A new study conducted by UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service reveals that in 2006, Virginia agriculture and forestry contributed about $79 billion to the Commonwealth’s economy and supported more than a half-million jobs. The study was commissioned by the Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to highlight the impact of these two seemingly […]
As the country faces what could be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, UVA Darden School of Business students launched a new student-run entrepreneurial society. Its goal: increase the flow of successful businesses started by the University community. By facilitating partnerships and providing mentors to student entrepreneurs, “E*Society” founders say that this organization […]
Tom Moriarty Age: 29 Hometown: Woodbridge, Virginia Year: Grad student Concentration: Political science Tom Moriarty What’s in your backpack? Umbrella, course reader for Intro to Comparative Politics, articles, three notebooks, wallet, Stride gum, red and yellow highlighters, mechanical pencil, two pens, Advil, almost empty 20 oz. bottle of Dr. Pepper, The Shadow of Power […]
A sense of vindication seemed to be in the air at the RWSA press conference and board meeting last week. On September 22, Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority’s executive director Tom Frederick delivered bad news about one of the plan’s major pieces. At a press conference, Frederick revealed that last month, beleaguered consultants Gannett Fleming […]
After taking the helm as executive director of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) in 2004
In the September 16, 2008, issue of SUGAR, we misstated the phone number for the American Spirit Institute. The correct number is 531-1039. We regret the error.
Ace: I was driving down Market Street the other day and noticed that the creepy sculpture on the corner of Market and High streets is missing! Any idea what might have happened to it?—Shirley Holmes Shirley: When taking a spin in the Acemobile, your trusty reporter tries not to let his eyes avert from the […]
The weather is not cooperating, but the cars line up just the same on Melbourne Road. A fine mist is falling, a mist that will get worse as night comes, but that does not impede the excitement among the students and parents and teachers and alums who gather at Charlottesville High’s stadium on a Thursday […]
A crowd of at least 2,500 gathered at UVA’s Newcomb Hall Plaza on September 17 to attend the Women for Obama voter registration rally with Michelle Obama and Jill Biden.
This urban igloo was made from cardboard by a team of UVA students for a design competition held at the home of architecture prof John Quale on September 12. The rules: All structures had to be made from recycled, reclaimed or natural materials; materials had to be recycled after the project; and each […]