Elizabeth Clark
Rising fourth-year
Larry Sabato
Professor and director of the Center for Politics
Rand Paul flips, seeks money from bailout senators
Associated Press / June 22
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Nikki Haley's star rises
Washington Post (The Fix blog) / June 23
Richard Santen
Professor of medicine, endocrinology and metabolism
ENDO: Society Calls for New Look at Hormone Therapy
MedPageToday.com / June 22
Teresa Sullivan
U.Va. President-elect
UM Raises Tuition 1.5%, Budget Grows 6.75%; Depending on state appropriations, mid-year hike possible
Ann Arbor Chronicle / June 2
A rotorcraft that resembles a catamaran has taken the top prize in a NASA aeronautics competition for college students to develop a multi-purpose aircraft. ... 28 undergraduates from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville placed third. ... Cash awards ranged from $5,000 for first place to $3,000 for third place. ...
An international DNA testing company has bought Charlottesville-based MicroLab Diagnostics, a company specializing in DNA extraction and testing solutions, according to the University of Virginia Patent Foundation officials. ...
June 1970. Confusion reigned in Pasadena schools. At that time the PUSD practiced its version of the Pasadena Way by keeping kids in poor and primarily minority neighborhoods away from kids in wealthier neighborhoods. In a 1995 article published by the University of Virginia's history department, Julie Salley-Gray described the dichotomy. ...
... Charlottesville has the University of Virginia, a European style downtown mall, sushi bars, coffee shops, interesting used bookstores and art galleries. ...
Charlottesville has once again been given the highest bond rating, AAA, from Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investor Services. ... the rating agencies said the city had consistently solid financial performance and management, conservative budgeting, a stable economic base anchored by the University of Virginia and a low debt burden. ...
The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority’s board on Tuesday approved a $2 million operating budget for fiscal 2011. ... The RSWA administers the Ivy Material Utilization Center, the McIntire Recycling Center and the environmental remediation at the now closed Ivy Landfill. Charlottesville and Albemarle contribute to the operational budget and the landfill’s cleanup based on a cost-sharing agreement. The University of Virginia also contributes to the landfill cleanup. ...
Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss promotes civic — and civil — engagement at the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership’s fifth annual conference at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.
Despite the recession, Northern Virginia Community College has experienced a renaissance in the past few years. ... enrollment at the college's eight campuses has increased from 58,587 in 2005 to about 78,400 this year ... The college projects enrollment to be 84,000 by 2015. ... Students can attend a community college in Virginia for their first two years and then transfer to larger four-year universities ... as long as they meet the other schools' GPA requirements. ... William & Mary University requires a 3.6 grade point average while the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech require at 3...
... Once selected, the schools build leadership teams typically made up of the principal, assistant principals and selected teachers. They receive training at the University of Virginia, where the program was developed in 2006. ...
The Vine that Ate the South may be burping out ozone pollution as well, according to collaborating researchers from Harvard, the University of Virginia and Stony Brook University. ... University of Virginia ecologist Manuel Lerdau said the research is just a beginning ... "But the take home message is this: We knew that kudzu was a bad plant in terms of taking over forests and killing trees, now we know it is potentially a very serious pollutant." ...
Sister Anna Marie Mack
College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (master's degree in English)
E.D. Hirsch
Professor emeritus of English and Education
The Making of an Educational Conservative
The Claremont Institute (book review) / June 21
Ricky Patterson
Senior scientist in astronomy
Summer Solstice 2010: Why It's the First Day of Summer
National Geographic / June 21
JoAnn V. Pinkerton
Professor of obstetrics and gynecology
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder makes some women a bit crazy every month
Washington Post / June 22
Larry Sabato
Professor and director of the Center for Politics
Rand Paul has long history of controversial views
Louisville Courier-Journal / June 21
Francis E. W...
... “If you are told in a courtroom to tell nothing but the truth, can you do that?” Chad Dodson, associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, asked. “Or is it what you believe to be the truth?” This is what he and his colleagues are trying to find out, particularly when it comes to individuals older than 60. ...
... There has been talk for years that some cancer patients say taking various pain medicine has helped rid their body of cancer. ... Further research on the relationship of pain medication to cancer will continue in America at the University of Virginia and in Belgium.
Workers at the Kluge Rehabilitation Center ... help very ill children and their families ... Kacey Carneal is the artist in residence ... Dozens of Carneal's folk paintings hang on the walls, and she works with the kids so they can paint whatever they want and however they want. ... The results, she says, are paintings that are never unhappy. ...
... Internationally known for its academic excellence, the National Academy Program, held at the FBI Academy, offers 10 weeks of advanced investigative, management, and fitness training for selected officers ... Since 1972, National Academy students have been able to earn undergraduate and graduate credits from the University of Virginia ...
The University of Virginia is hoping to lose weight, one ream of paper at a time. There is a lot to lose in the school's effort to get very nearly, paperless and lots of work to get them to that goal. ...