Quantcast
Channel: UVA Today - Other
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 26 View Live

Essential WorkSkills Class Brings $600 and Much More

H. Brevy CannonJuly 16, 2008 – A growing number of University of Virginia employees now have something in common with employees at more than 400 Fortune 500 companies: they have completed the Essential...

View Article



Employees Get New UHR-funded $2,000 Education Benefit

H. Brevy CannonJuly 24, 2008 — In a major overhaul of education benefits at the University of Virginia, every academic division employee with at least one year of benefits-eligible service (including...

View Article

New U.Va. Backup Care Benefit Aims to Ease Stress

H. Brevy CannonJuly 28, 2008 -- Julie Richardson's 91-year-old father Kenneth Witten lives with her, her husband and two children. After a serious fall earlier this month, Witten needed some help to...

View Article

School of Continuing & Professional Studies Offers Informational Sessions

Susan CarkeekNormal 0false false falseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }/* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Long and Terrifying Journey Brings Rwandan to the University

Matt KellyAugust 14, 2008 — Jean D. Bimenyande refuses to talk about politics in his native Rwanda because it links back to the infamous ethnic killings there in 1994.The former development bank...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Behind the Scenes: Cindy Harris, Labor and Delivery Nurse, U.Va. Hospital

Dan HeuchertAt an institution as large as U.Va., it’s easy to forget that it consists of many individually moving parts. We may take for granted the roughly 13,500 employees who keep the whole...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Behind the Scenes: Janice Coles, Detective and Crime Analyst, University...

Dan HeuchertAt an institution as large as U.Va., it’s easy to forget that it consists of many individually moving parts. We may take for granted the roughly 13,500 employees who keep the whole...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Behind the Scenes: Dave Durrer, UTS Mechanic

Dan HeuchertAt an institution as large as U.Va., it’s easy to forget that it consists of many individually moving parts. We may take for granted the roughly 13,500 employees who keep the whole...

View Article


Economic Issues Permeate Board of Visitors' Quarterly Meeting

Dan HeuchertOctober 4, 2008 — As the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors gathered in the Rotunda this week, concern over the flagging economy was never far from the discussion. In his opening...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

University Conference Turns Focus Toward Dual-Career Couples

Dan HeuchertNovember 12, 2008 — Dr. Kevin Lee wanted to hire a hair-cell neurologist. Alas, he did not need a double-bassist.But in order to land the neurologist, Lee, chairman of the University of...

View Article

Surplus Property Sales Move from Auction House to Cyberspace

Matt KellyNovember 21, 2008 — After decades of live auctions, the University of Virginia is now selling much of its surplus property online.The University makes available unneeded property in...

View Article

U.Va. Travel Advisories

Matt KellyPaving to Reduce McCormick Road to One Lane for Several HoursOctober 15, 2009 — McCormick Road will be reduced to one lane for several hours on Friday at the bridge over Emmet Street on the...

View Article

Same Name, Fresh Face: U.Va. Library Launches New Interface to Online Catalog

Charlotte MorfordJuly 14, 2010 — The University of Virginia Library is replacing the interface to its online catalog at 8 a.m. on Thursday. Though it will still be called "Virgo," it will have a...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

New Service Dog at Alderman Follows in Famous Forebear's Pawprints

H. Brevy CannonListen to the UVA Today Radio Show report on this story by Brevy Cannon:July 15, 2010 — There's a new face at the University of Virginia's Alderman Library. He's not listed (yet) on the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

University of Virginia Class Weighs the Value of Virtue

Matt KellyJuly 30, 2010 — Sam Nicholson wants his students to consider the Good Life, the Moral Life, what they mean and how to get there.Nicholson, a doctoral student in philosophy at the University...

View Article


2010 in Review: U.Va. Continues to Rank Among Elite

Marian AnderfurenIn the closing days of 2010, UVA Today will look back on some of the University of Virginia's top stories of the past 12 months.December 20, 2010 — The University of Virginia continued...

View Article

U.Va. Takes Steps to Block Infestation of Ash Borer

Matt KellyListen to the UVA Today Radio Show report on this story by Matt Kelly:July 5, 2011 — The emerald ash borer is a bright green menace.The beetle is blamed for the deaths of tens of millions of...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Judge Throws Out Conviction and Death Sentence for U.Va. Innocence Project...

Mary WoodListen to the UVA Today Radio Show report on this story by Rebecca Arrington:July 13, 2011 — A federal judge on Monday threw out the conviction and death sentence of Justin Wolfe of Chantilly,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

At the University of Virginia, the Spirit of Poe Resides Evermore

Matt KellyListen to the UVA Today Radio Show report on this story by Matt Kelly:July 14, 2011 — One of the University of Virginia's earliest students has remained one of its most famous. Efforts are...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Nearly 750,000 Library Items Soon to Return to Modernized Ivy Stacks

Rob SealJuly 22, 2011 — Truckloads of books, periodicals, LPs, microfilm and other records began returning to the newly renovated Ivy Stacks storage facility this week, as more than 750,000 items from...

View Article

Utility Installation to Close Mews Alley During Day

Matt KellyJuly 5, 2012 — Mews Alley, which runs between the Pavilion I and Pavilion III gardens on the west side of the University of Virginia's Academical Village, will be closed during the day from...

View Article


Safety Tip of the Month: Derechos – Who Knew?

Marge SidebottomThe Safety Tip of the Month is provided by U.Va.'s Office of Emergency Preparedness on the 11th of every month.July 11, 2012 — Until a derecho (pronounced "deh-REY-cho") found its way...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

New Commander Takes Charge at U.Va. Air Force ROTC

Matt KellyCol. Steve Hiss is closing out his U.S. Air Force career where he started it: in an ROTC unit.Hiss is the new commander of the University of Virginia's Air Force ROTC detachment, a capstone...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

‘Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus’

In this time of lost innocence and despair, an old favorite newspaper clipping offers a note of hope and idealism.“Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and...

View Article

May 31 statement of University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan

Statement of University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan:CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 31, 2013 -- On Wednesday, May 29, the provost issued a statement to faculty who were concerned by some...

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 26 View Live




Latest Images