September 23, 2008

UVa takes top marks in state on environment

The University of Virginia has topped a list of 10 Virginia schools participating in a national survey that rates the country’s greenest campuses.


September 22, 2008

Panel to discuss vaccine that prevents HPV

A panel tonight will discuss the human papillomavirus vaccine that is required for all sixth-grade girls in Virginia.


September 17, 2008

Kaine: Va. not pulling its weight on obesity

Two of presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s most ardent supporters — his wife, Michelle, and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine — were in Charlottesville on Wednesday, but for different reasons.


September 16, 2008

Cadets hold Rotunda vigil

A 24-hour vigil for prisoners of war and those soldiers still missing in action ended with taps being trumpeted from the front north steps of the Rotunda on Tuesday evening.


September 10, 2008

UVa professor provides shine for Pentagon 9/11 memorial

The polish that University of Virginia professor Rob Kelly helped put on the Pentagon Memorial — opening today in Arlington — should last a hundred years.


August 30, 2008

City Market bringing wares to UVa Grounds

Buying and eating local doesn’t get much easier for University of Virginia students than when a farmers’ market sets up on Grounds.


August 29, 2008

UVa politicos call selection ‘brilliant’

Republican John McCain’s selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate was a “brilliant” pick, according to two University of Virginia political scientists.


August 26, 2008

UVa’s Casteen unconvinced on lowering drinking age

University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III said he’s not convinced that lowering the drinking age to 18 won’t have a negative impact.


August 14, 2008

Student’s eBay bid for tuition falls short

Zack Ketz will start classes at the University of Virginia this fall and it’s unlikely the “imaginary people on the Internet” will foot the bill.


August 02, 2008

UVa study searches for forgetfulness factors

This summer, like the last seven, Professor Tim Salthouse and undergraduate students are testing the cognition of hundreds of people — ranging in age from their early 20s to late 90s — at UVa’s Cognitive Aging Laboratory.


July 30, 2008

Performances planned for China quake victims

Students and faculty at the University of Virginia are organizing concerts and dramatic and dance performances to raise money to help the 4.8 million people left homeless by an earthquake in China on May 12.


July 29, 2008

Medical center neglects parking

I am writing about the parking situation at the Uni-versity of Virginia Medical Center. It is, in a word, disgraceful.


July 25, 2008

The mystery of the ugly governor

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but one of Pio Pico’s face certainly wouldn’t launch that many ships.


July 23, 2008

Cavalier QB charged with underage possession

A quarterback with the University of Virginia football team has been charged with underage possession of alcohol, marking the latest in a string of headaches for the Cavaliers.


July 18, 2008

Students get crash course in sciences at UVa camp

Former astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris asked more than 50 middle school students and their parents on Friday to use their imaginations as he described what it was like to walk in space.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement