U.Va. student, alumnus named Rhodes scholars
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A University student and alumnus were awarded Rhodes Scholarships Saturday evening, marking the first time in University history that two representatives from the University were awarded the scholarship in the same year.
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By Greg Esposito, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 24--BLACKSBURG -- When Virginia Tech junior Angella De Soto sits in her Community Renewable Energy Systems class she can't help but notice her surroundings.
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When Chauncy Harris Jr. won a Rhodes Scholarship last weekend, it was a first for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
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When Virginia brings its first-place ACC record and six-game winning streak into Comcast Center tonight, the spotlight will be on Sean Singletary and J.R. Reynolds, the dynamic guards who compose the Cavaliers' celebrated back court. But the overshadowed interior matchups could be what determines...
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Hokies safety Aaron RouseÃÂ chose toÃÂ return to the school he loves for his senior year rather thanÃÂ bolt for the security that an NFL salary could provide his family.
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By Lauren Roth, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 13--NORFOLK -- Brick Hill wasn't much of a museum guy. Until a few weeks ago, the 14-year-old freshman would rather dash home to take apart a CB radio or build a boat frame with his dad.
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Fairfax County school officials this fall are carrying BlackBerrys that connect to a database of student information, including parent contacts and medical warnings. Dartmouth students are using wikis, blogs, podcasts and other interactive media tools for their courses. A graduate school at Carnegie...
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For Virginia Tech's corps of freshman wide receivers -- Josh Hyman, Eddie Royal, Josh Morgan and Justin Harper -- the future seems very much in the present.
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West Virginia's Dan Mozes won the Rimington Trophy, given to the nation's best college center.
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By PATTERSON, Colin  JOSHUA BAKER grudgingly admits he is "apparently" good at science.   Last year, the then 17-year-old year 13 student at Newlands College was awarded outstanding scholarships in NCEA chemistry, statistics and calculus and a scholarship in physics.
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When Jessica Page visited Hampton University in March, she considered the trip a formality. She had already made up her mind to attend the school, considered by many a jewel among the nation's historically black institutions. Then she saw the campus.
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Thirty-two American college students, including one from Georgia Tech, have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2005, the scholarship trust announced Sunday.
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A Harvard senior has been named a Marshall Scholar, allowing him to study for the next two years in the United Kingdom at the university of his choice.
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They came throughout the day &#151; some bearing flowers, others wiping away a stray tear. They moved slowly, reverently on the gently curving path in front of Burruss Hall, pausing to look at each of the names engraved on 32 distinctive chunks of "Hokie Stone."
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Florida State's Chris Rix and West Virginia's Rasheed Marshall met at a children's hospital during a recent Gator Bowl function. They talked about getting thrust into the spotlight long ago as freshmen, Rix's California roots and their mutual respect.
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James Taylor, who penned "Carolina in My Mind" while homesick for North Carolina, has been honored by his hometown university.
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Yale's undergraduate student newspaper on Friday chose one alumnus over another in the race for the White House, endorsing John Kerry.