President John T. Casteen, III announced April 27 that medical school dean Dr. Arthur “Tim” Garson will take over as provost when Gene D. Block becomes chancellor at UCLA this summer. Garson is already serving with Executive Vice President Leonard Sandridge as co-chair of the mysterious-sounding Commission on the Future of the University. Garson headed […]
Outgoing University of Virginia Vice President and Provost Gene D. Block emphasized the importance of science faculty recruitment in an April 12 presentation to the Board of Visitors’ Special Commission on Planning. Last month’s recommendations will be some of the last for Block in Charlottesville; he will begin work as chancellor at UCLA by August […]
“He’s a comedian; he’s very funny.” This was the description of Jon Stewart I overheard a ticket-taker giving a pleasant-looking older couple as they entered the John Paul Jones Arena last Saturday. I had to wonder how they ended up there without a clue as to who Jon Stewart is. Whatever, by the time Stewart’s […]
“We’re expecting to get into Sundance soon,” Romulo “Rom” Alejandro says. The 22-year-old UVA senior has recently been talking to the head of Sony Pictures Classics
Charlottesville may be a hotbed of green architecture—after all, it’s home to William (Cradle to Cradle) McDonough and legions of his followers—but it lacks actual green developments on a large scale. That’s the contention of Chris Schooley, who’s leading the charge by local development company Stonehaus to create a sustainable community nearly out of thin […]
A year and a half ago, the National Register of Historic Places began work designating the Charlottesville neighborhood that is roughly bounded by Cherry Avenue to the south; the railway to the north; Fourth Street SW to the east; and Spring Street to the west. It is 56 acres altogether, perhaps headed for historic landmark […]
Near the end of February, I was nearing completion on an article about local developer Wendell Wood’s land sale to the Army for a new facility to be built next to the National
Preserve the coal tower? It’s a hard sell. Coran Capshaw has plans to develop it, but until that gets underway it remains the sort of place where a squatter can go unnoticed for months until he lashes out violently at trespassers, as happened six years ago. That’s when Craig Nordensen murdered two people after a […]
A decision is near on an early site permit at North Anna that would allow Dominion Virginia Power to build two new nuclear reactors 30 miles east of Charlottesville. The Atomic Safety
After a $1 million item in the city’s budget caused a stir earlier this year among the region’s volunteer rescue staff and taxpayers over whether a city ambulance service was even necessary, city officials instead said the money would be spent on “system-wide improvements.” Officials also pushed for the contents of a regional fire and […]