Report spotlights honor accusations
By Dan Heuchert
Results from a new faculty analysis suggest that cheating at the University is either underreported or often goes undetected.
The report also shows that international students, athletes, African-American students and men have honor cases initiated against them at disproportionately higher rates. Once formally accused, however, they are convicted at a rate consistent with that of the rest of the student body. Full story
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Chris Myers
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| Fall’s in full swing — but the holidays are just around the corner. Thanksgiving break is Nov. 24 through 29, the end of classes is Dec. 10, and the examination period runs Dec. 13 through 21. Gov. Mark Warner also has granted all state employees additional leave during the Thanksgiving through New Year’s holidays. See page 12 for details. |
'Big Science' National Ecological Observatory Network being planned
By Fariss Samarrai
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and other early Americans kept meticulous records of temperature, precipitation and barometric pressure. They often compared notes with each other, looking for long-term trends and relationships. Jefferson even proposed that every county seat have a weather station. He was concerned about the effects of climate on farming.
By the 1870s, the United States began building a network of weather stations across the country to better predict the weather and to understand the relationships between conditions in different areas. This eventually led to our daily weather forecasts, which can be relied upon for agriculture, transportation, commerce and everyday safety.
Jefferson also suggested conducting biological surveys, which have happened too, but sometimes haphazardly, with scientists in different locations often working in isolation on similar problems. Full story.
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