Dr. Steven DeKosky
Dean of the School of Medicine
In Push to Detect Early Alzheimer’s Markers, Hopes for Prevention
New York Times | Aug. 4
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New Criteria for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Coming
WebMD Health News | Aug. 4
Robert Fatton
Professor of politics
Wyclef Jean Will Announce Run for Haiti President
Rolling Stone | Aug. 4
AE Dick Howard
A law professor and the author of the modern Virginia constitution
McDonnell agrees with Cuccinelli on immigration checks, but can't require police action
Washington Post| Virginia Politics Blog | Aug. 5
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Specter seeks vote on top-court TV
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The University of Virginia's Brittany Altimore and Elizabeth Brightwell made their move on Wednesday with seven birdies and an eagle on the par 5 fourth hole to card a 9-under-par 63 and move to 10-under-par for the tournament.
When Mike London was selected as the football coach at the University of Virginia last December, Jim Reid went into his office at the Miami Dolphins' complex, shut his door and hoped the phone would not ring. ... But the phone did ring. London did want Reid, the coach of the Dolphins' outside linebackers, to take the job as Virginia's assistant head coach and defensive coordinator.
As much as he might have wanted to, Reid could not say no.
A selection of studio art photography professor William Wylie's photographs from his books "Riverwalk: Explorations Along the Cache la Poudre River," published in 2000, and "Route 36," just published in July, are on exhibit at the GOCA 121 gallery in Colorado Springs. The Colorado Springs Independent reviews the exhibit, "William Wylie: American Places," which is on view Aug. 6-Oct. 22.
Rebecca R. Rubin, President of the Fredericksburg-based environmental and conservation consulting firm Marstel-Day, LLC, announced today that the Company was notified that it was one of 12 Virginia business firms overall, and one of only four in the Service sector, selected as finalists for the Tayloe Murphy Resilience Award established and sponsored by the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. ... The winners of the Tayloe Murphy Resilience Award scholarships will be announced at a ceremony held at U.Va’s historic Rotunda on September 1, 2010.
After months of fine-tuning, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors passed an economic vitality plan on Wednesday—a major victory for conservatives aiming to make the county more business friendly. ... Some of the most recent revisions, passed Wednesday, call for the county to collaborate with the University of Virginia more, and target business sectors that are likely to remain in Albemarle and can help support the county’s transportation and environmental needs.
Dr. Benjamin Gaston, U.Va. Department of Pediatrics, is a member of a national team, headed by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston's Institute for Translational Sciences, working on the study to developing new techniques that will allow clinicians to quickly identify particular asthma subtypes that may ultimately show them how to prescribe the proper medication to prevent or mitigate future attacks. Their research paper is now online in the "Early View" section of the journal Clinical and Translational Science.
Thousands of people from all over Appalachia were given free medical and dental care at this year's Remote Area Medical event in Wise. But with more than 300 days until next year's event, one of the organizers says something called telemedicine could help fill the void. Director of Rural Network Development in the Office of Telemedicine was interviewed.
When class begins at 8 a.m. Monday, the relationship between Virginia Tech and Roanoke will enter a new phase as 42 students start medical school. Monday is the beginning of orientation week, and the dean of the newly minted Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine promised the students will be learning medicine from day one.
The University of Virginia Health System and the Boys & Girls Club of Central Virginia will sponsor a health fair Friday. The free event, which is set for 3 to 6 p.m., will be held at Buford Middle School, 1000 Cherry Ave.
As kids, Michael “Showbiz” Shabaz and Drew Courtney used to attend the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington D.C. and watch pros Bob and Mike Bryan play. Tonight, the University of Virginia doubles tandem will be on the other side of the net from the twin brothers, who are widely considered to be the best doubles squad of all-time.
Venture capitalist Frank Levinson (M.S. and Ph.D. in astronomy) explains how a new public/private model for business investment has proven successful in Singapore and could be used to create new jobs in Virginia.
It's almost mid-August and the new academic year is just around the corner. For those of you beginning your first year of university study, it's an exciting time. A whole new phase of life is about to begin. And it's one that most of you have been eagerly anticipating for several years. But if you've got bipolar disorder (or think you may), your upcoming transition to the college environment can also be filled with pitfalls.
The Rotunda at the University of Virginia announced last week that the university’s collection of the papers of James Madison are being digitized and added to the larger online library of the documents of our Founding Fathers.
No Washington-area college or university made Princeton Review’s popular annual list of Best Party Schools, but more than a dozen area schools are on its 2011 list of the 373 Best Colleges, and many rank at or near the top in their own unique ways: the University of Virginia ranked No. 1 for the “best value among public colleges.”
The University of Georgia is the top party school, Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduates study the most and students at Brown University are the happiest, according to a survey by Princeton Review Inc. The survey also asked students how satisfied they were with their financial aid packages. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, in Needham, Massachusetts, was rated the best, followed by the University of Virginia.
Fall football practice begins for Mike London's Wahoos Friday August 6 at 3:45. The first five practices (Aug 6-10) are free and open to the public. Each session is expected to last around two hours.
To call Jennifer Cromwell's summer a whirlwind would be an understatement. Cromwell, a 2006 Sammamish graduate, kicked off her summer by helping the University of Virginia women's rowing team capture their first NCAA Championship on May 30 in Gold River, Calif.
Could some emotional illnesses be adaptations that evolved to serve a useful purpose? J. Anderson Thomson, Jr., M.D. - clinical psychiatrist and staff member, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, discusses with host Tom Graham.
Tom Guterbock, directer of the Center for Survey Research at U.Va., joins Coy Barefoot in the studio. Topics include the results of immigration research in Prince William County, police rating in that county, and Arizona Immigration Laws.