Accountability
The University is a public institution spending public money. We read the budgets, file the records requests, and publish what comes back.
The End of Science! Lives Will Be Lost!
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Don’t question university overhead costs or thousands will die! That is essentially the message of Virginia’s big three research universities — Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, and Virginia Commonwealth University — in response to a National Institutes of Health initiative capping reimbursable overhead costs to 15% of the research grants it dispenses. And I’m not exaggerating about the “thousands will die” part.</p>
The Provost Search Is On
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Now comes the battle to replace the University of VIrginia’s provost Ian Baucom. The University has assembled a fourteen-person group to launch a national search, according to an announcement in the UVA house organ <em>UVA Today.</em></p>
A Tired Ryan Contemplates a Difficult Future
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The last few months have been the most trying time in Ryan’s six-and-a-half-year tenure. After enjoying tremendous initial success in implementing his priorities at UVA, he is now mired in endless controversies which threaten to unravel his legacy.</p>