The plaque outside informs passersby that on Oct. 6, 1817, the cornerstone of the University was laid on this very spot in the presence of James Madison, James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson.
Nearly 800 business suit-clad high schoolers descended onto Grounds the weekend of Nov. 16. Though this was all many University students saw of the the International Relations Organization's annual Virginia Model United Nations conference, behind the scenes, 16 committee chairs and vice chairs, four staff directors, seven crisis directors, 30 staff members and a secretariat of seven people had worked hard throughout the past year to make the event a success. Participants debated issues ranging from arms deals in South Africa to the Iranian nuclear program, toured the University, wrote working papers, voted on resolutions and attended a dance during their time on Grounds. Third-year College student Charlotte Slaiman was this year's secretary-general of VAMUN, placing her in charge of the entire conference. "It's a huge undertaking," she said, citing the presence of hundreds of high school students, all accompanied by adults, along with a significant staff of University students.
Doctors and nurses are in and out of the room, white coats and ID badges whizzing by. Machines whir as those in the room glance worriedly at the displayed graph.
Beer brewing might sound like a fictional course out of some sort of comedy poking fun at college classes, but the Engineering School's Rodman Scholars Program proves that thought wrong. Rodman Scholars are required to take four seminars, or RodSems, during their four years at the University, and for the past two years, the program has offered a seminar on beer brewing for students who are at least 21 years old.
Part II of this two-day series continues with descriptions of two more projects conducted with funding from the Harrison Undergraduate Research Awards.
Last spring, 47 University students were given the chance to explore a field of their interest. Whether this involved traveling to India to determine the effect of society and culture on individuals' response to chronic pain or looking into crime in small U.S.
As a sleep-deprived college student, only the most incredible of circumstances would prompt me to give up precious sleep over the summer.
When high school seniors pick up their #2 pencils and fill in that last bubble on the answer sheet for the SATs, they often breathe a sigh of relief, thinking they are done with standardized testing.
Monticello Curatorial Assistant Jodi Frederiksen was sifting through various artifacts during the course of the painstaking job of cataloging nails, bricks and other such objects when she came across something unusual: tin-plated iron shingles from Monticello's dome, dating back to Jeffersonian times, with signatures scratched into them.
Students roll out of bed at the insistent ringing of their alarms and turn on their laptops to check the weather, a crucial step in deciding what to wear and whether to carry an umbrella.
