Students are playing math games on iPod touches and reading electronic books instead of hard copies. Teachers are being recorded on cameras. And principals are attending conferences without leaving their offices.

While many of the students entering law school previously worked as teachers, nurses or paralegals, some had more unusual careers that can help shape their law studies.

Now an updated exhibit opens today at the newly renovated UVa Art Museum

After five months and a $2 million-plus renovation, the University of Virginia Art Museum is ready for visitors again.

In the last fiscal year, which ended June 30, the university raised $248 million

The Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad has been striking an unusual deal to staff its Berkmar Drive station: Work for us, and we’ll let you live in the place (for free).

The financial plight of the University of Virginia dominated Thursday’s meetings of the Board of Visitors and its finance committee.

The turmoil of the global recession lopped $1 billion from the bottom line of the University of Virginia endowment in the fiscal year that ended June 30.

Among Kaine’s measures is a Memorial Day weekend furlough for state employees

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has cut 8 percent of state funds from the University of Virginia, the College of William & Mary, Virginia Tech and the Virginia Military Institute and is proposing a one-day furlough for state employees in an effort to cut $1.35 billion from the state budget.

It became a victim of the school division’s budget cuts

Flu numbers at the University of Virginia are still relatively low, officials said Thursday. But that could change, they cautioned: Many of the colleges and universities with the highest rates of swine flu have been in session longer than UVa.

Piedmont Virginia Community College officials expect to learn next week precisely how deep the state will slash the college’s budget — cuts that may lead to job cuts and tuition increases.

A panel of education experts generally agreed Tuesday that fewer transitions between schools are better for students, but available resources and student relationships also play roles in shaping a positive educational experience.

A local group that helps prepare children for school received a $100,000 grant Tuesday.

The discussion, which is free to the public, will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday

Monticello High School Assistant Principal Melissa McBride Borash has been named as the high school’s associate principal.

David Ruffner, 45, of Palmyra, was charged in nine direct indictments in Albemarle County Circuit Court

Ted Kennedy, who died Tuesday, remained connected to the University of Virginia School of Law throughout his career.

The next president of the University of Virginia ought to be a proponent of diversity, a prodigious fundraiser, a supporter of international education and an advocate for UVa’s professional staff.

The hunt is on for the University of Virginia’s next president.

When doors to the $14 million expansion at Albemarle High School open Tuesday, students will get their first taste of the new Math, Engineering and Science Academy.

For the incoming first-year class at the University of Virginia, Sunday’s Opening Convocation on the Lawn was the first time they were addressed by the university’s president.

UVa has been ranked the No. 2 public school every year since 2005.

Margaret G. Shepherd, founder of Oakland School in Keswick, once told students to kick boxes down a hill. What looked like a silly assignment from afar was Shepherd’s way of helping students release stress.

Mixed results for Charlottesville division

Staples is holding its annual Teacher Appreciation Day for area educators this weekend, giving earlybirds free school supplies before they set up their classrooms for the year.

A member of the Charlottesville School Board is proposing that a framed picture of President Barack Obama be placed in all of the city’s public schools, as well as the division’s central office.

“All too often those who start behind, stay behind,” said Miriam Rushfinn.

Ladi Smith had just stopped by her father’s house on the way to work. Smith picked up the mail and let the dogs out, as she does every morning.