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The University of Virginia chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta plans to hold its first annual 5k run in memory of Yeardley Love.

The University of Virginia Emily Couric Cancer Center is celebrating its anniversary but the doctors, nurses, researchers and others there are not looking back.  Just a year after opening, There are already talks of expansion.

In a soon-to-be published guide to honors colleges, the University of Virginia Echols Scholars Program came in second only to the University of Michigan for “overall excellence” among honors programs housed within 50 highly-regarded public universities.

The University of Virginia has named Robin Felder the 2012 Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year. The award recognizes an individual or group whose research is making a major impact.

A new, minimally invasive treatment is offering older patients with diseased heart valves an option when traditional open-heart surgery is too risky for them. At the University of Virginia, doctors have performed the procedure on about 70 patients as part of clinical trials and since the device was FDA-approved and became commercially available.

David Adams A second-baseman who was taken by the Yankees in the third round of the 2008 draft Adams Hopes to Stay Healthy, Return to Form in 2012 New York Baseball Digest / April 4 Scott Blackwell Who holds a degree from the University of Virginia Health Diagnostic Laboratory names vice president of corporate culture Virginia Business Magazine / April 3 David Blauch Who received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering LRTA board elects officers Bluffton Today / April 4 Jim Ferland Who received a master's in business administration from the Darden School of Business B&W ...

Gerald Baliles Director of the Miller Center Former Gov. Baliles Chosen as WM Distinguished Fellow Williamsburg Yorktown Daily / April 4   Marie Billaud A research associate in the Cardiovascular Research Center High fat diet damages arteries very quickly India.Com Health / April 4 Julian Bond A history professor Wealth, Weddings, Poverty and Philanthropy -- A Weekend Rolling in American Philanthropy Huffington Post (blog) / April 3 Waldo Jaquith Knight Foundation fellow working with the Miller Center Social media turning political Fredericksburg.com (blog) / April 3 Kyle Kondik Commu...

BCG Attorney Search has released the 2012 BCG Attorney Search Guide to America’s Top 50 Law Schools. The Guide is a comprehensive overview of America’s top 50 law schools as identified by the 2013 U.S. News & World Report. … The University of California—Berkeley School of Law and the University of Virginia School of Law both moved up two spots to tie with the University of Pennsylvania Law School for the 7th spot.

A group from the University of Virginia School of Nursing was in Grand Bahama to assist in a diabetic education program. Heading the group was Dr. Ishan Williams who said that this program started in 2010, when they first came and worked with their counterparts here and did a descriptive study looking at how adults with Type 2 diabetes manage their diabetes.

The University of Virginia makes finding a job as easy as point and click.  Tuesday the university launched its first-ever virtual career fair.

Katharine T. Cobb A law school graduate Katharine T. Cobb will join Baruch College as Vice President for Administration and Finance, effective May 29th. Message from the President Baruch College/City University of New York / March 23 Maurice Jones A 1992 Law School graduate Senate confirms Virginian-Pilot publisher for HUD post The Virginian-Pilot / March 30 David Baldacci A law school graduate turned novelist Who are today’s superstar novelists? McPherson Sentinel / April 2 John Morton A 1994 law school graduate United States border chief on why his Caledonian roots are so important...

Roy Oakley A third-year anthropology and economics student

Barry Cushman A professor of law Cushman on Carolene Products Legal History Blog / March 31 Kevin Jerome Everson A professor in the Department of Art Africa First 2012 Profile: Chatting w/ Ghanaian-American Experimental Filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu Indie Wire (blog) / April 2   Brandon Garrett A professor specializing in federal criminal law and author of "Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong" You Can Get Strip Searched for an Unpaid Parking Ticket: Thanks U.S. Supreme Court Village Voice (blog) / April 2 and Books in the Law DCbar.com / April 1 Risa G...

After a successful CONCACAF qualifying campaign in Panama in March, the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team now begins its run to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan with a training camp from April 9-15 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. … University of Virginia defender Olivia Brannon (Virginia; Troy, Mich.) and midfielder Morgan Brian (Virginia; St. Simons Island, Ga.) both made the roster for the camp.

It is estimated even after PPACA is fully implemented at least 23 million persons will remain uninsured. Many of the persons who do receive coverage will enter the Medicaid program. The CBO assumed 19 million more persons but more realistic projections suggest 29 million. A recent study out of the University of Virginia again found what many earlier smaller studies suggested -- Medicaid patients have poor access, increased treatment costs and poor outcomes. In this study of more than 900,000 patients who underwent surgical procedures, Medicaid patients had significantly worse outcomes as compa...

Jane Friedman has been appointed web editor at the Virginia Quarterly Review. She starts in June, tasked with expanding the literary journal’s “online and digital content and a larger social media presence.”

A new law group at the University of Virginia is tackling topics making headlines around the country.  Its goal is to let people know just how much of a difference they can make on and off grounds. Virginia Law Students for Reproductive Justice hosted a session called Challenges to Choice in Virginia. The focus is on legislation and women's rights.

The wake-up call for Uncle Sam came when a University of Virginia Center for Applied Biomechanics found that seat-belted female drivers in real crashes had a 47 percent greater chance for serious injuries than male drivers wearing seat belts in similar collisions. Females necks are also more susceptible to whip lash.

Habitat for Humanity kicked off its weeklong advocacy series Act! Speak! Build! with an opening ceremony Monday night at the University of Virginia. The week is full of events to help support the nonprofit to provide affordable housing.

Members of the University of Virginia's Building Tomorrow Organization placed stationary bicycle on grounds Monday in hopes that volunteers will stop by and help bike the distance to Uganda. The distance from Charlottesville to Uganda is 7,354 miles. Organizers expect hundreds to participate.