Orange County grew less than 1 percent in the 2011, according to the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. This estimated growth is on par with the surrounding counties of Madison, Louisa and Culpeper, but is far behind the 3.5 percent growth estimated for neighboring Greene County.

... The center is forecast to generate a $50 million financial impact during its first five years of operation and attract an estimated 75,000 annual visitors, according to a study by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

Two University of Virginia engineering students designed a mobile-phone app that this month won a student startup competition at the South By Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. The WalkBack app was designed by Ashutosh Priyadarshy and Duylam Nguyen-Ngo to create a safer community on campus.

... Researchers at Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia are developing a fall-prevention device that can be worn as a piece of jewelry. It measures changes in gait or stability over time. ...

... Five authors and historians shared little-known facts and anecdotes about Central Virginia with a crowd of about 75 people during the one-hour event at City Hall. ... Dr. Morton C. Wilhelm, professor emeritus of surgical oncology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and historian Henry K. Sharp shared another Jefferson anecdote as they described their book, “A History of Cancer Care at the University of Virginia, 1901-2011.” ... Wilhelm traced the history of cancer care in Charlottesville back to 1933, when philanthropist Paul Goodloe McIntire, whose wife had also ...

The second annual Cavaliers Against Cancer Texas Hold \'Em Tournament was held at John Paul Jones Arena Saturday afternoon.  More than 120 poker players from all different skill levels came out to enjoy a few rounds of cards and raise money for the University of Virginia Cancer Center. 

A Charlottesville company that got off the ground thanks to a grant from the University of Virginia is hoping to pass along that good fortune this weekend. ...

The University of Virginia's Center for Politics is hosting high school students from Argentina and Chile for a week-long Chile & Argentina Youth Ambassador Program focused on youth leadership training and civic engagement.

... Matthew Engle, said: "The indictment of James Moses Glass shows that the consequences of a wrongful conviction can go beyond the profound injustice of putting an innocent man in prison." ... Engle, with the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, added: "There are no winners, only victims, when the system fails this badly."

... University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan also had voiced support for naming the building in Prior’s memory. She said Friday that the naming was “wonderful.” “David advanced UVa-Wise in many ways, including the addition of many beautiful new buildings, but he considered the opening of the convocation center just last year a defining moment for the school,” she said. “It’s wonderful that the convocation center, the largest single capital project UVa-Wise has ever undertaken, should be named for the man who was instrumental in its development....

UVa\'s Bruce Boucher launched an international effort to reunite portions of a long-lost masterpiece.

Two representatives from Rolls Royce Crosspointe visited the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center earlier this month to meet with senior staff and see a demonstration in the R&D Center for Advanced Manufacturing & Energy Efficiency. Rolls Royce representatives Brian Warner and Sarah Beadle were joined by Katherine DeRosear, director of Workforce Development for Virginia Manufacturers Association, and Dr. Barry Johnson, senior associate dean of electrical engineering at the University of Virginia, on their visit to the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center Innovation Center.

With the state budget still up in the air, staff members at the University of Virginia and other state-supported institutions are already working up their own budgets. At UVa, that means going ahead “with the realization that changes may be needed when a state budget is finally approved,” according to officials...

... At the University of Virginia Children's Hospital, doctors have started to pool patients to make the most efficient use of what little drugs they have. Because children use smaller doses than adults, more than one child can be treated with each vial of a chemotherapy drug like methotrexate. ... "I know our institution has enough drug for patients now and for probably the next month to couple of months," says Dr. Kimberly Dunsmore, chief of pediatric hematology oncology at University of Virginia Children's Hospital. ...

... A 2011 study by the University of Virginia’s Center for Applied Biomechanics found that seat-belted female drivers in actual crashes had a 47 percent higher chance of serious injuries than belted male drivers in comparable collisions. For moderate injuries, that difference rose to 71 percent.

Oscar L. Miller Jr. Professor emeritus

Elmer L. Gaden Jr. Professor emeritus

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