Archive for November, 2011
The 11th annual Lighting of the Lawn Thursday will not only illuminate U.Va.'s Academical Village, it will also help brighten a number of homes in the community. The Class of 2012 trustees, who sponsor and host the event, launched the "Light Up a Life" campaign this year in tandem with the Lighting of the Lawn to raise money to help low-income families pay their electricity bills.
U.Va. has been selected as the university partner of the USA Pavilion 2012 at next spring's World Expo in Yeosu, South Korea, a relationship organizers say will provide students a "once-in-a-lifetime" experience. U.Va. will administer the Student Ambassadors program to select students from American colleges and universities to serve as the pavilion's hosts.
What is an architectural detail? And what does it say about a building? University of Virginia architecture professor Edward Ford sets out to answer, or at least probe, these questions in his new book, "The Architectural Detail."
The new Curry-Darden MBA/M.Ed. dual degree is designed for a new generation of education reform leaders for whom business skills are invaluable, and for business leaders who have a special interest in education reform – one of the fastest-growing business markets in the United States.
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