The third private citizen to fly in space, American millionaire Gregory Olsen (1971 Ph.D. in materials science engineering), says he's excited about the future of space travel — especially if it means he might have another chance to fly.
My daughter is finishing sixth grade at a school that teaches world religions to middle schoolers. This year, they studied Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam. Christianity (Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant) comes next year. The program is wonderful, designed by a passionate young teacher who is working on her Ph.D. in religious studies at the University of Virginia. ...
Ed Murphy
A professor of astronomy
Charlottesville Right Now: 6-10-10 Ed Murphy
WINA’s "Charlottesville–Right Now!" / June 10
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Voter Concerns Over Federal Spending Propels Conservative Candidates, Analysts Say
FOX News / June 10
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News You Should Know: Commentary: Election will bring historic number of new governors
Washington Post blog / June 10
Isaac Wood
A political analyst for the Center for Politics
Virginia Republicans reassess after Pat Herrity's 11th District primary loss
Washington Post...
... In this week's UVa. Today segment, Amato Evan, an assistant professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia, discusses with CBS19's Tiffani Sargent how scientists are looking for a link between volcanic activity and hurricane frequency.
U.S. scientists say they have discovered a specific protein is key to insulin secretion and can cause the onset of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. ... The study that included Jeff Sturek of the University of Virginia (a Pharmacology Ph.D. student in U.Va.'s Medical Scientist Training Program) appears in the early online edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
As part of the National Endowment for the Humanities' (NEH) recent $20 million grant cycle, a few projects in Charlottesville stand to receive as much as a combined $1 million in funding. Four UVA projects—including an electronic archive of a 14th century poem, a seven-volume collection of the papers of George Washington and a two-year summer workshop series in digital scholarship—will receive funding, alongside a $193,693 grant to the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has invoked the Patriot Act-inspired Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act to demand that the University of Virginia turn over years of private correspondence between former professor Michael Mann and other climate researchers. ...Facing a precendent-setting first-ever use of FATA against an institution of higher education, the university is fighting back. Virginia ACLU Executive Director Kent Willis explains...
... Based on the small number of scores being submitted, it’s not a surprise that very few GRE applicants are gaining admittance at these programs. At the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, for instance, where less than two percent of applicants submitted GRE scores, only two or three were admitted, according to Sara Neher, director of admissions at Darden.
... On Thursday night, UVa exchange students played cricket on the Lawn in front of the Rotunda. ...Twenty South Asian students are visiting the University of Virginia for the summer. The students are gaining a better understanding of a foreign culture, and the professors say, they are doing the same.
... Of the seven schools that participated in the Kindle pilot, two were business schools, Foster and the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business (Darden Full-Time MBA Profile). Darden worked closely with Amazon to convert many of the case studies it uses in first-year classes to the Kindle format and selected 62 students and 10 faculty for the pilot, says Michael Koenig, Darden's director of MBA operations. While students liked some of the Kindle's features, such as the big screen and the capacity of the digital library to store hundreds of case studies, most students were unhappy ...
Jeff Holt, an associate professor of neuroscience, opines about soccer and the power of the human brain.
There are a few extra cranes and hard hats around grounds at University of Virginia this summer. Sixteen projects across grounds and at least $175 million dollars to pay for them.
Titans of business, public life and the arts may soon be teaching at the University of Virginia. The Educational Policy Committee of UVa’s Board of Visitors on Thursday unanimously backed the establishment of a new non-tenure-accruing faculty rank for "eminently qualified leaders who have made major impacts on fields and disciplines important to [UVa’s] academic programs."
Kyle Martino
Former Cavalier soccer star who will be calling World Cup soccer games for ESPN Radio
Westport's Martino gives voice to World Cup coverage
The Hour (Norwalk, Conn.) / June 9
Karsten Nohl
Doctoral student in computer science
Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed
Gawker / June 10
Martha Derthink
Retired politics professor
NEA Eyes Congress as High Court Refuses NCLB Case
Education Week / June 9
Larry J. Sabato
Politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
Criticizing President Obama over the oil spill: Can we tolerate a president who refuses to make us feel better?
TampaBay.com / June 10
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Hours after their victories, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina are thrust into national spotlight
San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News / June 10
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Will Oregon voters opt for Kitzhaber a third time?
Stateline.org / June 10
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Tea party voters spoke with many voices in pr...
University of Virginia sports certainly excelled under his directorship, but the most significant tribute to Jim Copeland regards not his professional accomplishments but rather his personal honor. The former athletics director for UVa died last week of cancer at age 65.
The University of Virginia Mammography Coach, a mobile mammogram unit, will provide mammograms at the Orange County High School Field House from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. the day of the health fair. Special funding is available for women without health insurance to make this important screening test available to everyone.
The University of Connecticut has been elected to membership in Universitas 21, an international network of leading research-intensive universities in 13 countries. UConn is only the second U.S. university invited into the network, which comprises some of the world’s major institutions of higher education, including the University of Virginia … among others.
U.Va. had a total of nine current players selected in the Major League Baseball draft, which ended Wednesday.