The University of Virginia is holding a clinic focusing on the seasonal flu until 5 p.m. This event is taking place at the Aquatic and Fitness Center.off Alderman Road. UVA has also slated a second session from 10 a.m.-8 p.m..on November 5th at Newcomb Hall. By the time of the early November clinic, there may be vaccinations fro the H1N1 flu strain.
The leading cause of death among babies born premature is infection. A new treatment involving cow's milk could save thousands of babies who die each year from an infection related death. ... A new study in Italy found a protein in milk called Lactoferrin ... "It has a property of both killing bacteria, fungus, fungi and viruses as well as it helps boosts the immune system," said Dr. David Kaufman, Neonatologist at the UVA Medical Center. ...
... Senior Melissa Ng showcased the Massachusetts Institute of Techology and University of Virginia, which is one of the best public universities in the United States according to Forbes, she said. The school “has a really good business program for undergrads,” which is rare for universities, she said. Her family still wants her to apply to good schools regardless of the economy; they are hoping financial aid will help her attend. ...
... Area children are invited to trick or treat on the University of Virginia Lawn from 4 to 6 pm Friday. ...
... IIM-Ahmedabad [Indian Institutes of Management], for instance, is evaluating collaborations with three top international schools — the University of Virginia, Ohio State University and Duke University. ...
A couple with a record of philanthropy has donated $5 million to fund diabetes research at the University of Virginia Health System. The gift by Paul and Diane Manning comes on top of nearly $3 million they've donated to the university in recent years. ...
... Because there are 140 full-residency MFA programs in the United States, any school whose numerical ranking is in the top fifty in any of the ranked categories—the overall rankings; rankings in the poetry, fiction, or nonfiction genres; or the rankings by funding, selectivity, and postgraduate placement—should be considered exceptional in that category. ... [U.Va. ranks No. 3 overall in top 50 MFA programs in U.S. View rankings chart here: http://www.pw.org/content/2010_mfa_rankings_top_fifty_0]
State and local police spent Saturday night searching for a Virginia Tech student missing since Oct. 17 but have turned up no major leads. State police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said troopers and university police spent eight hours on foot in Charlottesville on Saturday night, passing out fliers with pictures of 20-year-old Morgan Dana Harrington of Roanoke. Harrington's photograph was also shown during the University of Virginia football game Saturday on the stadium's jumbotron. ...
Richard Evans
Darden professor
Do Mutual Funds Cheat on Returns?
Smartmoney.com / Oct. 23
David Germano
Associate professor of Buddhism and Tibetan studies
Score! Is Kate Hudson's Hotness Really Keeping A-Rod's Bat on Fire?
PopEater / Oct. 22
David Grissmer
Principal research scientist, Curry School of Education
In Defense of Children Behaving Badly
Newsweek / Oct. 22
Larry Sabato
Politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Bay State liberals shun Barack Obama's visit
Boston Herald / Oct. 23
Jerry Stenger
Research coordinator for the U.Va. Climatology Office
Colors of leaves...
Six Virginia schools made the National Science Foundation's rankings of the top 200 research universities in the nation. ... 70. University of Virginia, $257.65 million ...
... Depression can actually help people solve problems, said Paul Andrews, a post-doctoral research fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University and J. Anderson Thomson Jr., a clinical psychologist at University of Virginia. ... The two researchers published their findings in a recent issue of Psychological Review. ...
All colleges and graduate schools of education must do a better job of preparing future teachers for the classroom, Arne Duncan, secretary of education, said in a speech Thursday. ... Robinson had panned Duncan's October 9 speech at the University of Virginia, "A Call to Teaching," calling it a rehashing of “shopworn criticisms of teacher ...
“Ayn Rand and the World She Made” and “Goddess of the Market” are being published a week apart. ... [U.Va. history professor Jennifer] Burns gives a lucid account of how Rand set herself at odds with religious conservatism, how Rand-inspired libertarianism has shape-shifted, and even how Rand disciples of the 1970s adopted a hippie aspect to rival that of Students for a Democratic Society, confounding everyone, Rand included. ...
Today's “Talk is Cheap event at the University of Virginia will discuss that and the possible consequences of his controversial win. ...
... a Bollywood-style flick, plus several from filmmakers at James Madison University, Eastern Mennonite University and the University of Virginia. ...
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Creating an original organism required no bolt of lightning for a team of University of Virginia students [including Dan Tarjan and Thaddeus Webb]. But it did take buckets of ice, vials of bacteria and a FedEx delivery. ... U-Va.'s invention, dubbed an arsenic sponge by its creators, will vie for the grand prize -- an oversized silver Lego block -- with offerings from 102 other teams ...