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College entrepreneurs also have their own bracket-busting contest. ... In fourth place: University of Virginia startup TeeGee could be the next Furby. At least that’s what President Tom Giedgowd thinks. He developed the toy, which “grows” with your child, thanks to iPhone technology, to entertain his child, who has a habit of getting tired of toys.

Kyle Kondik Political analyst at the Center for Politics Experts Say Gingrich Unlikely to Drop Out Now Chicago Tribune / March 15 and Why Romney Is Winning Even When He's Losing U.S. News & World Report / March 15 Douglas Laycock Law professor Court sides with St. Stanislaus in dispute with archdiocese St. Louis Post-Dispatch / March 16 Jeffrey O'Connell Law professor Legislation touted as cure for malpractice suits Union Leader (N.H.) / March 16 Sophia Rosenfeld History professor 2012 Lukas Prize Project Awards Announced Newsroom America / March 15 Larry Sabato Politics professor and di...

The Large Binocular Telescope is an international collaboration. Partners include: The University of Arizona, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy, the Max Planck Society, the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, and Heidelberg University, The Ohio State University, The University of Notre Dame, University of Minnesota and University of Virginia.

In May 2010, doctors at the University of Virginia Medical Center put Kosen on new medication to limit growth hormone production. Perhaps more importantly, they were also able to perform gamma-knife radiosurgery on his hard-to-reach tumor.

... Fellows will spend at least nine months starting their projects at UVa facilities, then spend up to 15 months at ATCC laboratories finishing their projects. Postdoctoral researchers will work on such projects as screening tools, probes and cell lines, said W. Mark Crowell, executive director of UVa Innovation and associate vice president for research at UVa.

One report, "Well Within Reach: America's New Transportation Agenda," was prepared by a group of the nation's top transportation policy experts chaired by former U.S. Secretaries of Transportation, Samuel Skinner and Norman Mineta. The group was assembled by the Miller Center at the University of Virginia to develop solutions for the funding and planning challenges that confront the nation’s transportation system.

On February 18, 2012, Don Leake was told by University of Virginia Medical Center that doctors were ready to perform heart transplant surgery.

The magazine's recommendations include U.Va.'s Michael Suarez, Rare Book School director, and alumni Kimberly Dozier, Chad Harbach, Eleanor Henderson and Sandra Beasley.

UVA was among the state’s top performers, with 84.5 percent of its students graduating in four years and 92.7 percent of students graduating within six years. The state’s flagship university also had one of the higher spending per completion rates of $110,828 per student.

When any of the University of Virginia’s departments face an unexpected vacancy or need extra support for a special project, Super Temps are ready to come to the rescue.

The University of Virginia and a nonprofit scientific resource group have joined to fund postdoctoral research in genomics, cell biology and microbiology. The Charlottesville university and Manassas-based ATCC say the agreement launched Thursday will help both institutions offer opportunities for researchers to develop bioscience technology and tools after receiving their doctoral degrees.

Hoping to encourage more interdepartment work without creating a flurry of new centers, Virginia is launching OpenGrounds. The network provides resources for both short- and long-term academic partnerships while giving Virginia the versatility to focus on the best research.

The Huffington Post asked the Princeton Review to shares its list of the 16 colleges in its flagship book, "The Best 376 Colleges" (published August 2011) that earned a 99 -– the highest possible score -- on the Company's unique "Admissions Selectivity Rating." U.Va. made the list.

Stefan Hirniak Alumnus His early success eventually earned him a scholarship to the University of Virginia, where, under heard coach Mark Bernardino’s tutelage, Hirniak learned a philosophy of physical domination.

Eryn Brennan Alumna Brennan's 223: County planner turns historic image-finder The Hook / March 14 Austin Smith Alumnus Austin Smith awarded creative writing fellowship at Stanford Journal-Standard (Ill.) / March 14 Debbie L. Sydow Alumna, U.Va.'s College at Wise New Richard Bland College president named Richmond Times-Dispatch / March 15

Steven W. Evans Evans worked in the telecommunications department at the University of Virginia, as a systems administrator.

Daniel McDowell Bankard Fund for Political Economy Predoctoral Fellow and doctoral candidate in international relations China is poised to take another significant step in promoting the yuan’s use in global trade settlement by extending yuan-denominated loans to the other BRICS nations: Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa.

Jonathan Haidt Professor of psychology Subtle schism Economic Times (India) / March 15 and blogcritics / March 14 The Truth About Liberal Bias in Academia Kyle Kondik Political analyst, Center for Politics Experts Say Gingrich Unlikely to Drop Out Now U.S. News & World Report / March 14 Craig Littlepage Athletics director Littlepage, at senior center, bemoans distractions of college athletics Charlottesville Daily Progress / March 14 Barbara Perry Scholar of the American presidency at the Miller Center Bloomberg News/ March 14 U.S. Health-Care Ruling Seen Politicized and Obama tested by eve...

In a landmark study published last year, sociologists Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa used the test to measure collegiate learning in the nation. Using data drawn from a sampling of colleges, they shook the academic world with a finding that 36 percent of students made no significant learning gains from freshman to senior year.

A new study shows ice cream could have the same effect on some folks as cocaine. Dr. Erik Gunderson of the University of Virginia Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences explained, "They\'re trying to hone in on parts of the brain that are associated with reward. This is the same reward that\'s involved with different drugs of abuse."