UVA women and men polo win national championships
The women faced first-seed Cornell and the men took on two-time defending champs Texas A&M.
Lucia Phinney joins race for Samuel Miller District
Phinney, who has been on UVA’s architecture faculty, has resided in Batesville for 28 years.
Angela Davis discusses “The Problem of Punishment” at UVA
The prolific writer on women’s issues and on racial justice begins a weeklong residency geared towards reforming the penal system
Larry Sabato releases book on Obama
The book, a collection of essays by Sabato and other top scholars, also includes Sabato’s interpretations of the election results.
John Lowry officially kicks off supervisor campaign
Lowry, chairman of the Albemarle County Economic Development Authority, intends to run on a three-point platform: quality of life, education and transportation.
EPA fines Barboursville company $70,000
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited the company for a series of violations concerning underground storage fuel tanks.
Kaine pushes for no-excuse absentee voting
Governor Tim Kaine, in one of his last acts in office, altered a bill to allow for no-excuse absentee voting, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
For John Whitehead, local newspapers are the basis of democracy
Most young Americans are turning to the television for their daily dose of news. For Whitehead, that’s a “serious mistake.”
Women still scarce in UVA engineering programs
“I think we do a terrible job at explaining what engineering is,” says UVA Professor Pamela Norris. When people think of engineers, she says, what they envision is often an unromantic view of machinery. “A lot of women go into the biomedical sciences and they become doctors because they want to help people,” says Norris. […]
VDOT lists Albemarle County projects for stimulus money, Perriello approves
Albemarle County roads will likely get some love via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or the stimulus bill.