UVa whistleblower wins $850,000 in federal lawsuit
Weihua Huang’s suit named the rector and UVa’s Board of Visitors as defendants along with Li and Bankole A. Johnson, chairman of UVa’s Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences.
View ArticleYancey decision retains critical piece of community's fabric
The brick schoolhouse in southern Albemarle stands against the trends, enduring talk of closure and consolidation.
View ArticleUVa's massive open online courses sees high enrollment
Officials warn that the number of students in the six new classes could fall quickly when the teaching starts.
View ArticleSpeaker: UVa leadership crisis exceptional, but part of a national trend
A number of public universities have lost their presidents to a variety of causes lately, a sign of the overall instability of the sector, said Hunter R. Rawlings III, president of the Association of...
View ArticleLouisa to break ground quake-damaged school replacement
Officials expect the new elementary to open in 2014.
View ArticleBuford students take 'field trip to the future'
Tech Tour participants are eligible for one of two scholarships.
View ArticleUVa names new Executive Vice President
The University of Virginia named Patrick D. Hogan as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on Friday morning.
View ArticleUVa names replacement for Strine
Patrick D. Hogan will be the University of Virginia’s new executive vice president and chief financial officer.
View ArticleUVa board proposes changes for meetings on president's status
“Several of us felt that one of the mistakes we made was that we failed to convene a meeting of the full board to consider the resignation or to ask for the resignation of the president,” said board...
View ArticleUVa's graying faculty may lead to a wave of retirement
Executive Vice President and Provost John Simon warns that hiring top prospects is a major challenge.
View ArticleChinese language program booming at CHS
What started four years ago as an afterschool club with a handful of students has grown into a multi-year program involving about 80 students.
View ArticleAccrediting board to review UVa's status
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Colleges to review a response this summer’s leadership crisis in December.
View ArticleSchool event for families to be held at Friendship Court
From 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, parents and students from Clark Elementary, Walker Upper Elementary, Buford Middle and Charlottesville High schools are invited to stop by the center to meet teachers and staff.
View ArticleVirginia on-time graduation rate rises to 88 percent
Albemarle County's rate dropped from 94 percent to 92 percent.
View ArticleGovernor calls for lower tuition increases, more forecasting
“Then at least the parents and the kids can plan,” he said.
View ArticleLouisa schools begin rise from quake rubble
This month, in the wake of the 2011 tremblor, Louisa County High School has been razed and work is beginning on the new Thomas Jefferson Elementary School.
View ArticleKirk's resignation follows frequent BOV absences
Of 23 meetings since his 2009 appointment, Kirk attended just nine in person, giving him the lowest attendance rate of any the panel’s 17 voting members.
View ArticleUVa honors Arab-Israeli peace expert
The fall convocation also honored students who finished their second year in the top 20 percent of their class and the vice president and chief student affairs officer.
View ArticleFluvanna schools brace for shortfall
Fluvanna County school officials are seeking public input on possible cuts, including eliminating high school sports, closing schools on Fridays, shuttering outlying elementary schools and slashing jobs.
View ArticleAlbemarle County schools closed Tuesday
The school division plans to monitor road conditions and power outages throughout the day Tuesday before issuing further updates.
View ArticleUVa cancels classes Tuesday
Designated academic employees should report as scheduled and the medical center wil operate as normal.
View ArticlePVCC plans open house for engineering program
The school welcomes anyone interested in learning more about its associate’s of science in engineering program and its potential to translate into a four-year degree to come out from 9 a.m. to noon...
View ArticleCity Council considers raising meals tax
The proposal would help Charlottesville public schools fill a $3 million to $4 million budget gap.
View ArticleUVa discovers black cemetery near area of planned expansion
“This will remain untouched, except to be properly memorialized,” said Don Sundgren, UVa’s chief facilities officer.
View ArticleFluvanna school officials to discuss staff cuts, furloughs Monday morning
The board has decided to forego shutting down varsity sports and elementary schools and focus on shedding employees and giving employees more days off without pay.
View ArticleUVa to screen film on police stop-and-frisk tactic
The event is free and open to the public.
View ArticleActivists at UVa work to get youth vote to turn out for their side
Student volunteers are texting friends. Phone banks are run using cheap cell phones from a pile charging on a table.
View ArticleCharlottesville and Albemarle seek feedback on joint calendar
The committee is asking for feedback from parents, staff and students at www.k12albemarle.org/calendardevelopment.
View ArticleLawn and Range room chimneys return to service at UVa
University Architect told of plans to open the Lawn-facing doors of the Rotunda.
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