Nursing professors in high demand
More than 1.2 million nurses will be needed in hospitals all over the country by 2014, according to the UVA School of Nursing. Yet nurses are not the only sought-after […]
Filmmakers to document life in marching band
Claude and Annie Miller looked like kids in a candy store. Hand in hand, they strolled down Carr’s Hill Field and jumped with excitement as the drumline’s potent beat reverberated […]
Ultrasound scanner to benefit injured wildlife
Life just got a little better for all those critters that get tangled up in the human routine. A lab in UVA’s Department of Biomedical Engineering has donated an ultrasound […]
Casteen undecided on lower drinking age
If anyone out there is lying awake at night, wondering whether those little undergraduate darlings at UVA are imbibing in a few nips of Grandpa’s cough medicine,
Lars gives up appeal, goes pro
Unless you live and breathe European basketball, you probably won’t be seeing much more of Laurynas “Lars” Mikalauskas. The former UVA basketball player announced on August 28 that he won’t […]
What's in your backpack?
Sherri Burke Age: 26 Year: Graduate student Sherri Burke Concentration: French literature Hometown: Richmond, Virginia What’s in your backpack? Umbrella, water bottle, light sweater, folder, Nana by Émile Zola, cell, […]
Corrections from the August 19 issue
The Salvation Army plans to lease this property to Mike Brown, not sell it. Due to a reporting error, we inaccurately stated in the August 19, 2008, issue that the […]
New voters stretch city resources
The 2008 presidential election has attracted a record number of new registered voters throughout the country,
City, county schools officially fail federal standards
The percentage of students passing standardized tests has been rising in both city and county school divisions, but the systems both failed to meet federal standards set by the No […]
Warner turns down televised debate
Perhaps Mark Warner feels he’s had enough television exposure after his speech at the Democratic National Convention. In a press release, The League of Women Voters of Virginia says it […]