NOVEMBER 1999
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• With top Internet alumni returning for a two-day e-summit (above), Charlottesville momentarily replaces the Silicon Valley as capital of the information age. What is in the water in Charlottesville?
• William H. Goodwin Jr., president of CCA Industries of Richmond, and his wife, Alice T. Goodwin, pledge an unprecedented $13.3 million gift to the Darden School. The Goodwins' total financial support to the Darden School exceeds $25 million.
• The School of Nursing proved an excellent springboard for Rebecca Rimel, who returns to Charlottesville as president and CEO of the Pew Charitable Trusts to receive the Women's Center Distinguished Alumna Award.
• The Templeton Guide: Colleges that Encourage Character Development cites University president John T. Casteen III for his commitment to the intellectual and moral development of students.
DECEMBER 1999
• A full year ahead of schedule, the Campaign for the University of Virginia reaches its $1 billion goal, with nearly 141,000 donors taking part.
• A gift of $800,000 from the Theresa A. Thomas Memorial Foundation pushes the Nursing School over its latest capital campaign target of $10.2 million.
• Eight faculty members, Robert D. Abbot, Daniel Bluestone, Robert Bruner, Robin Dripps, Reuben Rainey, Daphne Spain, Heather Warren, and Dr. Brian Wispelwey, receive Harrison Fund awards honoring excellence in teaching.
The library marks the end of the millennium by mounting an exhibit -- Red, White, Blue, and Brimstone -- highlighting the American fascination with the apocalypse
JANUARY 2000
• U.Va. faculty members Rita Dove and Julian Bond address crowds gathered at the Lincoln Memorial as part of the nation's New Year's Eve Celebration 2000.
• The Medical Center is named one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the nation for the second year in a row–and one of only fifteen major teaching hospitals among the highly rated group.
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• New York University law professor Derrick Bell highlights Martin Luther King Jr.'s more radical side at U.Va.'s annual celebration of the civil rights leader's birthday.
• The School of Engineering and Applied Science meets its campaign goal of $50 million a year ahead of schedule.
• University president John T. Casteen III receives the first Distinguished Leadership Award given by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools for "visionary leadership."
• The many moods of the American presidency are on display at the Miller Center, which hosts a retrospective of Time magazine photographs of presidents from Roosevelt to Clinton. James A. Baker III opens the exhibit with a public forum.
FEBRUARY 2000
• The University's Division of Continuing Education receives recognition of its new Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree program with a new name: the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
• The Bayly Museum spotlights African-American Heritage Month with an exhibit of graphic work by contemporary African-American women.
• Twenty-six outstanding undergraduates receive grants of up to $4,000 as part of the first-ever Harrison Research Awards.
• The Commerce School hosts the 19th International Case Competition, bringing five teams from Canada, Denmark, Australia, Mexico, and the United States to the University Grounds.
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• William E. Kirwan and Angela E. Oh join University faculty and administrators in Charting Diversity, a conference and yearlong self-study designed to examine our understanding of diversity.
MARCH 2000
• Ethel Kennedy attends the dedication of a bust honoring Robert F. Kennedy. She is joined by law school dean Robert E. Scott.
Gov. James Gilmore names (l to r) Gordon F. Rainey Jr., Rep. Thomas J. Bliley Jr., and Charles L. Glazer to the Board of Visitors
• With a $1.35 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, U.Va. researchers hope to isolate a gene that could control prostate cancer development.
• Twelve nursing students take spring break in El Salvador assisting a Red Cross clinic as part of Nursing Students Without Borders, a new student-run organization.
• Dr. Richard Edlich (below with President Clinton) is honored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for his work to improve access for people with disabilities.
APRIL 2000
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• A tree is planted in honor of Mrs. Marian Lee Stuart Cochran (shown with President Casteen).
• U.S. News & World Report ranks four University schools in the top twenty: law (8th), commerce (8th), Darden (11th), and Curry (19th).
• Cybercafe opens at Alderman Library, enabling students to enjoy a cup of java while surfing the Web.
• U.Va. soars in the Yahoo! Internet Life magazine rankings of wired universities, moving from thirty-fourth last year to eighth this year.
• William Styron, one of America's foremost novelists, reads from his novels at the University Bookstore as part of a joint project of the Library of Virginia, the Library of Virginia Foundation, and the Virginia Center for the Book intended to foster a renewed interest in reading across the Commonwealth.
• U.Va. researchers receive nearly $1 million to study the link between diabetes and heart disease.
• Former NBA star Magic Johnson speaks to students at UHall about setting and achieving goals.
MAY 2000
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• The University finalizes plans for a third residential college to focus on international studies. In February, the board approved the $7 million project to house Russian, German, and Asian language houses.
• In his annual State of the University Address, President Casteen outlines a new arts precinct plan that includes a 1,500 seat concert hall, a studio art building, and a new larger building for the Bayly Art Museum.
• After twenty-five years in the registrar's office, University Registrar Ann Antrobus retires. In July, Carol Stanley arrives from Drexel University as the new registrar.
JULY 2000
• The Board of Visitors approves a $1.26 billion operating budget for 2000-01. Due to the stellar performance of the University endowment portfolio in fiscal year 1999-00, the Board of Visitors increases the distribution of this year's income by 30 percent, giving school deans an additional $13.6 million to devote to academic programs.
• Art finds a place in the landscape at the University and in surrounding counties as part of the Bayly Art Museum's special exhibition, "Hindsight/Fore-site: Art for the New Millennium."
• A $3.5 million bequest from Florence Farrow supports cancer research and the Health Sciences Library collection. This gift is the largest ever for medical research from an individual.
• The National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the W. Alton Jones Foundation give the Miller Center $200,000 in grants to transcribe and publish all the secret White House tapes made from the Roosevelt to the Nixon administrations.
AUGUST 2000
• Overall, the University ranks twentieth among all national institutions, public and private. The magazine also puts U.Va. first among publics in the Best Value category. The University of Virginia's College at Wise is named the number two public college in the South for the second consecutive year.
• The NIH awards U.Va. researchers $5 million to study Crohn's disease.
• An award of $1.9 million from an anonymous donor fuels innovation at the Curry School's Center for Technology and Teacher Education and carries the school past its $14.3 million Capital Campaign goal.
• The University donates surplus computers to local public schools and nonprofits, thanks to a new state law that enables state agencies to donate a percentage of their used property.
• The University Library makes 1,200 texts–including the Bible, works by Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Jefferson, and Twain–available online to the general public as free downloads.
• Nearly 3,000 first-year students move into residence halls and enter life as the Class of 2004. Twenty-nine percent of the new undergraduates were in the top 1 percent of their class.
• The University launches a program to distribute free personal computers to entering students with special academic and financial needs.
• U.Va. Library's Geostat Center posts historic maps of Charlottesville online, showing the city as it looked in 1920.
SEPTEMBER 2000
• The Cavaliers open their 111th season against Brigham Young in the dedication game at the newly expanded Carl Smith Center, home of David A. Harrison Field at Scott Stadium. Some 61,000 fans fill the stands, the largest crowd ever to assemble for a college game in Virginia.
• The University of Virginia School of Medicine receives $20 million for prostate cancer research from the estate of the late Paul Mellon. This is the largest gift in the medical school's history and the fourth largest for the University.
• The Faculty Senate's annual retreat addresses enhancing the University's excellence through diversity.
OCTOBER 2000
• Moody's Investors Service, one of the world's leading credit rating companies, upgrades the University's rating to "a gilt edged" Aaa, making U.Va. one of only three public universities in the nation so ranked.
• Cornel West, Harvard professor and author of Race Matters, speaks to a standing-room only group on race relations in America at Old Cabell Hall.
• A study by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shows that U.Va. tops the list of graduation rates of state colleges and universities, with a 91.3 percent graduation rate within six years.
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• Halsey M. Minor (Col ‘87), founder and chairman of CNET Inc., gives the University $25 million to integrate digital technology with the humanities and social sciences in arts and sciences. This is the largest gift arts and sciences has received.
• The University joins local constituencies to open the Connected Community Technology Center, providing technology outreach and training programs for area residents.