Micah Schwartzman
Associate professor of law
Old World / Why isn't Obama appointing young judges to the circuit courts?
The New Republic / July 17
… Accidents jumped 43 percent at intersections with traffic cameras the last time Alexandria operated red-light cameras, between 1998 and 2005. That's according to data compiled by the Virginia Transportation Research Council, a joint venture between the Virginia Department of Transportation and the University of Virginia. Statewide, accidents serious enough to cause injuries increased 18 percent at red-light camera intersections.
University of Virginia Students are building a floating classroom at Virginia Beach. Ten students, two faculty members, some UVA alumni and consultants are working to complete what's called the "Learning Barge" in time for a September 14th launch date.
The increased risk of cancer in obese women appears to be reduced by weight-loss or "bariatric" surgery, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Severely "obese women are at incredible risk for multiple cancers, primarily breast and (uterus) cancer but also colorectal and other gynecologic cancers," Dr. Susan C. Modesitt from University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, told Reuters Health by email. "I hope that physicians begin to be proactive in evaluating these women for cancer promptly when indicated."
Education leaders from as close as our backyard and as far away as India, met at Monticello High School Monday for the first day of what they are calling EduStat. (Note: U.Va.'s Curry School of Education is a co-sponsor of the conference).
Besides considering changes to its iconic Rotunda, the University of Virginia is planning to alter the longtime look of another Thomas Jefferson building — Pavilion X, one of the faculty residences that are interspersed with student rooms on both sides of Jefferson’s Lawn.
Telephones -- you know, the black receiver with a push button dial and a hand held ear and voice piece -- are becoming virtually extinct in college dorm rooms. Why? College students simply don't use regular landline telephones anymore. Recent studies show that virtually everyone on campus, some 99.7 percent, has a mobile communications device of some sort. … The University of Virginia and The College of William and Mary both inform all incoming freshman on their websites that there will be no phones in rooms and that phones are being removed from dorm rooms. Howe...
University of Virginia Men's Rowing has hired Frank Biller as its new head coach. Stephan Matanovic, president of VMR's board of directors, made the announcement this afternoon.
Colette Burson
U.Va. grad who is the creator and executive producer of the HBO series "Hung"
Former Abingdon Resident Involved in New HBO Show, ‘Hung’
Bristol Herald Courer / July 19
Jim Dombrowski
Former football All-American selected to the College Football Hall of Fame
Dombrowski gets his due from Hall
Associated Press / July 19
Steve Marino
Former golf standout who led British Open after two rounds
Skid notwithstanding, Marino’s effort has been noteworthy
Richmond Times-Dispatch / July 19
We should all be so fortunate to be remembered in the manner that Michael Colley was on Friday at John Paul Jones Arena. Family, friends and colleagues gathered near courtside, only a few paces from where Colley spent so much of his time, his office inside UVa’s Sports Media Relations department. We were all touched by the shocking news that he had died during a walk at Virginia Beach last Saturday. Colley, 46, was a unique character in a sports world that could use a few more.
Julian Bond
History professor
NAACP honors leader Bond with top award
Charlottesville Daily Progress / July 18
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Obama Delivers Thanks, Tough Love To NAACP (audio link)
National Public Radio / July 17
George M. Cohen
Law professor
Commentary: A Matter of Opinion?
Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger / July 19
Kenneth Elzinga
Economics professor
Oracle merger case moves to next stage
Computerworld / July 18
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of the Center for Politics
Sabato Weighs In on Saxman Decision
WVIR-NBC-29 / July 18
Abdulaziz Sachedina
Religious studies professor
American Shias st...
How well do you know yourself? It’s a question many of us struggle with, as we try to figure out how close we are to who we actually want to be. In a new report, psychologist Timothy D. Wilson from the University of Virginia describes theories behind self-knowledge (that is, how people form beliefs about themselves), cites challenges psychologists encounter while studying it, and offers ways we can get to know ourselves a little better. The article is found in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
That service will once again offer free medical care to thousands of people when the Health Wagon holds the 2009 RAM clinic Friday through Sunday at the Wise County Fairgrounds. … The University of Virginia Medical School traditionally sends hundreds of doctors and other medical personnel. This year, the number of its volunteers is expected to increase to 250.
In September 2004, Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia released the Southern Urban Area B Study, a step towards master planning the area in and around the Fontaine Research Park. The study depicted several potential alignments for a new road connection called the Fontaine-Sunset Connector which would provide increased connectivity to Albemarle’s nearby growth areas which currently funnel traffic through the Fry’s Springs neighborhood or onto Interstate 64 via Fifth Street. Since 2004, the road has remained in the planning stages with a growing disagreem...
Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder shared his front-row perspective on history Friday during a conference marking the demise of state-sanctioned school segregation in Virginia. … Wilder, 78, spoke at a Capitol conference sponsored by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
The Remote Area Medical clinic is the largest mobile clinic in the country, treating thousands of people. This year, about 30 University of Virginia nursing and medical students are getting some additional hands-on training to help at the clinic.
There's a new member of the UVA Board of Visitors and three current members have been reappointed. The new member is Randal Kirk (pictured) of Pulaski County, the senior managing director and CEO of Third Security. Governor Kaine has reappointed Alan Diamonstein of Newport News, Vince Mastracco of Norfolk and Mac Caputo of Fairfield County, Connecticut.
A symposium yesterday at the state Capitol on the Massive Resistance era in Virginia highlighted the struggles of young students -- and the heroes and villains in the struggle to integrate the state's public schools in the 1950s and beyond. In his 1970 inaugural address, Gov. Linwood Holton declared that the policy of Massive Resistance -- a concerted effort by the state and local governments to resist integration -- was over. … Yesterday, Holton and one of his children, Virginia's current first lady, Anne Holton, attended the event, sponsored by the University of Virginia Center ...
Reynold Levy
Holds a U.Va. doctorate in government and foreign affairs and is president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Cooper-Hewitt Honors Reynold Levy
Press release / July 16
Ervin L. Jordan Jr.
Associate professor and research archivist at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Confederate archives find unlikely transcribers
Associated Press / July 16
Larry Sabato
A politics professor and director of U.Va.'s Center for Politics
Bunning's campaign coffer trails foes'
Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader / July 16
Frederick Schauer
Law professor
Commentary: 'Wise Latina' routs gang of white men
Washington Times / July 17