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THE
HIRING OF a professor is something that
U.Va. doesn’t take lightly. “Faculty
selection is as important as research and
teaching,” said Gertrude Fraser,
U.Va.’s vice provost for faculty
advancement. Fraser is part of new efforts
to strengthen recruitment and hiring practices,
including the implementation of new guidelines,
workshops, an online tutorial and a faculty
recruitment manual. And, though the effort
has just begun, the number of new female
faculty alone speaks to its early success.
Of the 37 females offered tenure-track
positions this school year, 27 accepted.
That’s a 73 percent acceptance rate,
compared to 54 percent last year. Full
story.
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UVA/Photo: Dan Addison
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On
Friday, U.Va. President John T. Casteen
III issued a videotaped message in which
he discusses the importance of diversity
in the University community. “We
value diversity here because it has to
do with the human richness, the variety
of experiences and backgrounds and perspectives
and reasons for learning that distinguish
us as people based on our own backgrounds,
our own expectations, our own prior experience,” said
Casteen. The statement, which will reside on the University’s diversity
Web site, can be reached from the University’s home
page, in addition to a dozen
other U.Va. Web pages. Full
story.
U.Va.
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The
grass is always greener when it’s — fake.
By all outward appearances, the lush turf
at the University’s Carr’s
Hill Field looks like any of the other
playing fields. In fact, the new field,
which will be used for club sports, marching
band practice, intramurals and academic
classes, is artificial. The project, which
cos about
$1 million,
includes
a new
playing
surface and upgrades of underground systems
such as sewer pipes, storm water lines
and the water main running under the field.
Full
story.
U.Va.
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