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Graduate students lobby elected officials to oppose Congressional tax bill
A group of about 50 University graduate students, as well as members of the faculty and administration, met on Wednesday in Newcomb Hall in an effort to press elected officials to oppose a national tax reform bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives Nov. 16. The effort comes as the Senate is slated to vote on its own tax plan in the next coming days. At the heart of is a provision in the House bill that would tax tuition waivers.
Student Council organizes Disability Awareness Week
Student Council’s Diversity Engagement Committee launched Disability Awareness Week Monday with a meeting of the Chronically Ill and Disabled Cavaliers, a student-run organization to create fellowship for disabled and chronically ill individuals. Followed by a panel on intersectional disability identities, this week’s events aim to promote dialogue about issues faced by students with disabilities and reduce the stigma surrounding disabilities.
Group forms to recall all members of Charlottesville City Council
RISE Charlottesville held its first news conference Oct. 26, announcing an effort to distribute petitions to recall all five members of the Charlottesville City Council. The group’s founders claim that the Council has been overtaken by “groupthink” and members are neglecting their duties by focusing on social issues. The group is launching recall petitions for all five members of the Council — Mayor Mike Signer, Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy, Kristin Szakos, Kathy Galvin and Bob Fenwick.
Sleep-in held in Pavilion Garden IX illuminates U.Va.’s slave history
The University is partnering with the Slave Dwelling Project in a four-day symposium to spark dialogue about the history and legacy of slavery at the University and other public institutions. The Slave Dwelling Project held a discussion Wednesday night on race and slavery at the University followed by an overnight stay in Pavillion Garden IX located behind McGuffey Cottage, an outbuilding of the Academical Village formerly used as a slave living and work space.
Engaging Differences courses address issues of race, religion and poverty
This semester marks the piloting of by a cohort of the Class of 2021. Approximately 600 first-year students are enrolled in the New College Curriculum, which includes courses on Engaging Differences. Assoc. History Prof. Tico Braun teaches one of these courses titled “The Individual and Society,” which examines historical and contemporary issues and how they relate to and are shaped by both individuals and society.
Additive Manufacturing Is Ready For Prime Time
Although additive manufacturing (AM) accounts for only 0.03 per cent of the global production market – which is worth more than more than $13 trillion -- it has moved on from the experimentation phase and is now evolving into a booming business. In 2016 worldwide sales will increase by around 30 per cent to more than U.S.$9.34 billion. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the international management consultancy Bain & Co. 1 But this is just the start.
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