Former U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker told a packed audience in Charlottesville on Friday that there are key lessons to be learned from a long war: knowing when to get in and when to get out and the ramifications of each. “For most Americans the War on Terror started on 9/11 when the act of terrorism reached our shores,” Crocker said at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs. “But for me personally, it started many years earlier.”
The Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia formally celebrated its new building Saturday night. "Tonight, we celebrate the fact that we're able to have this place," said Jimmy Wright, president of the foundation. ...
Using alcohol-based hand sanitizer doesn’t significantly decrease how often someone is infected with a cold or flu, a University of Virginia study has found. The results came as a surprise to research team leader Dr. Ronald Turner, whose study was sponsored by the Dial Corp. “We all thought if you used hand disinfectants, it would have an impact,” Turner said.
In the Make-A-New-Plan-Stan Dept., state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's effort to subpoena a ton or two of documents involving former U.Va. climate professor Michael Mann suffered a setback the other day. An Albemarle County judge rebuffed the lawsuit against the school because it contained no evidence that Mr. Mann, a leading global-warming theorist, did anything crooked. Even so, a chipper e-mail from Mr. Cuccinelli's office pronounced the hard-charging A.G. "Pleased With Aspects of UVa Ruling."
Antoinette Bacon
An assistant U.S. attorney who graduated from U.Va. Law School
Veteran federal prosecutor Ann Rowland is the captain of the team handling the corruption probe
Cleveland.com / Sept. 9
Jared Felker
Who graduated in 2000
Seacoast Swimming Association names new coach
Foster's Daily Democrat / Sept. 10
Dr. Calvin H. Thigpen
Recipient of medical and law degrees from U.Va.
HHFI hosts final Lunch & Lecture program in series
Progress Index / Sept. 1
Toshihiko Mukoyama
An assistant professor in the Department of Economics
From Zombie Banks to Zombie Mortgages?
Wall Street Journal / Sept. 9
Larry Sabato
Director of the Center for Politics
Senate Republican establishment not exactly looking forward to Tea Party majority?
Hot Air (blog) / Sept. 9
Dr. William Gerald Teague
A professor in the Department of Pediatrics
Research and insights on severe asthma in children
PhysOrg.com / Sept. 9
Dr. Ronald Turner
A professor in the Department of Pediatrics and an expert on colds
Hand Sanitizers Not as Helpful as First Thought
WHSV / Sep...
James W. Ceaser
A visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of politics at the University of Virginia
Help solve the global water crisis by leaving your laptop alone for a few hours and letting it join the millions of other computers on the Worldwide Community Grid. … Scientists from the University of Virginia will use the Worldwide Community Grid to gain a better understanding of the effects of agricultural, commercial and industrial actions on Chesapeake Bay on the East Coast of the USA, and in Brazil scientists are using the grid to seek a cure to waterborne disease schistosomiasis.
Senator Mark Warner took part in an education town hall meeting Thursday morning with education graduate students at the University of Virginia. Warner referenced state cuts in education funding, telling a group of aspiring teachers that "we need to do more with less."
A team of researchers led by University of Virginia cold expert Ronald Turner, MD, found in a nationwide study that alcohol-based hand disinfectants fail to significantly reduce the frequency of infection from either the rhinovirus or the influenza virus. Turner is presenting the results of the study at the 50th Inter-science Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Boston.
The University of Virginia Foundation has been given the greenlight to expand its research park on Fontaine Avenue. The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a rezoning for the park at its meeting Wednesday night.
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Alexandria, is backing President Barack Obama’s proposal to allow tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans to expire — but only if new tax breaks for businesses are also implemented. “I think that for the 98 percent of Americans, the tax cuts should be made permanent,” Warner said Thursday at the University of Virginia. “The deal ought to be made on the top 2 percent that we ought to let those expire if we couple those with additional business tax breaks.
Eric Anderson
Graduated magna cum laude with degrees in aerospace engineering and computer science
Simonyi hires space pal to run Intentional Software
Seattle Times (blog) / Sept. 8
Brian Carroll
Who was an All-American midfield player on the lacrosse team
Stealth add four players through 2010 NLL entry draft
HeraldNet / Sept. 9
Wayne Miller
A poet who earned his M.F.A. at the University of Virginia
Visiting writers series to feature poet Wayne Miller
The Holland Sentinel / Sept 8
Lindsey Miller
A fourth-year student starting for the Cavaliers women’s soccer team
Steven T. DeKosky
Dean of the medical school.
Local billionaire Kluge, one of America's richest men, dies at 95
Charlottesville Daily Progress / Sept. 8
Judy DeLoache
Psychologist and study director
Baby Einstein Videos 'Like Crack for Babies' But Kids Don't Learn From Them
ParentDish (blog) / Sept. 8
A.E. Dick Howard
Internationally-renowned constitutional and Supreme Court scholar
Constitution Day Lecturer to Talk about the Changing Faces of the Supreme Court
Rockbridge Weekly / Sept. 8
Sidney Milkis
White Burkett Miller professor of Government and Foreign Af...
A bid by a US state's attorney general to investigate whether climate scientist Michael Mann submitted fraudulent grant applications has been dealt a severe blow after a judge turned down his demand to see the relevant documents. In April, the University of Virginia, where Professor Mann worked between 1999 and 2005, was issued with several "civil investigative demands" by Virginia's attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, requiring it to release documents relating to five grants obtained by Professor Mann, as well as a host of correspondence.
ARMONK, USA: Asserting its commitment to the water issues, IBM recently announced several computing projects aimed at developing techniques to produce cleaner and safer water. … The University of Virginia Watershed Sustainability Project will use World Community Grid to power its "UVa Bay Game/Analytics" project, which models the effects of agricultural, commercial and industrial decisions on the Chesapeake Bay. This waterway is a vital estuary on the East Coast of the United States stretching 64,000 square miles with 11,600 miles of tidal shoreline, and home to nearly 17 mil...
A University of Virginia astronomy club created a book to get kids interested in the sciences. It's called "Snapshots of the Universe" and the goal is to make the book available to every third grader in Virginia for free. It's a colorful book written for elementary school students to teach them about astronomy.