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Featured Story: Competitive Compensation

DIRECTORY

	AccessUVa
	Administration
	Arts Precinct
	Benefits
	Bond Referendum
	Budget
	Building Projects: Arena
	Building Projects: Parking Garage
	Building Projects: South Lawn
	Commonwealth Chartered Universities and Colleges

	Carnegie Grant / Teachers for a New Era
	Competitive Compensation
	Ethics
	Diversity
	New Initiatives
	Philanthropy
	Universitas 21
	Virginia 2020: The Fine and Performing Arts
	Virginia 2020: International
	Virginia 2020: Public Service
	Virginia 2020: Science & Technology

ACCESSUVA
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•	Academic dream deferred: AccessUVa helps give Rodney Mills, 26, a bright new future
•	The Plan’s Working
•	’Hoos Entering This Fall; U.Va. Continues Push to Welcome Diverse Class Through ‘AccessUVa’
•	The Door Opens Even Wider
•	Access UVa: The Door’s Open
•	A Bold Plan: University Commits $16 Million Annually to Keep Higher Ed Affordable
•	Access Draws Praise

ADMINISTRATION
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•	James L. Hilton, an Academic Known for Collaborative and Entrepreneurial Approach to Technology, to Lead Information Technology at University of Virginia (12/9/05)
•	William Harvey appointed vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity (9/23/05)
•	University Fills Four Key Posts
•	Renowned Engineer Joins U.Va. Faculty
•	Governor taps three new members, reappoints Farrell
•	Frischer puts reality into the humanities — virtually
•	Casteen stresses challenges, rewards
•	Ratings put U.Va. in financial elite
•	Four appointed to Board
•	School Reports Commerce: Back to the future: McIntire’s move will open opportunities Engineering: Programs, grants, gifts keep E-school focused on future
•	Casteen first recipient of national award for alcohol and other drug prevention
•	Political arena Athletics makes case for new facility See also: BUILDING PROJECTS: ARENA
•	School Reports/Education, Architecture
•	Marva Barnett wins Zintl Award
•	University’s highest honor is given to Childress
•	Lampkin named new VP
•	New director has familiar face
•	Nursing enrollment, ranking on the rise
•	Opportunity key to library’s outlook

ARTS PRECINCT
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•	Arts Center Tops New Building List
•	2020 fine and performing arts page
•	Gift to provide $5M for Arts Grounds
•	Private donors commit $77.7 million for endowment New foundation will support Arts & Sciences
•	Board committee endorses nearly $1 billion building plan
•	College leaders grapple with state of Arts & Sciences Buildings
•	Hoping to hammer out building costs, board suggests study
•	Board previews arts precinct
•	Board approves endowment payout of almost $14 million
•	Casteen outlines new arts precinct plan in annual speech
•	McIntire helped launch art, music and commerce at U.Va.
•	Elevating the University, physically and Academically
•	Commission holds retreat to consider needs for fine and performing arts
•	Arts & Sciences taking aim at top-10 ranking

BENEFITS
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•	Payslips now only a click away
•	Employees to see change to their benefits; University health coverage will expand
•	McKenzie helping employees deal with life’s bumps
•	Retirement incentives for eligible faculty
•	Health plan stretches to cover rising costs

BOND REFERENDUM
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•	Voters say yes!
•	Bond package to spur research/Mr-6 is slated to cure lack of laboatory space Investment in research fits the University’s goals
•	Infrastructure not glamorous but a vital part of bond package
•	Quality of life keeps faculty at U.Va.
•	Casteen discusses employee issues, academic mission
•	Politics 101: Gov. Warner addresses Students
•	Budget: Where U.Va. stands Process a long and winding road
•	College leaders grapple with state of Arts & Sciences buildings

BUDGET
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•	Budget Set; Tight $1.88 Billion Dollar Budget Wins Finance Committee Backing
•	Casteen: Budget Stalemate Won’t Close University
•	Hiring freeze lifted
•	Warner: no more higher ed cuts
•	Medical Center cuts 200 positions
•	Focus on budget crisis
•	Tuition surcharge set at $385
•	U.Va. is cut $98.2M over biennium Faculty call for tuition increase
•	Budget cuts implemented
•	Tuition increases vital
•	Board OKs midyear student surcharge
•	Aging buildings, gleaming visions factored into bond package
•	Board of Visitors, University departments chip in $6 million fund to bridge gaps
•	Bonds will help build on aspirations
•	Custodial services cut due to budget
•	’92 bonds transformed Grounds
•	Ayers paints realistic budget picture for board
•	Budget crisis at a glance
•	Research boosts economy
•	Deep budget cuts ahead
•	Bond referendum a critical issue for higher education
•	Library makes cuts
•	U.Va. freezes state-funded jobs, braces for more budget cuts
•	Research goals on track, despite roadblocks
•	Medical Center realigning work force 170 positions cut; no layoffs anticipated
•	Board adopts $1.44B budget
•	Quality of life keeps faculty at U.Va.
•	Casteen discusses employee issues, academic mission
•	Politics 101: Gov. Warner addresses students
•	Budget includes bonuses, budget cuts
•	State cuts force hikes in tuition
•	Budget deal allows BOV to set tuition
•	Budget Q&A with Leonard Sandridge and Colette Sheehy
•	Senators OK plan
•	Budget: Where U.Va. stands Process a long and winding road
•	Budget Q&A with Ed Ayers
•	No layoffs, employees assured
•	Budget to be topic of town meetings
•	Letters Feb. 6, 2002
•	U.Va. board hears grim budget news Housing rates hiked, grad. student support wanting, Med. Ctr. margin off-target
•	Warner’s plan would cut deep Governor’s proposal quashes pay raises and reduces financial aid to students
•	Ayers reaffirms goal of first-rate teaching
•	Hospital cancels employee raises Will revisit issue in May or June
•	Raises unlikely, layoffs possible
•	Casteen assesses state budget
•	Board: Rework ailing budget
•	Deans slow new spending Many states’ budget problems are result of economic downturn
•	Pay hikes unlikely, Casteen warns
•	Time to replace New Cabell Hall, Board of Visitors says
•	Delegates get capital tour on building needs

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
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•	Rainey calls Campaign ‘defining event’ in taking U.Va. to top 10 to 15 (11/3/05)
•	Richmond Lawyer Gordon F. Rainey Chosen to Lead U.Va.’s $3 Billion Fund-Raising Effort
•	Sweeney Lays Out Campaign Strategy
•	U.Va. Development Leader Invites Faculty to Join $3 Billion Campaign

CARNEGIE GRANT/TEACHERS FOR A NEW ERA
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•	U.Va. to develop state-of-the-art teacher education program / Grant could bring $5 million to collaborative initiative between College and Curry School
•	Curry and College share Carnegie Grant

COMMONWEALTH CHARTERED UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
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•	Governor Signals Support: Legislative study committee's review gives Charter initiative momentum
•	Charting Charter: Most Medical Center employees fare well under codified autonomy
•	Why Charter Status for the University?
•	University Presidents Make the Case for Charter
•	A New Formula for Higher Education: Special Report on the proposed Commonwealth Chartered Universities and Colleges Initiative

COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION

• COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION WEBSITE

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President Casteen Continues To Address Compensation Issues At Faculty Senate, Calls Disparity Between University And State Wage ‘Alarming’ (5/1/06)

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‘Living wage’ debate: Student protest sparks passion, disagreement and a whole lot of questions (4/28/06)

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A Letter to the Community from President Casteen on Competitive Compensation (4/20/06)

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FAQs on Competitive Compensation (4/16/06)

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University Arrests 17 Students When They Refuse to Leave Administration Building Voluntarily after Four-Day Sit-In (4/15/06)

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FAQ on Student Arrests (4/15/06)

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Students' counterproposal to President Casteen (4/15/06) (PDF)

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President Casteen's Proposal for the Students Occupying Madison Hall Lobby (4/14/06)

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President Casteen's Statement to Students Regarding Compensation for Contract Employees (4/12/06)

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Attorney General's Preliminary Response to Question About Contract Workers (3/21/06)

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Minimum Hourly Pay Rate Jumps to $9.37 (Inside UVA/3/17/06)

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President Casteen's Statement on Competitive Compensation (3/7/06)

ETHICS
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•	Darden to Run Ethics Institute
•	New interdisciplinary major tackles biology issues Cloning? Stem cell research? Who decides?
•	Design choices can affect the world environment
•	’Envision’ sessions bring goals into focus
•	Architecture looks to create new ties to U.Va. community
•	Lincoln personified ethics in politics
•	Johnson takes ethical tack to engineering Virtual reality may not be real, but people logging in are still responsible for their actions
•	Karen Van Lengen's challenge as dean: Bringing the Architecture School into view
•	Researchers share ‘magic’ of their creative work
•	New lecture series features ethics and global health
•	Executives talk about the heart of leadership
•	Students help build public policy
•	Tae kwon-do can be good for business
•	Ethics & society talks
•	Institute makes a practice of ethics
•	Biological weapons could target ethnic groups
•	Ethics faculty lead new interdisciplinary Center
•	Other ethics-related centers at U.Va.
•	Sullivan Award winners show deep commitment to caring
•	Religion's role in biomedical ethics to be explored
•	American-style consumerism spreading, Werhane says
•	Conference on health-care ethics Sept. 16-17
•	Presidential commission backs storage and use of human biological materials
•	Inaugural Richardson lecture kicks off Medical Center Hour
•	Judgment call: Bioethics advice goes online

BUILDING PROJECTS:

BUILDING PROJECTS: PARKING GARAGE
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•	Great-granddaughter helps uncover mystery
•	U.Va. offers to share traffic costs
•	Casteen discusses employee issues, academic mission
•	Summer will be busy season for University construction
•	P&T defers some parking rate hikes
•	Parking garage plans move forward
•	U.Va. board hears grim budget news Housing rates hiked, grad. student support wanting, Med. Ctr. margin off-target

BUILDING PROJECTS: SOUTH LAWN
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•	South Lawn Project Design is approved
•	Fact Sheet on South Lawn Project
•	Building design debate creates lively workshop
•	Time to replace New Cabell Hall, Board of Visitors says Plan would recreate humanities area at south end of Lawn
•	U.Va. selects award-winning New York architect firm for South Lawn Project
•	College and Commerce School collaborate on new initiatives Far-ranging pact includes trading spaces, construction Updates, possibilities, connections and budget concerns
•	Plans for arena pass ‘major milestone’
•	Faculty Senate reports on grad student issues
•	Ayers builds on founder’s model Dean plans to invigorate College Grounds, student experience
•	Summer will be busy season for University Construction
•	No layoffs, employees assured
•	Warner’s plan would cut deep Governor’s proposal quashes pay raises and reduces financial aid to students
•	Grisham leads the charge to advance A&S technology
•	Q&A (with Ed Ayers)
•	Q&A (with Leonard Sandridge and Colette Sheehy)
•	Envision Connections to the SLP 'Envision’ sessions bring goals into focus
•	Arts & Sciences planner looks forward to more esprit de corps
•	Architecture looks to create new ties to U.Va.Community
Arts & Sciences articles on the SLP
•	New Cabell No Cabell
•	South Lawn project receives initial gift

BUILDING PROJECTS: ARENA
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•	Political arena Athletics makes case for new facility
•	N. Grounds Connector seen as link in traffic plan
•	Plans for arena pass ‘major milestone’
•	Jones' $20 million gift puts arena project on fast track
•	U.Va. gets $20 million for arena; board OKs budget

DIVERSITY
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•	University of Virginia Joins Virginia-Nebraska Alliance to Increase Ranks of Minority Health Professionals (5/2/06)
•	University of Virginia Leads Public Universities with Highest African-American Graduation Rate for 12th Straight Year (3/16/06)
•	William Harvey appointed vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity (9/23/05)
•	Richmond Businessman William Cooper Leading University of Virginia's Diversity Purchasing Program (10/13/05)
•	The University responds to reports of racial harassment
•	President’s Commission on Diveristy and Equity Recommends Creation of Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
•	The View From the Grounds: Students Talk Diversity
•	Student leader urges looking at racism with critical lenses, empathetic heart
•	U.Va. Police launch diversity training
•	Diversity: ‘It’s time to face facts’
•	Healing: Anger after assault shifts to efforts to heal
•	What’s at stake for U.Va.?
•	Wanted: Minority grad students

NEW INITIATIVES
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•	University of Virginia Expands Study Abroad Opportunities; Becomes Home Port for Semester at Sea (12/20/05)
•	Getting older & better

PHILANTHROPY
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•	Sabato Gives $1 Million; Challenges Alumni to ‘Step Up to The Plate’
•	Myers Gives Curry $22 Million
•	Ann Lee Brown Gives $10.5 Million to U.Va.
•	Smiths give $23.5 million for the arts
•	Biggest gift ever

STUDENT STORIES
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•	Amalgam highlights graduate research
•	Grad students pitch in

VIRGINIA 2020: THE FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS
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•	Committee on the Arts to further 2020 goals
•	Virginia 2020: The Fine and Performing Arts Gift to provide $5M for Arts Grounds
•	First fine arts major returns to see students work
•	Sounds of the wild are music to Shatin’s ears
•	Music faculty reach out to area students
•	Museum plays educational, cultural role
•	Commission holds retreat to consider needs for fine and performing arts
•	Universalizing the University: New Challenges & Best Practice
•	U.Va. conference to give voice to music silenced by Hitler
•	Art department sharpens focus on photography
•	ARTS PRECINCT Casteen outlines new arts precinct plan in annual speech
•	Board previews arts precinct
•	Private donors commit $77.7 million for endowment
•	New foundation will support Arts & Sciences
•	McIntire helped launch art, music and commerce at U.Va.
•	Arts & Sciences taking aim at top-10 ranking
•	Board committee endorses nearly $1 billion building plan
•	College leaders grapple with state of Arts & Sciences buildings
•	Elevating the University, physically and academically
•	Hoping to hammer out building costs, board suggests study
•	Board approves endowment payout of almost $14 million

VIRGINIA 2020: INTERNATIONAL
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•	University of Virginia Expands Study Abroad Opportunities; Becomes Home Port for Semester at Sea (12/20/05)
•	U21 plans first global education offering
•	Linking health, environment
•	House builds ‘language precinct’
•	A Voice for Africa
•	Virginia 2020: InternationalWomack gains perspective on U.Va.'s international efforts
•	98-11-06: WOMACK NAMED FOURTH COMMISSION LEADER
•	Conference explores ways to internationalize universities
•	William Quandt named Vice Provost for International Affairs
•	Planners gather varied input on Virginia 2020 reports
•	Explorations
•	Southern African Environmental Programs Consortium with African universities moves forward
•	African schools here to plan consortium
•	U.Va. distance learning goes all the way to South Africa
•	Not just small talk about the weather
•	Guerrant leads U.Va. effort for better worldwide health
•	New lecture series features ethics and global health
•	Center pursues multidisciplinary approach to global health issues
•	New center helps international students polish their English skills
•	International Residential College University expands international emphasis with new residential college
•	Principal, faculty chosen to staff new International Residential College