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Engineering, Architecture schools collaborate on solar-powered house

By Mary Vause | August 1, 2002

The July sun beat down an unmercifully humid 95 degrees on heaps of lumber, piles of stones and the frame of a uniquely designed house at a Crozet construction site. According to David Click, a project manager and second-year graduate Engineering student, other Engineering and Architecture students can be found in their "posh, corporate summer jobs making $20 an hour," but students participating in the University's chapter of the U.S.

Monticello to kick off bicentennial celebration of famous trek

By Mary Vause | July 25, 2002

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent fellow Virginians Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a westward expedition that opened an era of drastic change. In memory of Jefferson's role in proposing the cross-country trek, the University, Monticello and the city of Charlottesville will kick off the opening events for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration in January 2003. The week's activities, from Jan.

Theater exhibit comes to Alderman

By Mary Vause | July 3, 2002

Beneath the chandeliers of the stately McGregor Room on the second floor of Alderman Library, a new special collections exhibit celebrates the rich history of the American stage. The exhibit, entitled "In the Brilliancy of the Footlights: Creating America's Theatre," will be on display through October 26. According to theater exhibit curator Margaret Hrabe, the selected items largely were taken from the Clifton Waller Barrett Library, a section of the special collections library that houses over two centuries of American literature.

New Fontaine building houses diabetes research

By Mary Vause | June 27, 2002

The Fontaine Medical Research Building officially opened its doors several weeks ago, improving the research capabilities of the Medical Center's endocrinology department. The building, which had been in planning since spring 2000, is located in the Fontaine Research Park, near where Fontaine Rd.

Hospital, library incur storm damage

By Mary Vause | June 20, 2002

A thunderstorm caused $16,700 worth of damage to two University buildings Tuesday night. Hospital West and Wilson Hall suffered water damage during the downpour that began late Tuesday evening. There was "more damage than usual" in a thunderstorm, Director of Facilities Operations Chris Willis said.

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