Dept: University Digest

Rotunda Guitar

Rotunda Guitar2

Winter 2011

U.Va. Mechatronics builds musical instruments

High-Tech Building for High-Tech Research

High-Tech Building for High-Tech Research0

Winter 2011

At the beginning of the fall semester, the new engineering building, Rice Hall, welcomed both graduate and undergraduate students to its classrooms and labs. It’s the new home of the computer science department and the computer engineering program. Its six stories and 100,000 square feet include black-painted labs that reduce stray light for engineers working with light measurement and visualization. The Design Laboratory, the biggest space in the building, opens onto a courtyard for outdoor lab work.Rice Hall will also benefit engineering students beyond Grounds as the base for the school’s distance-learning initiatives, including the “Engineers PRODUCED in Virginia” program…

News Briefs

News Briefs0

Winter 2011

Despite the slow recovery of the economy, philanthropy is alive and well at the University. Overall giving in 2011 was up $27 million (35 percent) over 2010. Private giving is increasingly important to the University because the state appropriation has been cut by nearly $52 million since 2007. An additional cut of $13 million will be made this year. “The loyalty of our alumni and friends and what they are doing to ensure the continuing advancement of quality and excellence at U.Va. is truly inspiring,” says Gordon Rainey (Col ‘62, Law ‘67), chair of the $3 billion capital campaign. “The…

Costly Cartoons?

Costly Cartoons?0

Winter 2011

Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children

Stacked Up

Stacked Up0

Winter 2011

Doubling the capacity of the Ivy Stacks.

Bookmarked0

Winter 2011

How We Rank0

Winter 2011

Verbatim0

Winter 2011

“At first, I thought it was a train—then I realized there was no train that would make that much noise.”

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