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Dr. John Armstrong Graduate of the U.Va. School of Medicine, newly named Florida's Secretary of Health New Department of Health secretary now on board Florida Current / April 27 Lizzie Mullen Graduate who gave up a business career to go into nursing How young nurses are invigorating the profession Atlanta Journal-Constitution / April 30 William A. Ulmer Received a doctorate in English; received the 2012 Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Alabama's Distinguished Literary Scholar 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author attends award ceremony to honor Fannie Flagg, winner of 2012 Harper Lee Award Gulf Coa...

Susie Bruce Director of U.Va.'s Gordie Center for Alcohol and Substance Education UVa Today: Foxfield Precautions Charlottesville Newsplex / April 27 David Coleman Visiting professor of Cold War history Air Force accidentally dropped nuclear bomb on S. Carolina, 1958 Digital Journal /April 27 Brandon Garrett Law professor and director of U.Va.'s Innocence Project Clinic After trend of wrongful convictions nationwide, Topeka police change witness identification methods Lawrence (Kansas) Journal World / April 27 Jonathan Haidt Psychology professor Political animals: How psychology and biolog...

Much has changed in technology over the past 300 years, but Teresa Sullivan thinks Alexander Pope had it right back in 1711 when he wrote: "Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." (Subscription required)

James Ceaser Politics professor Commentary: An American Dream First Things blog / April 29, 2012 Michael J. Schill Associate professor of business administration at U.Va.'s Darden School of Business Case in Point: How lousy growth can make for a great stock Washington Post / April 29, 2012

A national political scuffle, playing out in Washington as this fall's presidential election gathers steam, also made it to Charlottesville on Friday, when two college students held a modest press conference at the University of Virginia about interest rates for federally subsidized student loans.

A group of University of Virginia students served up the second-annual One Love Tennis Tournament on grounds Sunday afternoon. Members of the women's lacrosse team began the tournament last year in honor of their slain teammate, Yeardley Love. Money raised at the tennis tournament benefits the One Love Foundation, which was created in Love's memory to promote healthy development and good character in children.

Student-athletes at the University of Virginia joined forces Sunday afternoon to host the annual Shoot Out for Cancer event. The Student-Athlete Mentors group puts on the carnival fundraiser every year. The Shoot Out features games and moonbounces and also gives kids a chance to get to know some of the U.Va. students they see on the field and court. All proceeds from the Shoot Out for Cancer benefit the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center.

 Cites a 2011 study by U.Va. psychology professors Brian A. Nosek and Jonathan Haidt and a University of Southern California colleague, “The Moral Stereotypes of Liberals and Conservatives: Exaggeration of Differences across the Political Divide."

The other week, Richmond was the scene of truly historic event, telling in what was being celebrated and in what we've lost. The Sorenson Institute, affiliated with the University of Virginia, hosted a gathering of all nine of Virginia's living governors, from Bob McDonnell back to Linwood Holton. Each spoke on a topic of his own choosing, focusing on some aspect of his time leading the commonwealth.

Charlottesville-area nonprofits will get $50,000 in grants from a new philanthropy class at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, as students learn the ins and outs of giving away money. The grants will be announced at a Tuesday luncheon. An anonymous foundation donated the money so that students could give it away again to community groups.

A new study, conducted by Thomas S. Dee, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Virginia, found student test scores improved in California\'s lowest-achieving campuses that implemented aggressive reform measures, suggesting the federal School Improvement Grant program is showing early promise in the Golden State.

"This Week's" panel of economic experts debated the status of the economy and the opportunities and barriers that lie ahead on the path to recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression. Sunday's broadcast, in partnership with the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, tackled the critical topic, "America's Economic Recovery: Is It Built to Last?"

For college students, summer doesn't always mean no more pencils, no more books. Sometimes, it means getting that nasty science requirement out of the way, or taking some other summer course. And for some, that means getting a course at quite a discount. Summer education is available at both Piedmont Virginia Community College and the University of Virginia.

Hannah Shatzen and Kate Kamber A fourth-year student and her roommate, respectively What We Have Here: A Failure To Communicate National Public Radio / April 26

Mark Crowell Executive director and associate vice president for innovation partnerships and commercialization Chamber Power Lunch focuses on local, state, U.S. economies' future Charlottesville Daily Progress / April 26 Jonathan Haidt Psychology professor Commentary: Chris Tucker: Values In Politics KERA Public Radio (North Texas) / April 27 and Commentary: Media botches Trayvon Martin coverage Arkansas Times / April 25 Chris Holstege U.Va. toxicologist and director of the Blue Ridge Poison Center Internet High: Online Drug Sales a Dangerous, Growing Trend Charlottesville Newsplex / Apri...

The City of Charlottesville is teaming up with the University of Virginia for a three-month campaign to raise awareness about colon cancer. UVa. professors were also on hand to discuss the importance of getting screened for colon cancer, eating a healthy diet and how exercise can help prevent the disease.

Staff members from the University of Virginia Medical Center loaded 400 boxes full of medical supplies to be sent to Winneba, Ghana. The supplies will be used by the hospitals, in need of things like syringes, drapes, and insertion kits. The supplies sent to Ghana will also help the environment in our area.

The Heatherwood Retirement Community in Northern Virginia looks like many other assisted living centers, but inside something surprising is going on. Administrator Susan Green says some of the 112 apartments are fitted with wireless sensors connected to a central computer to create what's called the Well Aware system. "The computer is looking for patterns. When Well Aware comes in, they set up the passive monitors, and they get what's called a baseline – for two weeks, they're just gathering data. We know that seniors kind of stay in the same routine, so if there's any deviation, it actually s...

New research indicates that the Southern Hemisphere is set to become dustier, as the South-African Kalahari Desert starts to erode. Ultimately, this additional airborne sand may breathe new life into ocean ecosystems. (The research comes from Paolo D'Odorico, Ernest H Ern Professor in Environmental Sciences.)