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C3 awarding thousands to micro businesses to improve their energy-efficiency
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Community Climate Collaborative (C3) is awarding up to $20,000 in energy-efficient upgrades to micro businesses. “Our awardees had been everything from hair salons, restaurants, clothing, retailers, office spaces, and really any small business you can think of,” said Cole Jennings with C3. “Primary goal is to make Climate Solutions accessible and understandable to all members of our community.”
UVA investigating the long-term effects of early childhood education
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Researchers from the University of Virginia are collaborating to investigate early childhood education’s long-term impacts. “What kind of evidence would we see that today’s programs are having an impact on children that lasts beyond their entry to school?” UVA Research Professor Margaret Burchinal asked.
PARTING SHOT: Escaping the Doldrums
While I write this I find myself, as I often do, in the Doldrums. While it may be an old sailing term, I associate the landscape of the Doldrums with its fictional counterpart in the Lands Beyond from Norton Juster’s “The Phantom Tollbooth.” It is a place one slips into when they lack direction and thought. A place where nothing happens and nothing ever changes, so killing time is the only thing to do. A place where boredom is all-consuming, and you can only help escape by literally just thinking.
Leaders Lab of Greater Charlottesville hosts final meeting
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce hosts its final Leaders Lab of Greater Charlottesville meeting for its 2023 through 2024 cohort. The chamber says this is for everyone who wants to be great at collaboration. Local leaders have been meeting once every month for nine months. The...
First-ever hurricane evacuation order database created by UVA
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The University of Virginia’s Environmental Institute has created what it calls the first-ever hurricane evacuation order database in the country. The UVA research team gathered nationwide evacuation orders from 2014 to 2022 to measure the effectiveness of evacuation policies. Researchers say this can help the...
UVA professors weigh condemnation of school president after protester crackdown
EXCLUSIVE — Some faculty members at the University of Virginia are privately and publicly splintering with the school’s president after he asked state police in riot gear to clear pro-Palestinian protesters from an unlawful encampment, deepening the divide between progressive professors and university leaders that has opened up at UVA and many other elite schools. […]
Clemson advances to the ACC Semifinals after a big win over Virginia
In a thrilling showdown at Duke Softball Stadium, No. 21 Clemson emerged victorious with an 8-1 triumph over fourth-seeded Virginia in the ACC Championship. With this commanding win, the Tigers secured their place in the ACC Championship Semifinals for the fourth consecutive year, elevating their season record to 34-16, while the Cavaliers’ record dipped to 32-18. Clemson wasted no time in asserting their dominance, scoring single runs in both the first and second innings. Valerie Cagle’s RBI single in the first inning set the tone, giving the Tigers an early 1-0 lead. They doubled their lead in the second inning when...
UVA protests result in 27 arrests, administration addresses concerns in virtual town-hall
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WSET) — On Tuesday, leaders at the University of Virginia addressed the recent campus protests in a virtual town hall. This comes after law enforcement arrested 27 people at an encampment on Saturday and charged them with trespassing. They said 12 of the people arrested are students...
Survey regarding Ivy Road extended to May 17
CULPEPER, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The Virginia Department of Transportation's public survey seeking comments on a transportation study assessing potential improvements for the Ivy Road corridor has been extended through May 17. The area in question runs from Ednam Drive in Albemarle County at the western end to Alderman Road...
ELJAZZAR: Celebrate U.Va.’s expansion into Northern Virginia
The University recently announced a new campus, set to open in Fairfax County in 2025. The Fairfax campus will offer 8 of the 12 undergraduate and graduate schools offered on Grounds. This initiative advances the Great and Good agenda of University President Jim Ryan, which emphasizes, among other things, the importance of expanding the University’s socioeconomic accessibility. In keeping with this goal, the University has aspired to create a “Grounds away from Grounds” with regional campuses which primarily serve those who are seeking non-traditional experiences in higher education. The University’s expansion into Northern Virginia should be celebrated, as another laudable attempt to expand the accessibility of education initiatives and overcome the University’s inaccessibility.
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