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.
