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City looks to improve schools with new budget

By Marisa Roman | April 27, 2007

Charlottesville City Council members discussed their hopes to improve district schools and make housing more affordable in the coming year following the recent budget approval. The Council approved a 2007-08 fiscal budget of about $122 million April 10, which includes $4.3 million allocated for improvements to Charlottesville City Schools. Council member David Norris said the school system has experienced high turnover in superintendents recently and noted that the Council wants to assist academic programs implemented by Rosa S.

University selects Garson as provost

By Marisa Roman | April 27, 2007

University president John T. Casteen, III announced Friday that Arthur Garson, Jr. will become the University's provost. Garson, who is currently serving as Medical School dean, will take the office July 1. Garson will succeed outgoing Provost Gene Block, who will become the chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles this summer. Garson said he looks forward to following a long generation of great leaders. "We practice useful science throughout the Grounds each day whether it be humanities or science and we practice it together," Garson said. Although each candidate for the position showed enormous potential, according to Casteen, Garson was the unanimous choice of three selection committees. "He has a thoughtful and ambitious vision for what the University can become in the upcoming decade and beyond," Casteen added. According to a press release issued by the University, Garson has served as Medical School dean since 2002.

City approves budget

By Marisa Roman | April 11, 2007

After two months of debate, Charlottesville City Council adopted a $100 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year at yesterday's meeting. In a four-to-one vote at City Hall, Councilor and Mayor David E.

Princeton adds family benefits

By Marisa Roman | April 10, 2007

Princeton University recently announced the expansion of its family-oriented initiatives to improve support for students with families. Joan Girgus, Princeton professor of psychology and special assistant to the faculty dean on matters relating to gender equity, said the most notable change is providing graduate students a semester delay of academic work, which had been previously given only to faculty members. "What we've tried to do is to take all the programs that support families at Princeton and make them available to graduate students at Princeton as well as faculty and staff," Girgus said.

U.Va. tops graduation bracket

By Marisa Roman | March 20, 2007

Although the Cavaliers' run in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament came to an end this weekend, the team saw its tournament run extended in a competition for the top graduation rates. The University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport as well as Inside Higher Ed ranked the University among the top 10 NCAA Tournament teams in terms of basketball players' graduation rates at their respective colleges and universities. Forty-one of the 65 teams competing in the men's tournament graduated more than half of the basketball players who entered their institutions between 1996 and 1999.

City Councilman speaks on housing

By Marisa Roman | February 15, 2007

Charlottesville City Councilman Dave Norris spoke at the University Democrats' meeting yesterday and discussed the council's efforts to rectify the perceived disparity between affordable housing and wages. "A huge proportion of people who work in Charlottesville cannot afford to live here," Norris said.

Va. House passes HPV vaccine bill

By Marisa Roman | February 6, 2007

The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill yesterday that would require all girls entering middle school to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus. The Virginia Senate had previously passed a bill requiring all girls entering the sixth grade to be vaccinated unless parents specified a medical or religious exemption.

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