Thousands from the UVa and Charlottesville community gathered tonight, fighting back tears, to remember those lives lost in Monday's tragedy. Some lit candles, others embraced, all searching for a way to make it through these trying times.
Students at the University of Virginia are publicly showing their support for Virginia Tech on one of the most well known landmarks. On Beta Bridge, along Rugby Road, are the words "Hoos for Hokies." It is a phrase you'd likely never see here but under these circumstances students at UVA look at Virginia Tech as family. A fund has been set up through the UVA Alumni Association called 'Hoos for Hokies' to which you can donate money to go towards a fund or memorial at Virginia Tech.
The University of Virginia's College at Wise held a memorial service for the Virginia Tech community on Tuesday, and students are planning a candlelight vigil for 8 p.m. Thursday at the campus lake. Students, faculty and other college staffers attended a brief prayer service Tuesday at the college's Chapel of All Faiths with UVa-Wise Chancellor David J. Prior and the Revs. Jim Collie and Beth Tipton presiding.
Ripples from the Tech shootings spread across campuses in Virginia. ...The University of Virginia held an afternoon memorial service, and at a candlelight vigil at McIntire Amphitheatre last night, second-year student Sterling Elmore said most U.Va. students have ties to Tech. Monday afternoon was lost in a flurry of communication as she and other students tried to contact friends and loved ones in Blacksburg, Elmore said.
The world stopped for a few minutes Tuesday at the University of Virginia as the Chapel bells tolled in remembrance of those slain in Blacksburg. The bells sounded their long, somber tones at 2 p.m. sharp, to coincide with Virginia Tech's own memorial service. No advance instructions had been sent out as to what was to happen when the bells sounded, but at least 200 UVa students, faculty and staff in the vicinity didn't need to be told what to do.
One of the victims of the massacre at Virginia Tech has ties to this area. An University of Virginia adjunct professor of orthopedics was killed. Kevin Granata's office was room 307 on the third floor of Norris Hall. That is where the second shooting took place on Monday. Granata was a professor at UVa from 1997 to 2003 and then he joined the staff at Virginia Tech. He kept a position at UVa as adjunct professor. His coworkers describe him as a dedicated researcher, an excellent professor, a model scientist and a devoted father of three. They said they will be planning a memorial service to ho...
As the sun went down Tuesday evening, University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III addressed thousands of students and faculty, many holding candles and wearing Virginia Tech colors. "The terror has come and gone," Casteen said. "What remains is the loss and the heartache." The candlelight vigil at McIntire Amphitheatre was one of several gatherings large and small Tuesday as the Charlottesville and UVa communities come to grips with the worst school shooting in U.S. history.
Gary I. Cohen
A Law School graduate
College Without Angst
Chronicle of Higher Education / April 20
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Lauren Ross
A recent graduate now working as a College Guide
New Graduates Putting Students on College Track
Washington Post / April 17
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Keller Hardy
Second-year student who had transferred to U.Va. from Virginia Tech this past fall
At UVa: Horror, Compassion and Stunned Disbelief
Charlottesville Daily Progress / April 17
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Tiffany Meertins
A recent graduate who worked as a College Guide and is now pursuing a master's degree at the Curry School of Education
New Graduates Putting Students on College Track
Washington Post / April 17
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Amanda Sellers
First-year student
At UVa: Horror, Compassion and Stunned Disbelief
Charlottesville Daily Progress / April 17
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William Brady
An emergency medicine professor
Four Hospitals Cope With 'Overwhelming' Casualties
Washington Post / April 17
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Susan Carkeek
Chief Human Resource Officer
UVa's Carkeek to Oversee Switch to New HR System
Charlottesville Daily Progress / April 16
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John T. Casteen III
President of the University of Virginia
At UVa: Horror, Compassion and Stunned Disbelief
Charlottesville Daily Progress / April 17
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Capt. Michael Coleman
Chief of the University Police
Local Police Discuss Campus Emergency Plans
Charlottesvil...
Photos from Blacksburg
Tragedy at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech students react
Blacksburg shootings receive national, international attention
President Casteen Issues Statement on Events at Virginia Tech
New Online Job Application System to Debut in July
U.Va. Employee Resource Fair Set for Tomorrow
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Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold
New York Times / April 17
For decades, undergraduate women have been moving in ever greater numbers into science and engineering departments at American universities. Yet even as they approach or exceed enrollment parity in mathematics, biology and other fields, there is one area in which their presence relative to men is static or even shrinking: computer science.
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Are Reference Desks Dying Out? / Librarians struggle to redefine - and in some cases eliminate - the venerable institution
Chronicle of Higher Educ...
A gunman's violent spree through the Virginia Tech campus on Monday morning ended in the killing of 32 - many of them students, some in classrooms, others in a dormitory - setting a new gruesome bar as the worst mass shooting in American history.
Led by the University of Virginia and funded under the Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program, the overall research aim will be to develop cooling techniques that can be used for thermal management of large-scale, distributed high-power electronic systems. The project is funded by a $7.5 million grant.
... [Three Rappahannock County High School students] sought help one afternoon this month from 23-year-old Lauren Ross. She is one of 19 recent University of Virginia graduates working as "college guides" in schools across the state in an initiative meant to broaden the ranks of students on the college track. These guides help students pick colleges, craft admissions essays and find ways to pay. They even take students on campus tours.
...In Charlottesville, the University of Virginia will hold a candlelight vigil at 7 p.m. in the McIntire Amphitheatre, and the UVa chapel bells will toll for five minutes in remembrance of those killed and injured. The bells will also ring for five minutes starting at 2 p.m. today, to coincide with Tech's ceremony in Blacksburg. UVa President John Casteen reported in a message to the UVa community Monday that Caleb Euhus, a student from Lynchburg, wrote a poem Monday titled "Tech Wind."