Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli yesterday sought to clarify the reason for his demand for documents related to the climate-change research of former University of Virginia scientist Michael Mann.
... The University has worked with CBORD (a provider of campus and cashless card systems, food and nutrition service management software, nationwide student discount and off-campus commerce programs, housing and judicial process management software, and integrated security solutions) for years on providing students and staff with a one-card solution. The University of Virginia Identification (ID) Card had combined many features ...
... The weeklong camp was created by a California company, internalDrive, for children ages 7 to 17 who love technology. The program began in 1999 as a way to promote technology education, and camp events have been held in Charlottesville each summer for the last several years.
... Cuccinelli has been going back and forth with the state university for weeks over a civil investigative demand he issued to the school in April, demanding research documents and e-mails related to the work of climate scientist Michael Mann, who was employed at the university until 2005. Mann's work concludes that the earth has experienced a rapid, recent warming -- a conclusion Cuccinelli rejects.
Called "exceptional" by New Yorker theatrecritic Hilton Als, 2002 Jefferson Scholar alumna Lear deBessonet conceived and directed the play, "On the Levee."
For many people in isolated areas of Far Southwest Virginia and surrounding regions, this is the weekend they will finally get the dental and medical care they need but cannot afford. It's the annual Remote Area Medical – or "RAM" – program.
Top-rated University of Virginia sold $190 million of 30-year Build America Bonds yesterday to yield 4.9 percent, the lowest on record for that maturity, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The university, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, became the first borrower to offer a 30-year Build America Bond with a 5 percent coupon since the federal government created the subsidized taxable municipal securities last year, Bloomberg data show.
Virginia's coordinating body for higher education wants to boost salaries for college faculty members over the next two years.
Alli McKee, College '09 and McIntire '10 After winning an art contest a recent University of Virginia graduate is taking what she learned in business class and marketing her artwork with drink coasters. They sell for $15 and although it generates little profit, it's allowed her business to grow.
Homeowners in Charlottesville's Martha Jefferson neighborhood are one step closer to protecting its past. The Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review (BAR) gave its neighborhood association the green light for a conservation designation. … "It's the best of both worlds because it is going to preserve the major features that define the neighborhood, that are historic, but also allows for things to change," explained Lydia Mattice Brandt, a University of Virginia architecture PhD candidate.
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Virginia Intermont College has named E. Clorisa Phillips its 17th president. The board of trustess met this morning and unanimously agreed to hire Phillips, who currently serves as associate provost for institutional effectiveness at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She was introduced to about 100 members of the VI faculty and staff at a morning news conference.
The Getty Research Institute is receiving grant money from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a joint project that involves the digital archiving of German auction catalogs from 1930 to 1945. … Among the other organizations receiving money as part of the overall grant are the University of Virginia, for its partnership with Germany's University of Paderborn to develop an open source encoding standard for music notation…
Philanthropic giving to American education is likely to rebound to pre-recession levels, according to a survey that forecasts fundraising results for the 2010-2011 academic year.
The University of Virginia has filed a response this afternoon to Attorney General  Ken Cuccinelli, who has been trying to subpoena UVa’s documents relating to the research of a former UVa climate change scientist.
Faulkner speaks! Fifty years after he spent two years as writer in residence at the University of Virginia, the school has posted online recordings of the two addresses, the dozen readings, and the 1,400 questions that students, faculty, and interested townspeople of Charlottesville, Va., posed to the author. For Faulkner fans, these 28 hours of talking and reading are Christmas in July.
Thomas Jefferson's University has a lot of number-crunching to do before it can decide the optimal price points and their effect on both in-state and out-of-state applicants. The dilemma, like VCU's, offers another object lesson in priority-setting. As Gov. Bob McDonnell recently told his Commission on Higher Education Reform, "not every university needs to be all things to all people." He who pays the piper calls the tune, and the General Assembly  is entitled to direct admissions policies if it chooses. But it would be wiser not to.
Steve Nichols, Curry '77 (master's) and '93 (Ph.D.) Nichols… heads up the school division for Staunton City schools and has just been named by the University of Virginia as its "Superintendent of the Year."
Albert delivered a message about perseverance and diligence Monday to a group at the Carlson MetroCenter YMCA at the Branden Albert's second annual Rochester Kids' Day. … "Just keep working hard," the former University of Virginia star said. "Don't let anybody tell you you can't do anything. I had a lot of people growing up who didn't think I was going to be anything.