[caption id="attachment_34822" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The fraternity, which was founded at the University in 1869, will receive sanctions for unspecified, "inappropriate activities" with pledges.
Faculty researchers Rick Horwitz, Donald Hunt and Tom Wilson were selected to receive the University's 2010 Distinguished Scientist Awards for their respective contributions to the study of cell behavior, the detection of proteins and peptides and the psychology of self-knowledge. The Office of the Vice President for Research, which created the award, will deliver $10,000 to each recipient to support his research efforts.
[caption id="attachment_34646" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="King, the victim of a fatal biking accident, was honored with white arm bands during University bikers' "Critical Mass" ride to the site of his death.
Albemarle County's planned improvements to infrastructure may be delayed because of a loss of more than 90 percent of its funding from the Virginia Department of Transportation for the next fiscal year - a move that will effectively eliminate secondary road projects, according to county officials. The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors allocated $330,000 to the county's secondary roads fund last Wednesday - far lower than the $5.15 million allocated in 2004. "You can build about an eighth of a mile of sidewalk from that," Board of Supervisors Member Dennis Rooker said.
As the University has to expand even in the wake of dramatic cuts to state funds, the role of the school's president has expanded simultaneously.
[caption id="attachment_34447" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The operating budget for fiscal year 2010-11 will see a 0.77 percent decrease from last year's budget, reflecting a reduction in state revenue sources.
[caption id="attachment_34102" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="From left, Sen. Henry Marsh, Sen.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to provide health care to 32 million uninsured Americans in a 219-212 vote Sunday, with all Republicans in opposition.
The Virginia General Assembly released its budget proposal Sunday with less drastic cuts to higher education than expected.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's statement that Virginia's public colleges and universities do not have the authority to expand their non-discrimination policies to include sexual orientation was answered by organized action and media attention last week. Cuccinelli sent a letter March 4 to the heads of Virginia's public colleges and universities advising them to prohibit the inclusion of "sexual orientation," "gender identity," "gender expression" and similar terms from their nondiscrimination policies without authorization from the General Assembly.
