Rising one spot from last year, the University was ranked the third best in-state value in public colleges in 2008, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
Rising one spot from last year, the University was ranked the third best in-state value in public colleges in 2008, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
Because of accidents involving pedestrians along Emmet Street, University officials have elected to embed high-tech LED lights -- similar to those used on airport runways -- into the road to provide a safer crosswalk.
Despite the ban on Lawn receptions before the Nov. 24 Virginia Tech football game, receptions for tonight's Lighting of the Lawn will be permitted.
University Transit Service administrators discussed changing the Blue and Orange bus routes to better serve the University community during a forum last night sponsored by Student Council.
Two second-year Engineering School students were arrested and charged with abduction with intent to extort money last Wednesday after they allegedly bound and gagged a man and held him for ransom.
In reaction to unruly behavior on the Lawn before the Wake Forest football game, University administrators in conjunction with the Lawn resident advisor have decided to prohibit Lawn tailgates before next week's Virginia Tech football game.
The Institute of International Education recently released a survey that reported an 8.5 percent increase in American students studying abroad during the 2005-06 academic year.
Students, faculty and staff have faceda barrage of information concerning the upgrades to University security since the April 16 Virginia Tech shootings.
Concerned students met with the University's Security and General Safety Committee as well as representatives of the University and Charlottesville police departments yesterday to discuss safety issues affecting the University.
