
The Honor Committee unanimously amended its bylaws Sunday evening to provide for the temporary implementation of the informed retraction amendment, which passed by the student body during elections this past week.
Gregory Joseph Canty, a 2012 University graduate and pathology lab employee in the Health System, passed away February 20 in Charlottesville at the age of 22. While at the University, colleagues said Canty distinguished himself as an outstanding student and member of the community.
